Life, 1904-12-29 · page 2 of 21
Life — December 29, 1904 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and a contest announcement** rather than political satire. The main feature is a Gibson Drawing—a work by the famous illustrator Charles Dana Gibson—showing two figures in a boat with swans. LIFE magazine is running a $500 prize contest asking readers to suggest the best title for this untitled illustration. The Gibson drawing itself appears to depict a romantic or comedic scene with two well-dressed figures, but without the original caption, its specific satirical meaning is unclear. Gibson was known for social satire about American manners and upper-class life, but the image alone doesn't reveal the intended joke or social commentary. The remaining page content consists of period advertisements for products like Sozodont toothpowder and Pinehurst resort.
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COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON UNDER THE ACT OF 1091. Copyright, 1904, Live What Is a Good Title for This Gibson Drawing? The picture has no title. LIFE wants the best one that can be suggested. It is not a puzzle picture. No suggestion for a title will be The person who suggests the most appropriate subscription to LIFE. Subscrip- title will receive a considered unless accompanied by Five Dollars to pay for a year's tions may begin at any time. The best title will be determined by the Editors of LIFE from titles submitted in the competition. Write your title on an envelope, with your name and address inside. Enclose both with your remittance for sub- The title may be a word, a line, a verse or a quotation, Mr. Charles Dana Gibson draws regularly for LIFE, the leading illustrated, humorous and satirical journal of the world. The Christmas and other extra Send ten cents now for the copy of LIFE which will cextain the e numbers of LIFE are sent to sub- cr } Z e scribers without additional charge. £ oOo at ‘i f the result of this scription. Suggestions must reach annolmcement ot LIFE. before February 1, 1905. contest. Your name and address The result will be announced in ¢ | will be put on file and the copy LIFE for February 23, 1905. mailed to you as soon as issued. In addition to the opportunity to gain the $500 prize, EVERY COMPETITOR WILL RECEIVE, FREE OF CHARGE, an artist's proof of the picture, hand-printed on 17'x 21 India paper, plate-marked ready for framing. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West Thirty-First Street I~ An artistically printed catalogue, containing ‘1 Blashfield. Harrison Fisher, Crosby and ot published by LF dainty volume which will be of service in the selection of holiday Important! If you should die, would your children stop studying and go to work, or have you left money Vel] enough for their education ? e Tow and the can do this and We insure Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co, 921 Chestnut St., Philadelphia New York City miniature reproductions of prints and proofs by Gibson, Gilbert, Clay. , will be sent to any address on receipt of ten cents. ‘What can be better than a bound vol- umo of LIFE, with its miscellany of high class, artisticand satirical pictures andtext? We can supply any of the moro recent volumes of LIFE durably bound in cloth at $4.00 per volume, postpaid. An allowance of $2.00 is made if the loose copies are returned, ELFAST RAND 3 25° EACH “Hexham” IF YOUR DEALER WONT SUPPLY YOU, WRITE US EMIGH & STRAUB- Dept CC.TROY,NY Enjoy the Winter at PINEHURST North Carolina N the center of the sandy, Long- Leaf Pine Region. Dry, bracing climate. Two perfect golf courses. Golf, Shooting and Teonis Tournaments. (Consumptives ab- solutely excluded.) Send for Pine: hurst book ; an exquisite production Pinehurst General Office, Pinehurst, North Carolina. Teach the Children A delicious dentrifice makes the tooth-brush lesson easy. SOZODONT is a fragrant liquid cleanser, penetrating the little crevices of the teeth it purifies them. SOZODONI TOOTH POWDER polishes the delicate enamel, but does not scratch, thus it prevents the accumulation of tartar, without injuring the enamel, a property found only in SOZODONT. 3 FORMS: LIQUID, POWDER, PASTE. Pure Healthful Refreshing Apollinaris “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.” Apollinaris is bottled ONLY at the Spring, Neuenahr, Germany, and ONLY with its own Natural Gas. comicbooks.com