Life — June 11, 1914 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Life" Magazine Page: "Educated?" This page from *Life* magazine satirizes Sunday social conventions and parental hypocrisy. The top section presents "Some Popular Lies"—common false reassurances parents give children about worn-out shoes, firm beds, and babies never crying—contrasted with "Eminently Proper" behavior expectations, where Billy is forbidden pleasure rides on Sunday but permitted Bible-themed moving pictures instead. The photograph below, captioned "EDUCATED?", depicts an elegant evening scene with couples in formal dress strolling through what appears to be a classical garden or colonnade. The satire likely mocks the contradiction between strict moral rules imposed on youth and the sophisticated social indulgences adults actually enjoy—questioning whether such restrictive upbringing constitutes genuine education or merely hypocrisy.