Life, 1916-06-15 · page 14 of 48
Life — June 15, 1916 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top illustration:** "An Abandoned Farm" depicts a crowded scene of people (appearing to be rural poor or displaced persons) gathered at a derelict farm building, suggesting themes of rural poverty, displacement, or social upheaval. **Poem:** Katherine Park Lewis's "The Sea Uncrossed" expresses spiritual and social critique, lamenting selfishness, suffering, and inequality while calling for awakening through "strife and suffering" rather than material comfort. **Bottom cartoon:** Shows a woman (Miss Woodring) at a desk copying text, with a man (Samuel) observing. The caption jokes that her copy "gets weaker and weaker" from repeating "these same old words"—satirizing tedious, repetitive office work or possibly critiquing worn-out rhetoric. The page overall addresses social inequality and the spiritual emptiness of modern life.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Wa Ut AH Mel Hi The Sea Uncrossed E go upon our even, selfish ways, Unroused from routine and from thoughtlessness, While over there the bitter passing days Turn young hearts old with heaven's helplessness. Dulled by success to sleek content, and blind To suffering beyond our half-closed eyes, We give a little gold—if we're in- clined— And think we've done our share to still their cries. Since peace, content, achievement do not bring Awakening to our dull hearts of wood, Rouse us, O Lord, through strife and suffering, Rouse us through want and shame— to Brotherhood ! Katherine Park Lewis. AN ABANDONED FARM Chace Lang pce Race at amy prin Aliss Woodrina: SAMUEL, YOUR COPY GETS WEAKER AND WEAKER, “OH, I'M TIRED COPYIN’ THESE SAME OLD WORDS.” comicbooks.com