Life — November 11, 1920 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 858 This page contains three distinct sections: **"Love's Prayer"** — A sentimental poem about long-distance love, attributed to Arthur Wallace Peach. **"Sub Rosa"** — A brief romantic story about a woman named Rosa experiencing a miraculous self-improvement. **"For a Safe and Sane Sunday School"** — Social commentary criticizing the lack of religious education in New York schools (reportedly one million children without instruction). The article argues children need rest from weekday institutional machinery. **Two cartoons** satirize Sunday leisure: 1. A couple with a broken-down car: "How is your car working?" / "Awful! Couldn't be worse if it just got it back from the repair shop." 2. A man reading "No Golf Today" newspaper while surrounded by coal: "How absurd!" — mocking the frustration when golf is unavailable. The page emphasizes tension between work, institutional demands, and desired leisure time in early 20th-century American life.