Life, 1912-11-21 · page 4 of 44
Life — November 21, 1912 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **promotional page for Life magazine's upcoming "Debutante's Number,"** not a political cartoon. The four caricatured heads represent stylized female types, likely illustrating different "debutante" personalities or archetypes for humorous effect. The central text promises that next week's issue will feature content aimed at "young and beautiful" readers—specifically about becoming a "Debutante." The satirical angle appears to be gently mocking debutante culture itself: the exaggerated facial features and ornate styling suggest Life is poking fun at the pretensions and artificiality of high-society debut rituals. The advertisement emphasizes the magazine's appeal to fashionable, romantic audiences while promoting subscriptions at ten cents. "Bygones" prints are offered as subscription bonuses.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Next Week Debutante's Number Are you young and beautiful 2? Do ardent and passionate admirers gather about you in crowds wherever you go? Are you timid and blush- ingand coy? Read next week's Life, and learn how to be a Debutante. Restores lost beauty and makes the flowers of love and youth bloom in every heart. Ten cents. Special Coupon Enclosed find One Dollar (Ca- nadian $1.13, Foreign, $1.26). Send Lire for three months to The Miniature Life “*Bygones '’—the handsome pre- mium picture given with each yearly subscription this season. i jokes ever pub- Subscriptions commencing De- ished: can teialipped cember first willinclude our superb te an addrea-on Christmas Number. receipt of a two- cent stamp. ALL TREWE STANDS Open only te new mubscritern: no subscription L renewed fc. ‘This order must come EVERY TUESDAY ; tous direct ; not through an ‘agent oF desler. ee Gites oe pang LIFE, 17 West 31, New York. ONE YEAR $5.00, (CANADIAN $5.52, FOREIGN $6.04.) comicboohnees