Life, 1898-02-24 · page 2 of 20
Life — February 24, 1898 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising and a literary contest**, not political satire. The top section contains ads for a poetry book of verses, the Hotel Windsor in Atlantic City, and men's clothing. The main content is "Pegasus Contest No. 3"—a reader competition where Life magazine challenges subscribers to match an illustration to one of ten sentences from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poems. The illustration shows a historical beach scene with soldiers or military figures and ships, appearing to depict a colonial or early American naval encounter. Readers must identify which Longfellow poem sentence best describes this image. The contest offers monetary prizes for correct entries, with winners announced in a future issue. This represents typical early-20th-century magazine engagement with readers rather than political commentary.
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(5 TAKEN FROM LIFE Che Florida of the North. <——ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. 31% Hours from New York. . . - « . » Vestibule Trains Daily. VERSES Faced Cloths, Venetiars THE HOTEL WINDSOR) Matons, chitrais DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO. THE MOST MODERN HOTEL Scotch Tweeds and Serg \ TKO SOR, ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. in New Mixtures and Checks, os =~ OR the benefit of the readers of LIFE,| Apartments en suite. Hot and Cold Sea Baths Attached. re F the sect ee usa rome clever of the American and European Plans. Covert Cloths and Tweed ms printed in these pages have been issued vii back helt Fre na volume of attractive appearance.| French Service in Cafe. Russian Orchestra, | With fancy backs, for Wheeling g be » ork Sun says: “The verses, Golf Suits. which are by some of the most skillful of our 80 feet from Ocean. Turkish Room. * writers of vera dle société, have that combina Marine Room. Ship’s Room. tion of neatness, delicate irony and playful humor characteristic of the brightest little Sun Balconies. 5 paper of its kind. a 4 16 ‘he price of the volume fs also attractive— 9 75¢. club binding; $1.50 full leather. Address . « « NEW YORK. Life Publishing Company 19 and 21 West Sist St., NEW YORK CITY WHAT SENTENCE OF LONGFELLOW’S DOES THIS PICTURE ILLUSTRATE ? ‘“*PEGASUS” CONTEST No. 3. We have selected a sentence from one among ten of Longfellow’s Poems, The titles of the Poems are as follows : 1, TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN, 2. THE SPANISH STUDENT. 3. EVANGELINE. 4. COPLAS DE MANRIQUE. 5. MORITURI SALUTAMUS, 6. THE SKELETON IN ARMOR. 7. KERAMOS, 8. THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP, 9. THE BELFRY OF BRUGES. 10, THE NORMAN BARON, In the picture herewith this sentence is illustrated in a way which, it is believed, would be acceptablo to Longfellow himself. LIFE will give two hundred dollars to the person who guesses this sentence, unless there be others whose guesses are correct, in which case the two hundred dollars will be divided among all the winners. This sum will be sent to the winner or winners within one week after the correct result is announced in LIFE, CONDITIONS. Fill out the coupon and return to “ Pegasus,” care of LIFE. 19 and 21 West Sst Street, New York. Careshould be taken to have the name and address legible. 4 All Suplicates: and il coupons Le propert ‘Arcee gutyend which do not contain the exact words selected to illustrate t ture, will not be considered. picture, Title of Poem ‘There is no restriction with regard to the number of guesses made by each contestant, the only condition being that a coupon, properly The exact sentence fllus- filled out, shall be returned for each guess. ‘The picture, in each instance, must accompany the coupon. trated by this picture This contest will close on Saturday, February 26th. No cou 1s received after noon of that day will be considered. pons Name of Sender....... ‘The announcement of the winner will be published in the issue of "E dated March 10th.