Life — August 26, 1915 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "The Story of a Love that Lives in Deathless Melody" This page is not a political cartoon but rather a romantic short story illustrated with atmospheric artwork. The narrative concerns a young musician (apparently named Franz Schubert, based on the reference to "Master Schubert") who encounters the daughter of an Austrian Count in Vienna approximately a century before this publication. The story is sentimental rather than satirical: it depicts an unrequited or tragic love affair between a poor musician and an aristocratic young woman named Caroline. The illustration shows their intimate moment together. The narrative emphasizes the power of music to transcend social class barriers and preserve emotion across time—a Romantic-era sensibility that Life magazine presented for its middle-class readers' entertainment.