Life, 1911-08-10 · page 4 of 40
Life — August 10, 1911 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** for Life magazine's upcoming issue, not political satire. The main advertisement announces that next week's issue will feature a "Bathing Girl's Number," depicting various types of bathing girls—from "svelte siren" to those who "never goes in." The illustration shows a woman in a bathing costume with arms raised. Below that is an obituary-style notice for a previous "humorous number" about bathing girls that apparently didn't meet expectations. The editors apologize for discontinuing it despite initial enthusiasm. The bottom section promotes Life's Egyptian Picture Contest and subscription rates. The small cartoon showing a running figure is merely decorative. This is essentially a house advertisement promoting upcoming content and subscription offers to readers.
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Bathing Girl’s Number Lite Next Week Every form of bathing girl is depicted in this number, including the svelte siren, the oleaginous beauty, the slim girl, the trim girl, and the girl who never goes in. Bathing house cover by O’Malley. That Humorous Number Requiescat In Pace We are sorry, but it had to be. This Is Real, ly In portant After fully a year of anxious expectation and alter, vainly On August 7th Life's Egyptian Picture Contest closed, 155 Cannon One Hammon and in our issue of August 2gth will be given the name of the stein, we are compelled to an- winner. This is only the first of a series of thrilling and ab- +; nounce that there is not enough sorbing contests. In order not to miss any of them fill out the humorous material in this country attached coupon and send one dollar at once and become a to fill out a humorous number three months’ subscriber. Other new features will be an- of LIFE, Possibly some time in P the future—but we dare not mounced soon. hope too much. It was a grand idea, It buoyed Dollar (Can- us up while it lasted, but the adian $1.13, best laid plans, etc., etc. three months. On all News-stands Every Tuesday Ten cents 4 3¢ Open only to new subscribers; no subscrip- Subscription $5.00 tion renewed at this rate. This offerisnet, Canadian 5.52 Foreign 6.04 Life, 17 West 31, N. Y. City comicbooks.co