Life — November 21, 1918 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 733 This page is primarily **advertising and feature content** rather than political satire. The main content includes: 1. **"$400 in Prizes" advertisement** for Zymole Trokeys (a throat lozenge), featuring a cartoon of four men at a table 2. **"Rhymed Reviews" section** critiquing "The Rough Road," a story about a character named "Doggie" Trevor—seemingly social commentary on an upper-class protagonist 3. **"Who Is This?" feature** satirizing "the Tired Business Man"—portraying him as overwhelmed by commercial trivia (bank statements, crop reports) yet socially inept at parties despite reading Vanity Fair 4. **Vanity Fair advertisement** promoting five issues for $1 The satire targets the gap between business competence and social sophistication among middle-class professionals of the era (approximately 1918, based on the magazine's publication date).