Life, 1909-11-25 · page 3 of 32
Life — November 25, 1909 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political satire. The main advertisement (top left) promotes **Washburne Fasteners**, warning against imitations—a straightforward commercial appeal to consumers. The bulk of the page features "**The Artist Says**," an editorial from *The Ladies' Home Journal* recruiting fashion illustrators. It argues that creating fashion drawings is legitimate artistic work, countering apparent skepticism about the artistic merit of fashion illustration. The editors note that European artists already pursue this lucrative field and seek American talent who can draw "pretty-looking, normal American girls and women—women who look as if they are alive." The "From Our Readers" section contains reader letters, including one about "The Girl in Green" story. This reflects early 20th-century debates about commercial versus fine art—fashion illustration's cultural legitimacy wasn't yet firmly established.
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I] by. not at. | WASHB QZ = ==|| The Artist Says: eeaz || It is Beneath my Art to make fashion-drawings.” It is curi- ous that the best European artists do not think so. They have made an art of the fashion figure and made a hand- some income for themselves. Are they wrong? Are they degrading their art? They are somewhat older over there than we are! We want new fashion-artists, and will pay good prices for good work — not for the usual doll or lay-figure, but for pretty-looking, normal Ameri- can girls and women—women who : look as if they are alive. a ecayane | We will welcome specimen work from sone: A > - anywhere and any one—or an inclina- tenses tion of interest from established artists. of “The Girl c's crippled brother.“ John’s The American Fashion Editors “Why don't you oe ee The Ladies’ Home Journal I took the brother with me—he’s with me yet. We stayed there a while, think- * 5 ing she might come back. Such men Philadelphia have so many girls, you know, it seemed he might tire of her. But, finally, find- (Continued on page 76) comicbooks.com