Life, 1913-11-20 · page 7 of 44
Life — November 20, 1913 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents a song titled "Life" with accompanying illustration and dialogue. The sketch depicts an indoor scene with a woman, child, and man in working-class attire, suggesting a domestic dispute or confrontation. The caption below references capital punishment: a child asks if killers always go to jail, and an adult responds that "sometimes he is paid by the government to do it" — meaning execution — and that those with sufficient wealth "will have monuments erected to him." This appears to be social satire critiquing the inequality of justice: wealthy or politically connected individuals who commit murder face different consequences than poor people. The "Life" theme suggests commentary on how life, death, and justice operate differently across social classes in America.
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E mist and rain come hand in hand Across the shadowed meadow-land. The sky is grey, the wind is cold; The darkness falls on wood and wold. Fled is the light that shimmered gold, The earth is weary grown and old. The mist and rain come hand in hand Across the shadowed meadow-land. “IF A MAN KILLS ANOTHER MAN 18 HE ALWAYS PUT IN JAIL, MAMAfA? “NOT ALWAYS. SOMETIMES HE IS PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT TO DO IT; AND IF HE CAN ONLY KILL ENOUGH HE WILL HAVE MONUMENTS ERECTED TO HIM.” Sorrow and Love come hand in hand Across the heart’s wide meadow-land. The sweet content that blossomed pale And simple peace and pleasure fail, For clear above the rising gale Desire and Anguish lift their wail. Sorrow and Love come hand in hand Across the heart’s wide meadow-land. Leolyn Louise Everett. >” Ccomicbooks.com