Life, 1913-09-04 · page 4 of 40
Life — September 4, 1913 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This satirical page announces Life magazine's upcoming back-to-school issue. The main illustration shows a young schoolgirl in period dress (wide-brimmed hat, high socks, Mary Jane shoes). The text humorously notes that American children will soon return to various educational settings—public schools, private schools, and "the school of Experience." Life promises its next issue will typify this theme, serving as "a fitting pictorial prelude" to upcoming coverage of World War I and women's suffrage, which they've postponed until October. The small cartoon "NOT QUITE YET" and "Some Children Don't Go" (showing a child avoiding school) appear to joke about reluctant students. This reflects early 1900s American society addressing education, while major political issues—war and voting rights—loom in the background.
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The School L ife Next week the American people, young and old, will begin to go to school once more. Some will go to public schools, some to private schools and some to the school of Experience. The next issue of Life will typify this idea—more or less. It will usher in the Autumn, and be a fitting pictorial prelude to the great War and Pro-Suffrage Numbers, which we have postponed until October. Enclosed find One Dollar (Ca- nadian _ $1.13, Foreign $1.26). Send Lire for three months to NOT QUITE YET Don't subscribe just yet. It's a little carly. Have confidence in us—twe will tell you when. Life should be taken gradually —it's a powerful stimulant, Be cautious, Begin with a copy of Miniature Life No. 2. Sent to any address for a 2-cent stamp—then try a few sample copies—twe will send you a num- ber of them for ten cents—Meamehile buy a copy ‘occasionally at the nearest place where they sell papers—after that you will be ready to become a regular subscriber, say for three months. |ScHoou! Open only to new subscribers; no subseripti renewed at this rate. Trial subscripti should be sent direct; not through ‘an agent or deslen LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York 24 ONE YEAR $5.00. (CANADIAN $5.52, FOREIGN $6.04.) comicbooks.com