Life, 1920-03-11 · page 13 of 40
Life — March 11, 1920 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon:** Two military/government officials discuss invading Mexico while a third reads a newspaper. One expresses concern about Mexico, while another dismissively notes they needn't worry about Havana "holding all of us"—suggesting the conversation involves broader imperial ambitions or military overreach in the Caribbean/Latin America region. This appears to satirize American interventionist foreign policy discussions, likely from the early 20th century. **Bottom Section:** "An Appreciation" is a humorous poem about a clinical thermometer and barometer by Ruth Lambert Jones, personifying medical instruments. Below it, a separate cartoon shows police officers at a patient's bedside; an officer assures a woman there's "no burglar," suggesting "it must have been a mouse!"—likely playing on fears versus mundane reality.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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