Life — August 19, 1920 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 316 This page contains **apologies from public figures** addressing criticism they'd faced. The visible letters include apologies from President Eliot (to West Point), Cobot Lodge (to Woodrow Wilson), W.R. Hearst (to the American people), and Bernard Shaw (to Lloyd George). The **main cartoon** depicts a minister at a church entertainment addressing his congregation, with the caption about "upward and onward until we reach the pinnacle"—satirizing typical sanctimonious clergy rhetoric. Below, a second cartoon shows a man lecturing to an audience with the caption "Who said Pinocchio? I'm game"—likely mocking someone's evasiveness or dishonesty. The page satirizes public figures offering insincere apologies and defensive explanations for their controversial actions or statements.