Life — August 21, 1902 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 153 This page contains several literary reviews and humorous short pieces rather than political cartoons. **"Chaste (Chased) Love"** is a poem illustrated with a dramatic woodcut showing a woman fleeing while Cupid pursues her—a playful visual pun on "chaste" versus "chased." **"Business"** presents a dialogue between two youths debating whether to pursue pleasure or accumulate wealth, concluding with the moral that "Business before pleasure." **"A Study in Hearts"** displays five heart illustrations labeled by age (at sisters, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty), visually tracking romantic sentiment across a woman's lifespan. **"Wide"** contains a brief joke about social class distinctions between the "Smart Set" and the "Four Hundred" (wealthy elite). The page reflects early 20th-century upper-class social concerns and gender dynamics through gentle satire.