Life, 1919-01-23 · page 7 of 42
Life — January 23, 1919 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine features a section titled "Home" with a poem by Jean Tyall Thompson about domestic life's small comforts—a fire, flowers, a child's laughter—that make a house meaningful. The accompanying illustration titled "Going Home" depicts a horseman in period clothing riding across an open landscape. The image appears to be a straightforward romantic illustration rather than political satire. It complements the poem's nostalgic, sentimental treatment of home as a place of refuge and contentment. There is no apparent political commentary or caricature on this page. Rather, it represents *Life* magazine's lighter editorial content—poetry and sentimental illustration—distinct from their satirical cartoons.
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he fire in the big, @ide chimney, Nights when the windtoastuild, Sout x flicker across the ceiling— Till she, ot hee arm the child, Came and lighted the lamp by the sofa On the stand {where the hooks {were Home The flofuers on the {white-clatlyed table, Eber so fresly and fair, Fer hands fulyen she poured the coffee, The sound of her Goice so dear Mith news of the day in the house- hold, Mere the fetters that held me there. Qe ee eS GOING HOME Small things, they that make a hame- side— A light, 1 Woman, a child. But they track you across the ocean, And follof you into the tild. Theu reach, and beckon, and deat you, Holding you all the fhile— For home's in x baby’s prattle, And the light of a foman's smile. Fean Lyall Thompson. comicbooks.com