Life — January 21, 1915 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "On Cultivating Emotions" - Life Magazine Page This page discusses how emotions are cultivated and become dulled through repetition. The main illustration shows a well-dressed woman with a child in what appears to be a public square, with the caption addressing forgiveness of enemies—likely satirizing sentimental moral lessons. The smaller cartoon below, labeled "Typographically Speaking: Lady Text and Lightface Gothic," appears to be a visual pun about typography using human figures, though the specific joke is unclear. The text references wartime emotional responses and the numbness that follows repeated exposure to tragedy—mentioning Belgium specifically, suggesting this was written during or shortly after WWI, when reports of Belgian atrocities circulated widely. The piece argues that constant exposure to suffering dulls our emotional capacity to respond.