Life — February 13, 1919 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page Analysis: Life Magazine, Page 238 This page contains three separate pieces of satirical content: 1. **"Court"** — A poem addressing "Germannia" (Germany personified), lamenting a fallen comrade, likely referencing WWI losses. 2. **"Barnard, St. Gaudens and Lincoln"** — A critical essay comparing three artistic representations of Lincoln. It argues Barnard's sculpture better captures Lincoln's actual character (a country lawyer with grit) than St. Gaudens' more polished, "bank-president" version. 3. **"Merely Making Faces"** and **"The Main Mystery"** — Brief humor pieces mocking Prohibition-era reform organizations (the Anti-Saloon League) and satirizing New York's economic mysteries. The cartoons accompanying these pieces use exaggeration and visual humor typical of Life's satirical style to mock contemporary political and social issues.