Life — December 30, 1920 — page 15: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a political cartoon from *Life* magazine showing a figure labeled "FANATICS" recoiling in horror from a skull, with the caption: "How dare thee grin on Lord's day!" The satire targets religious extremism and puritanical zealotry. The "fanatic" figure, dressed formally with what appears to be religious garb, is shocked by a literal skull—perhaps representing death, mortality, or secular reality itself. The reference to "Lord's day" (Sunday) suggests criticism of overly rigid Sabbath observance or religious hypocrisy. The cartoon mocks how religious fanatics allegedly react with horror to anything they perceive as sinful or irreverent, even universal human truths like death. The skull's "grin" is ironic—death doesn't discriminate between the pious and profane, undermining the fanatic's moral pretensions.