Life — December 5, 1918 — page 39: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two unrelated cartoons from *Life* magazine's satirical section. **Top cartoon:** Titled "More safety for pedestrians," it depicts absurdly over-armored, mechanical vehicles with protruding gadgets and weapons. The satire criticizes either automobile safety design of the era (possibly WWI-influenced) or mock-warns that "safety" measures are becoming dangerously excessive and weaponized. **Bottom cartoon:** Shows a man and woman in a bedroom; the caption reads "His wife couldn't rifle his pants pockets even with a can opener." This jokes about either husbands' secretive pocket-keeping habits or suggests pants were so tightly fitted or constructed that accessing pockets was nearly impossible—likely commentary on contemporary men's fashion or domestic finances/control. Both cartoons use exaggeration for comedic social observation, typical of early-20th-century *Life* magazine humor.