Life, 1925-05-14 · page 7 of 40
Life — May 14, 1925 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct pieces: **"The Quest of the Beyond"** (top): A poem by Berton Braley celebrating wanderlust and maritime adventure. It romanticizes restless travel and exploration, with repeated refrains of "Going, going on!" This reflects early 20th-century cultural enthusiasm for travel and escape. **"Environment"** (bottom): A satirical cartoon and dialogue about parental censorship. An adult expresses shock that a boy has encountered "frightful words," attributing it to censors and table-talk. The accompanying illustration shows sailors on a ship, with one saying he's been "looking for" the captain "all afternoon" to discuss egg preparation. This appears to satirize how adults euphemistically sanitize language around children while ironically using coarse speech themselves.
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The Quest of the Beyond HERE'S a kind of tingling gay wind blowing So me for the sea with the long waves heaving That's calling on me to start And the drench of the flying foam. Over the seas that are ever flowing But ask me not for the time I'm leaving Somewhere about the chart Or whither I plan to roam. Where I shall go there’s no way of knowing For the truth of it is that these stanzas glowing Till I have packed and gone, Are merely a bit of con; Only I'll keep on going, going, But the market for “wander stuff” is growing Going, going on! And to gain my share of the coin that’s flowing I keep such verses as these are—going, I'll choose a port for my destination Going, going on! And when I have landed there, T'll start on another. embarkation— 5 How do I know for where? Environment It all depends what the fates are showing “LJEAVENS! Where did that little boy ever get hold And the ship that I sail upon; of those frightful words?” All that I know is—I'll keep on going, “Oh, his parents are censors, and I suppose he has to listen Going, going on! to their table-talk.” Berton Braley. “ou! CAPTAIN! I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU ALL AFTERNOON; I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW I WANT MY EGGS DONE IN THE MORNING.” comicbooks.com