Life, 1913-01-30 · page 7 of 36
Life — January 30, 1913 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page features a poem titled "Hope" by Leolya Louise Everett, accompanied by two images. The top illustration shows five figures in formal attire wearing letters spelling "LIFE," with the central figure (representing Hope) in an elegant gown holding hands with the others—a personification of abstract virtues common to early 20th-century satirical magazines. The photograph below depicts "The Christian Science Club on Its Annual Picnic," showing people in winter clothing by a frozen stream. The juxtaposition appears satirical: the idealistic poem about Hope contrasts with a mundane, cold reality of an actual club outing, likely mocking either Christian Science beliefs or the gap between aspirational rhetoric and ordinary lived experience.
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Hope H, dear To-morrow, lift your golden wings, Oh, potent prophet to the weeping soul, Where, in the deepest chamber of the heart, Goddess of tingling joy and tender grief, You sit and sing your whispered melodies; Beloved vision, nebulous and fair, You sit and spin your woven tapestries, Lift up the magic of your liquid voice, Bright with the gleam of dreams too dear to tell. Sing of the days that lie beneath your sway. Leolyn Louise Everett. THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CLUB ON ITS ANNUAL PICNIC comicbooks.com