Life, 1899-08-31 · page 2 of 20
Life — August 31, 1899 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content** rather than satirical cartoons. It features: 1. **"Taken from Life" book advertisement** (top left): promoting a poetry and illustration collection by contributors like J. Whitcomb Riley and Delancey Pierson. 2. **Animal Protective League announcement** (top right): information about an educational organization promoting kindly treatment of animals, with officer names and headquarters listed. 3. **Charles Dana Gibson advertisement** (bottom): promoting exclusive artwork by the famous illustrator Gibson (known for the "Gibson Girl"). The ad emphasizes that his proofs are hand-printed on Japan paper and suitable as gifts—priced at two dollars for large pieces or one dollar for smaller reprints. The page demonstrates **early 20th-century magazine business models**, combining editorial content with advertising to support publication costs.
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\ weeny | SAA kag geal gai “TAKEN FROM LIFE” $ % Our Animal Protective Leagte. LIFE’S verses and illustrations MRS. MYLES STANDISH, W.H. TOLMAN, President. Vice-President. are imperishable ot wt ot ot wt MRS. JOHN GREENOUGH, HENRY WHITNEY MUNROE Secretary. Treasurer. HENRY E, HOWLAND, Counsel. Among the Poets are — || TAKEN FROM LIFE J WHITCOMD RILEY HEAnQUARTERS ep Cuarities BUILDING, Fox Mal 105 East 22d St w York, Room 613. LANCE. PIBRSON ya ae “ee THE object of the League is the education of all children practically in the care, protection and kindly treatment of animals. Picture Talks, illustrated by Lantern Photographs, will show actual needs, conditions and reasons why each child should become interested in the work of the League. Three exhibitions of lantern photo- graphs have already been given at Mrs. Francis Dana Winslow's residence, the Neighborhood House, and the Pro-Cathedral. ... LEAFLETS... | and playfol sfucnor charactsnatie ore Stories about animals will be issued in the form of xh whe oht oy Mi TARY ROMAINE Among the Illustrators are VERSES 2 fe abt fe ob We wew YORK DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO. The price of the volume OXCE AC | tractive- 75 cts, chad biadia, fall leetber. alent Bee eaves ef es trees? leaflets, fully illustrated, so as to be attractive and interesting. The expense of the plates, illustrations, and 4,000 copies of a leaflet, is $50.00, and an appeal is made for Leaflet Donations. Most cruelty arises from want of thought and lack of knowledge. To supply these needs is one of the objects of Our Animal Protective League. shi She ay, cae hahahah puVvuvevevevevevevevevevereeey ae annnnanns CHARLES DANA GIBSON | DRAWS EXCLUSIVELY FOR LIFE. FE publishes proofs of the best work of all its leading artists, including Mr. Gibson. T ese proofs are HAND-PRINTED, ON JAPAN PAPER, mounted ready for framing. They are attractive and artistic decorations for any house, and are as suitable presents—holiday, wedding, birthday, or for any occasion—as one can give. These Original Proofs are not to be con- founded with the cheaper prints cut from books or back numbers of Lire. The double-page pictures, size 15x20 inches, cost two dollars each, and can be purchased of leading art stores and stationers. Smaller pictures reprinted from other pages in Lire, one dollar each. Sent by express, prepaid. a9 NOT THE SEA SERPENT. Catalogue containing 112 examples, ten cents, THE TRADE SUPPLIED. HGMT FOR GACAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON