Life, 1911-08-31 · page 6 of 38
Life — August 31, 1911 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine satirizes "humbug"—pretentious or deceitful people. The heading "Are You One of Them?" invites readers to self-identify with the caricatured figures shown. The left cartoon depicts a man labeled "S.P.D." (initials unclear) marked as "Not What It Ought To Be." The right shows an elaborately dressed woman, suggesting upper-class pretension. The text beneath critiques how certain humbug deserves immortalization, promising to feature such figures in an upcoming issue called "Humbug's Number of Life." The page functions as both satire and advertisement for the magazine's subscription offer (one dollar for three months). The joke invites readers to recognize phoniness in society while encouraging them to subscribe to *Life* for further satirical commentary.
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Are You One of Them? Next week ought properly to be set aside as a general holiday. It is dedicated to all humbugs, this being the week when the Humbug’ s Number of Life which ve. . went Will be issued. “Now Not What It Ought To Be eh cause likes To be candid, we are disappointed in this ee Humbug’s number. We had hoped, in the jexic ase : aloe rey hag est ns Obey that Impulse and do arash oa beginning, to do the subject justice, but it is Te anoth too much to ask. This is something that ee eae te vipa pee Te takes a lifetime of concentrated effort. There an are, however, a few choice humbugs who then : deserve to be immortalized. We shall do the io best we can by them. didn’t Enclosed find One Dollar (Cana dian Foreign $1.26). Send Lt three months. Ten Cents TS. charn ae favor, s creamy, Open only to new subscribers; no subscrip- al the ‘ser tion renewed at this rate. This offer is net. bast word cing as iti On Tap, PL EVAN: LIFE, 17 W. 31st Street, New York comicbooks.co