Life — December 22, 1921 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "The Top of the Morning to You" This cartoon depicts two gentlemen in formal Victorian dress shaking hands over a cherub figure. The title is an Irish greeting, suggesting the cartoon comments on Irish-American relations or immigration. The composition—with two adult figures clasping hands above a child-like angelic figure—likely satirizes some form of agreement or deal-making involving Irish interests. The cherub's positioning between them suggests innocence caught in adult negotiations, possibly commenting on how Irish-Americans or Irish affairs were being handled or exploited by political figures. Without additional context from the magazine's date and editorial content, the specific political situation remains unclear, but the image evidently critiques some arrangement between parties regarding Irish or Irish-American concerns during Life magazine's satirical period.