Life — December 5, 1918 — page 35: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

The page contains two satirical cartoons about Christmas and American values. The top image depicts an immigrant family's first Christmas in America, with a child asking her father if Santa Claus can find them in their new country—implying anxiety about whether American Christmas traditions will reach newcomers. The bottom cartoon, titled "Follow the Leader," shows allegorical female figures labeled with concepts like "Victory," "Peace," "Desperation," "Inquiry," and "Prosperity" dancing in a line. The caption "One Leads to the Other" suggests a causal chain of consequences—likely satirizing how one outcome (possibly victory or peace) inevitably leads to others (desperation, inquiry). This appears to be early 20th-century commentary on immigration and American post-war social/political consequences, though the specific historical context remains unclear without the publication date.