Life, 1913-03-13 · page 4 of 44
Life — March 13, 1913 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **subscription solicitation** rather than political satire. The main content announces Life's "Awful Number" launching March 25, urging readers to subscribe before that issue. The cartoons are generic comic illustrations showing exaggerated characters in humorous situations—a distressed man at top, figures struggling with umbrellas and running with children—typical of early 20th-century comic style. These appear decorative rather than referential to specific political events or figures. The text emphasizes this is the **final issue** before implementation of their subscription model, pleading with casual readers to become regular subscribers. A subscription box at bottom offers three months for $1.00. The page functions as **magazine house advertisement** rather than satirical commentary on current events or politics.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
The Awful Number Week After Next TO OUR FRIENDS: Only one more week now intervenes between us and the Awful Number of LIFE (out on March 25). As we may never see you again after this Number is issued, we wish to thank you for the kindly interest you have taken in this page and its humble efforts to inveigle you into becoming a regular subscriber. To those who did become subscribers through these humble efforts we have no apologies to Extra Copies make. We did the best we could. In the The Awful N meantime, don’t fill in the coupon on this forsale.on 7 page, you are taking too many chances, wait until after March 25. onder In edonee: - Don't blame us later Now there's the Fashion Number next week. A glance through its super- latively scintillating pages is like taking a walk up Fifth Avenue. . geewCut out along this dotted line.meeaBy the bye, you ® Life, come to me one year ,or, only three months, as financially indicated ng this dotted line © St StU? 3ET> PODTjI0u onvy Special offer. Live for three months $1.00 (Canadian $1.13. Foreign $1.26). Open only to new subscribers; no subscription renewed at this rate. This order must come to us direct; not through an agent or dealer, LIFE, 17 West 31, New York ONE YEAR $5.00. (CANADIAN $5.52, FOREIGN $6.04.) tybefore, cut out alo @1¥n) Fes om syam'ayr] Ur sfury> psare2 ay} jo uO fuodn0> comicbooks.com