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Life — December 8, 1910 — page 4: Life, 1910-12-08

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This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content**, not political satire. It announces the launch of a new magazine called *Country Life in America*, promoting its twice-monthly publication. The page features portraits of five "Famous Consulting Editors" (John Burroughs, Clifford B. Harmon, Dr. H.W. Wiley, and Louis C. Tiffany are identified), establishing the magazine's authority on rural living, gardening, architecture, and home furnishing. The central promotional box offers "20 Cents on all News Stands"—a competitive subscription rate. The text emphasizes the magazine will address practical country interests: dogs, farming, home building, and outdoor sports. This is **not satirical commentary** but rather a straightforward early-20th-century magazine advertisement targeting educated, affluent readers interested in country estates and rural lifestyle.

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-LIFE: JOHY BURROUGHS ‘Winter Jo; Number." CLIFFORD B. HARMON “The Fiying Number." LQUIS ©, TIFFANY Inside the House Number,” DoYouLove the Life and Joys of the C Do you care for dogs and cows and chickens, or for the garden with its roses and vegetables and fruits; or for the outdoor sports, golfing and motoring and fishing; or for the prac- tical questions of home building and furnishing and saving? If you care for any or all of these things, the one magazine you actually need, and that can serve you every day, is Country Life in America. Somany have needed it, and their needs are so many, that, beginning with the cur- rent number, Novem- ber, Country Life in America will be issued twice a month. With two issues a month we hope to meet every need of every one who feels the call of the country—meet it in helpful, practical fash- ion and do it for a frac- tion over one cent a day. The first of the month issue wil! be expansive, covering in its articles and departments all sides of country interest, while the mid-month issue will be intensive, a manual cover- ing some vital subject of country living in a thorough-going way. Consulting editors of the highest standing in their fields will give to these mid-month special numbers the stamp of unquestioned authority. Louis C. Tiffany, the great authority on decoration, is the consulting editor of the first mid-month issue for No- vember, the “‘Inside the House Num- ber,” and these contents show how comprehensive the number will be. The keynote of the number is struck by Mr. Tiffany in the leading editorial, entitled ‘The Gos- pel of Good Taste." This is followed by an article on first principles of decorating and furnishing—a five-page article prepared by the editorial depart- ment after a thorough investigation of the subject and the consultation of many authorities. Other articles include: WHAT IS AN ORIENTAL RUG? By George Leland Hunter. VERANDA FURNISHINGS. By Dorothy Tuke_Priestman. THE BEST WALL TREAT- MENT. By Mira Burr Fdson. WINDOW CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES. By DorothyTuke 20 Cents | adiy, oY on all News Stands Collins, STENCILLED WORK. By Harriett Joor, SOME UNIQUE CARVED FURNI- TURE. B: DaltonWylic. SOME TASTEFUL BATHROOMS (A Series of Photographs). THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE CELLAR. By Phil M. Riley. The first mid-month number is typical of what thespecialnumbersaretobe, and thes2regularnumbersandther2special mid-month numbers—2¢ in all—go to the subscriber at the same price, $4 a year, hitherto charged for 12 numbers. May we send you, with our compliments, a sample copy of Country Life in America and a full outline of our 1911 plans? Address us please at the new Country Life Press (where we are now moving) as follows— DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO., GARDEN City, LONG IsLanp, N. Y Country Life Twice a Month The Ever spect makin} fulfille But sl the sul fessor Nature counte: the co the sta; joke m tal ide: tophane rot cr mce ta is “ pu sort of his mar man re intentio often f over.” fault, b quences Nature’ excessin