Life, 1911-10-26 · page 4 of 50
Life — October 26, 1911 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** for Life magazine's Thanksgiving issue, with two cartoon illustrations supporting the pitch. The top cartoon shows a cornucopia or harvest horn overflowing with abundance—a standard Thanksgiving symbol—emphasizing gratitude for blessings. The lower cartoon titled "Have You Ever Been Broke?" depicts two figures in apparent financial distress beside a bare pole (suggesting poverty or ruin). The caption suggests that reading Life's financial/business coverage will teach readers "something to your advantage." The ads promote Life's Thanksgiving Number (cover by C. Coles Phillips) as an "antidote for the Pessimists' Club" and offer a three-month trial subscription for one dollar—positioning the magazine as both entertaining and financially educational during economically uncertain times.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
For What We Are About to Receive may we be truly thankful. And by no means the least of these blessings is the Thanksgiving Number of Lire, which will be on all news-stands next week. The —TTh colored cover is by C. Coles Phillips. ‘There is also a colored inside picture. ‘This is a large first of the month number, and is to be used as an antidote for the Pessimists’ Club. Have You Ever Obey That Impulse and Been Broke ? agivihe Nun: try.a three months’ trial subscription for only one dollar Ber follows cheval Street: and Ifat the end of the three months you are not entirely satis« etc a car a le fied with your bargain, we won't hold it up against you, Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.13, Foreign $1.26). Send LiFe for three months to been or not, you will learn some- thing to your advantage in this issue. : : Open only to new subscribers; no subscription renewed at this rate On all news-stands Nov. 7th. This offer is net. Tea cents. LIFE, 17 W. 31 Street, New York