Life — August 10, 1911 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a romantic poem titled "The Heart of the Sea" by M. S. Bridges, accompanied by a photograph showing a woman at a ship's railing looking out at the ocean. Below the poem is a section titled "Examples in Social Arithmetic" that presents satirical mathematical problems. These mock-serious calculations appear to critique charitable giving and historical timescales—one references the "Mayflower" taking 300 years to produce outcomes, and another questions how long the Daughters of the Revolution might take to achieve their stated ideals. The satire seems to mock both excessive optimism about social progress and the self-importance of heritage organizations like the DAR.