Life, 1913-01-02 · page 4 of 44
Life — January 2, 1913 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Life magazine page is primarily an **advertisement for the magazine itself**, disguised as editorial content. The headline "Give me liberty or give me LIFE!!!" is a play on Patrick Henry's famous Revolutionary War quote, repurposing it as a subscription pitch. The text explains that artist Mr. Cooper created this illustration, and the magazine is leveraging his work to promote a special three-month subscription offer for one dollar (plus international postage). The note emphasizes Cooper "left no place for a coupon" and that Life doesn't care whether readers subscribe—it's their "Birthday week" special promotion. The cartoons at bottom ("I-I-I b'lieve I shall" and "Obey that impulse!") reinforce the sales message through visual humor, encouraging readers to act on the subscription offer.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
fort Hav peop that ot give me LIFE!! |: avoid all t hriel THE ARTIST WHO DREW THIS line Splendid picture (Mr. Cooper) is no business ee man. Hehas left no place fora coupon for you and : to fill out with your name. We has made it he ha practically impossible to emphasize our special takin; offer of Three Months of LIFE for One Dollar, (extra to Canadian and Foreign parts—what Lé ever it is—we're not much on business ourselves) Irish and he has left no adequate room for us to enlarge upon the astounding fact that we send a copy of the Miniature LIFE free for two cents (a bull! Brooklyn papers please copy). And the Awful Number coming! But, what's the difference? This is Birthday week and we don't care whether anybody subscribes or not. doctor natura "I-I—I bilieve I shall" @3 “| 'S, = Obey that impulse! comicbooks.com