Life, 1898-05-19 · page 2 of 20
Life — May 19, 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 left side advertises Life magazine's framed artwork and the Life Publishing Company. The center contains ads for Arnold Constable furnishings, Southern Pacific railroad, and a Boston hotel. The main content is a **"Pegasus" Contest No. 4**: readers must match a Tennyson poem to an illustration showing a man and woman in period dress on a country road. Six poem titles are listed (Locksley Hall, The Sisters, Enoch Arden, The Princess, Maud, Aylmer's Field). Contestants fill out a coupon identifying which poem the picture illustrates. The winner receives publication in Life. This reflects the era's popular literary games and Life's role as a general-interest magazine combining humor, literature, and commerce.
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Proofs of the Original Drawings FROM AN 8 ee) Framed or Unframed. These pi nal Drawi printed or on boards framing. These o als are not to be confounded with the cheaper prints cut from books and back numbers of Lire Proofs are the si as illustrations in LIFE. Price, framed in cither gilt, Eng- lish oak or white onamel, $4.00; unframed, $2.00. ‘The smaller draw hall these rates Order or Youn Booksen.en Life Publishing Co. 19 & 21 Wert NEW YOR IKx. Bist Street, Country House Furnishings. Lace, Muslin, and Brussels Curtains, Cretonne, Chintz, and Linen Slip Covers, Printed China Draper: K Tapestry Furniture Ce Portieres, Table Covers, Window Shades. Carpets andl Rugs, Japanese Mattings. Droadway & 19tb Atwect, NY SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. . . LUXURY, COMFORT, SPEED. For California, Arizona, Mexico, Japan, China, Around the World. 349 Broapway. axp 1 Barrery Pace (Washington Building), New Yors THE THORNDIKE (“%2:") BOSTON OPP. PUBLIC GARDEN. USEO BY THE BEST PEOPLE Luggage Delivered Free (fe. N.Y..N. UW. & H.R. RL). ‘° “Sunset Limited (Annex.) LIFE. VOL. 30. Bound in Maroon and Gold, Green and Gold, Full Black. PIRICE, 4.00. If Copies are returned an allowance of $2.00 is made. WHAT SENTENCE OF TENNYSON’S ‘*Pegasus” Contest No. 4. enee from one among six of Tennyson's poems. The titles of the Locksley Hall. + The Sisters (beginning Enoch Arden. The Princess. Maud. Aylmer’s Field. They hace left the dears ajar) is Mustrated ina way whieh, it is within rk after the ¢ announced in LIFE. CONDITIONS. care of LIF nto have the na and 2 West e and address conpon and retuen to "1 York, Care shoult be to illustrate the picture, will not be c is no res! on with re J to the number of guesses made a . the only condition being that a coupon, properly filled out, shall be returned for each guess Tho picture, in each instance, must accompany the coupon. This contest will close on Tuesday, May 31, No coupons received after noon of that day will be co: The announcement of the winner will be published in the issue of LIFE dated June lith. DOES THIS PICTURE ILLUSTRATE ? The exact sentence illus- ) trated by this picture Name of Sender Ccomicbooks.com