Life, 1913-11-13 · page 7 of 40
Life — November 13, 1913 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct elements: **"Sunshine" Essay**: A whimsical personification of the sun as an energetic character that wakes people, dries laundry, and generally causes activity. It's anthropomorphic humor typical of early 20th-century Life magazine's lighter content. **"The Weather Cock" Illustration**: A surreal cartoon showing a well-dressed man balanced precariously atop a weather vane, gesturing toward celestial figures (possibly representing weather or fate) against a moonlit sky. The cityscape below suggests urban life controlled by meteorological forces. This appears to be satirizing human dependence on unpredictable weather or perhaps poking fun at those obsessed with weather forecasting—a commentary on humanity's vulnerability to natural forces beyond their control. Both pieces use personification and fantasy to explore humanity's relationship with atmospheric phenomena.
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ory OME time ago the sun started out to get a corner in shine, and since then has excited the envy of every capitalist. Sunshine comes in beams and rays. It spends its time in drying up rivers and fogs, but has never succeeded with orators. Its favorite color is a deep tan. Sunshine is seen mostly in the daytime. At night you would scarcely suspect it of being near. Every morning, however, it rises with the lark and gets down to business, after several roosters, who doubtless act as alarm clocks, a oe remind it that it must not fail to bring another day with it. It begins by brushing off the tops of houses and gilding the trees; also it carefully removes all microbes in its way, and at noon even peers down wells and alleys to see if it can expose someone. In summer it roasts everybody, but in winter its manners are much more reserved. Without it there would be no golf, vegetables or human beings; yet people are constantly trying to get away fiom it by hiding themselves under roofs. cz comicbooks.com