Life — February 17, 1921 — page 32: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily an **advertisement for Life magazine's upcoming series** rather than a political cartoon. The page announces a new recurring feature titled "People We CAN'T Get Along Without" versus "People We CAN Get Along Without." The illustration shows a fashionable woman in profile, drawn by Charles Dana Gibson (the famous "Gibson Girl" artist). The series promises to classify and satirize different types of people through "illuminating diagrams." The advertisement teases upcoming issues: the "2000th number" (March 3), a "Great Naughty number" (March 10), and Easter (March 17). **The humor relies on social satire**—inviting readers to recognize themselves and others in Gibson's categorizations of desirable versus undesirable social types. It's essentially promotional material using the promise of humorous social commentary to attract subscribers.