Life, 1912-08-08 · page 4 of 40
Life — August 8, 1912 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than editorial cartoons. It's a "Coming" announcements section promoting upcoming issues of *Life* magazine with tongue-in-cheek descriptions: - **Aug. 15**: "Not a special number" — humorously promising to feature a young woman on the cover - **Aug. 22**: "Lover's Number" — described as the "dullest number of the year" - **Aug. 29**: "Homeward Bound Number" — mocking American domesticity ("Home sweet Home") - **Sept. 5-26**: Various themed issues (Baseball, Texas, Wilson, Minister's issues) The satire is gentle and self-aware, with *Life* poking fun at its own editorial choices and reader expectations. The subscription pitch at bottom emphasizes affordability ($1 in the US) while the humorous tone suggests *Life*'s satirical, irreverent approach to American culture and values.
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Ci oming Not a special number. Are you a sweet young girl, and have you ever fished for a man? If so, you will sce yourself on the cover of this number. Lover's Number, Aside from the text, the pictures and the advertisements, this is the dullest number of the year. Celebrates sickly sentiment. Homeward Bound Number. Dedicated to that place which no good American knows anything about—namely, Home sweet Home (price ten cents as usual). Base Ball Number. Full of fans, therefore cool and inviting. (Send for a copy of the Miniature LiFe, free for a two cent stamp.) Texas Number. Dedicated to that acme of culture amorg States; nota reliable thing in it about Texas. (That Miniature Lire, by the way, is a special little number, full of the best things ever printed in LIFE.) The Wilson Number. Minister's Number. This is the only humorous number we issue during the year; the subject alone makes it cheerful. Irreverent, irrational and in- sinuatingly intelligent. Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.13, Foreign $1.26). Send LiFe for three months to To Subscribe To LIFE for three months is a matter for you and your conscience. The price is one dollar anywhere in the United States. / —____—__— . Send it by registered mail with renewed at this tate. Tha ofr shoul somes your name and address and usdirect ; not through an agent or dealer, wait for the results. LIFE, 17 West 31, N. Y. City It's a fair risk. ONE YEAR $5.00. (CANADIAN $5.52, FOREIGN $ comicbooks-co