Life — December 3, 1925 — page 18: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two unrelated satirical cartoons from *Life* magazine. **Top cartoon** ("Outside Looking In"): A poorly-dressed man gazes longingly at a bed advertised as a "Sleepwell Mattress" in a store window, expressing desire for employment as the mattress demonstrator—a commentary on economic hardship and unemployment, likely from the Depression era. **Bottom cartoon** ("In Darkest Africa"): Two monkeys in top hats discuss a third figure (depicted with racist caricature characteristics typical of early 20th-century imagery). The caption references "Miss Gazelle" being "high-hatting everybody" since "the Prince of Wales shot at her"—a gossipy social satire mixing animal characters with human society commentary, though the specific reference is unclear.