Life — February 13, 1919 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 240 This page contains five satirical cartoon panels depicting social vices or undesirable behaviors among what appears to be upper-class men. Each panel is labeled: - **"mess"**: Chaotic dining scene with food flying - **"at ease"**: Man lounging indolently on a street - **"billeted"**: Man entering/inhabiting a small shelter - **"long winter evenings at the club"**: Men gambling or engaged in idle activities - **"irresistible water"**: Man being drawn toward a public watering tank (1910) The page's subtitle reads "IF ARMY HABITS CLING TO THE BOYS," suggesting these panels critique poor behavioral habits allegedly acquired or reinforced through military service. The satire targets slovenliness, laziness, homelessness, gambling, and alcoholism as persistent soldier behaviors that carry over into civilian life.