Life — June 19, 1913 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page is primarily a **Vogue magazine advertisement** (left side) promoting summer travel reading, with a separate section of **rhymed book reviews** (right side). The advertisement features an Art Deco illustration of a stylish woman with a fan, encouraging readers to use Vogue to plan overseas travel and select appropriate clothing for steamship and hotel travel. The "Rhymed Reviews" section critiques a book titled "V.V.'s Eyes" by Henry Sydnor Harrison. The poem reviews the novel's protagonist—a virtuous young doctor named Vivian who helps the poor without fee, eventually winning over a selfish woman named Miss Heth through his moral character. The review, signed by Arthur Guiterman, summarizes the plot's romantic redemption arc in satirical verse form, poking gentle fun at the book's melodramatic morality tale.