Life — December 25, 1925 — page 15: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a six-panel comic strip followed by a single-panel cartoon. The strip depicts a person in rainy weather carrying an umbrella and encountering various urban hazards—splashing cars and muddy conditions. The character visits an auto parts store, then returns home covered in mud and grime. The final cartoon shows a family dinner scene where mud has apparently splattered everywhere—on the walls, furniture, and food. The title "All Is Not Mud That Spatters" plays on the proverb "all that glitters is not gold," suggesting that not every mess during rainy weather is actually mud (implying some might be worse substances, particularly from automobiles). The humor targets urban inconveniences and automobile culture's messy consequences on pedestrians and domestic life.