Life — June 17, 1920 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page contains a satirical children's dialogue titled "Out of the Mouth of Babes" set in a Child Writer's Nursery Club. Two young writers discuss their literary ambitions and progress. The top cartoon illustrates a father asking a child writer to go outside and watch the sunrise for inspiration—a gentle jab at sentimental writing advice. The bottom cartoon, captioned "There's a Reason," depicts a parson puzzled why golfers constantly lose balls in bushes near his property. The joke suggests golfers deliberately aim poorly to avoid the bushes, implying the parson's presence makes the area undesirable—a subtle critique of clergy or organized religion as socially unpleasant. The overall piece satirizes both pretentious children's literary circles and conventional adult hypocrisy through innocent observations.