Life — January 20, 1921 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 92 This page contains three distinct items: 1. **"Sunday the Thirteenth"** - A poem by Mabel Haughton Collyer questioning whether modern life must be uniformly gray and restricted, using days of the week as metaphor. 2. **"Give a Thought to Blue"** - An editorial advocating for the color blue in everyday life, noting reformers' dismissal of it as frivolous. The author argues blue deserves appreciation. 3. **"Looking Backwards"** - A brief comedic dialogue between Howell and Powell about Powell's wife attending a New England conscience celebration in Plymouth, satirizing puritanical values. 4. **"When the Russian Ballet is Sovietized"** - A cartoon depicting dancers in exaggerated poses, apparently satirizing how Soviet ideology might transform classical ballet into something crude or propagandistic. The page also includes a daily quiz with five questions on various topics.