Life — November 28, 1918 — page 19: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a political cartoon from *Life* magazine satirizing militarism and war profiteering. The image shows a large bird (likely an eagle, symbol of America) with an olive branch labeled "PEACE" in its beak, hovering over a scene of destruction—burning buildings and refugees or casualties below. The title "A Glowing Family" combined with the subtitle "WINS—GLORY AND PEACE" suggests bitter irony: the cartoon critiques how war is marketed as bringing glory and peace while actually delivering death and devastation. The "glowing" family appears to reference those who profit from or celebrate warfare, indifferent to human suffering depicted in the burning wreckage below. This reflects anti-war sentiment, likely from the World War I era or its aftermath.