Life — February 12, 1920 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 264 This page contains two unrelated pieces. The top essay, "Humor and Dreams" by Vincent V. M. Beede, discusses why we find humor in dreams and whether certain humorless people might laugh while sleeping. It's philosophical rather than satirical. Below is a cartoon labeled "Fact and Fancy" showing a man in period costume (possibly 18th century) with a woman, captioned: "I wonder if that's a Cupid's arrow. More likely a redskin's." The joke appears to mock romantic pretension by suggesting what looks like Cupid's arrow might actually be a Native American weapon—substituting crude reality for romantic fantasy. The page also includes a poem "I Sing to Her" by Clinton Scollard and decorative illustrations.