Life — December 26, 1918 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page This page contains two sections: **"Of Peace"** is a poem about different types of peace—righteousness, tyranny, and others—attributed to Clinton Scollard. **"Wrong Diagnosis"** is a brief comic dialogue where a doctor tells a patient his trouble is eating too much, and the patient responds he must be mistaken because he dines at fashionable resorts. The humor relies on class satire: the patient insists he eats at expensive, prestigious restaurants, implying that wealthy people at fancy establishments couldn't possibly overeat or have common health problems. It mocks the assumption that fashionable dining automatically equals proper nutrition or restraint. The illustration labeled "VETERANS" shows a doctor's office scene, likely depicting this exchange.