Life — October 23, 1924 — page 19: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *Life* magazine shows a sketch labeled "Pictures No Title" with a note about "LIFE'S Title Contest Beginning in This Issue" (see Page 10). The cartoon depicts three fashionably-dressed women in what appears to be an early 20th-century social setting. One woman on the left holds what looks like a checkerboard or game board, suggesting leisure activities among the upper classes. The illustration style and clothing suggest this is satirizing high-society women and their pastimes. The "title contest" indicates readers were invited to suggest captions for this untitled cartoon—a common *Life* magazine feature that engaged readers while poking fun at contemporary social situations, likely mocking the trivial concerns or vapid socializing of wealthy women during this era.