Life — February 19, 1903 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Life Magazine Page 151: Analysis This page contains humorous illustrations about childhood and social commentary: **"The Baby's Omar"** is a poem by Carolyn Wells parodying the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, using childish imagery (toys, nurses, porridge) instead of philosophical themes. The accompanying cartoon shows a woman holding a messy child—the joke being the child's appearance contradicts the caption "The hat itself is very pretty, but does it go well with my horns?" **The right-side cartoons** depict children playing roughly with adults, captioned "Father, I cannot tell a lie" and "What's that" and "You young rascal!"—suggesting innocent mischief. **"Greed"** is a serious editorial comment by Senator Aldrich protesting industrial greed's harm to agricultural interests, warning that a Christian nation cannot allow class suffering due to greed. The page mixes lighthearted child humor with political critique about economic inequality.