Life — August 26, 1915 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "The Veil" This page contains two illustrations. The upper sketch depicts children playing by a riverbank near trees—an idyllic pastoral scene. The lower image, titled "The Veil," shows a nun in black habit and white coif sitting with what appears to be a shrouded or veiled figure beside her in a stone chamber. A ghostly or spectral figure appears in the background. Without additional context from surrounding pages, the specific satirical point remains unclear. This could be social commentary on religious institutions, mortality, or women's roles in convents—themes Life magazine frequently addressed. The juxtaposition of innocent childhood play above with the solemn, mysterious religious scene below suggests potential ironic contrast, but the exact intended critique is not definitively determinable from the image alone.