Life — February 1935 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page contains several brief humorous anecdotes and quotations rather than political cartoons. The one illustration shows a figure climbing or clinging to what appears to be a ship's rigging or mast. The "Cockroaches" section satirizes an exterminating company in Washington, D.C., recounting an awkward encounter where a cockroach specialist was called to an apartment but ended up chasing cockroaches alongside embarrassed residents—poking fun at the incompetence of pest control services. The page's other content consists of quips and observations attributed to various figures (including Elmer Rice and Joseph Hergesheimer), touching on theatrical criticism, authorship, and politics. These are brief satirical commentary rather than visual cartoons, characteristic of *Life* magazine's format during this era.