Life — May 19, 1921 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of "The Herford Aesop" Page This page presents Aesop's fables illustrated by Oliver Herford (copyright 1921). The two main fables shown are classic moral tales: **"The Bear and the Two Travelers"** warns against false friendship—one traveler abandons the other when danger appears, revealing he was never a true friend. **"The Man and the Lion"** depicts a debate about whether a statue showing a man slaying a lion proves man's superiority. The lion counters that if lions made such monuments, they'd show themselves winning—illustrating how perspective shapes interpretation of evidence. The page also includes a humorous advice column about divorce references for ex-husbands and a brief political note about Prohibition. The satirical intent is gentle moral instruction rather than sharp political commentary.