Life, 1911-03-23 · page 4 of 44
Life — March 23, 1911 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **house advertisement** for Life magazine's upcoming "Travel Number," not a political cartoon. The circular design features caricatured figures arranged around a globe, representing travelers in various comedic poses and costumes—suggesting different nationalities or travel stereotypes. The ad promotes Life's "Travel Number" as the next week's issue, calling it "The Globe Trotters' Galaxy of Glorious Gyrations." The text emphasizes this will be a major issue (following Easter, comparable to Christmas coverage), over sixty pages, with a cover by Dart. The surrounding figures appear to be generic travel-themed character types rather than specific political figures. This is primarily **commercial content** advertising the magazine's upcoming special edition to potential readers and subscribers.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
NEXT WEEK The Globe Trotters Galaxy of Glorious Gyrations Otherwise known as the ‘‘Travel Number" of ir by Dart. Guaranteed to Make come?) You Joyfully Restless. What’s Coming? First the Easter number, which immediately succeeds the Travel. This is one of the GREAT NUMBERS of the year, ranking in size next to the Christmas. This year it will be only ten cents, and will be over sixty pages. Cover by Phillips. Then come the Burglar’s, Dog and Commuter’s. Look for LIFE on all news-stands. You can always tell it because of the quality of the covers—unequalled anywhere on earth for richness and variety. Subscription, $5.00 Canadian, $5.52 Foreign, $6.04 comicbooks.com