Life — December 6, 1923 — page 20: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two satirical sketches by what appears to be Alice Harvey (signed on both cartoons). **Top cartoon ("A Sinner"):** depicts a crowded religious confessional scene. A figure appears to be confessing sins to a priest, surrounded by onlookers. The "sinner" reference suggests moral judgment or hypocrisy. **Bottom cartoon:** shows a woman at what appears to be a bookstore counter requesting "I want a book for a handsome man." The humor likely plays on the irony of selecting literature as a gift—suggesting either that handsome men don't read, or that finding appropriate books for vain/superficial men is difficult. This reflects early 20th-century gender and class commentary about masculinity and intellectual pursuits. Both cartoons employ satire to comment on social behavior and morality.