Life — July 3, 1931 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Content Analysis This Life magazine page contains several satirical pieces from the Depression era: **"The Brutel"** presents a dialogue between two female characters discussing a man who isn't married—the "brutel" (brute) apparently being a man unwilling to commit. **"The Letters of a Modern Father"** is a letter from McCready Husson to his daughter, humorously detailing his modest hotel job and assuring her that her husband Wilfrid needn't worry about his low position—the satire mocking both economic anxiety and false pride during hard times. **"Win by That Nose"** appears to be light verse about men and bidding. **The cartoon** shows a man lounging on a couch with a woman, captioned "You haven't been a salesman very long, have you, Mister Harris?"—satirizing either incompetence or inappropriate workplace behavior during economically desperate times.