Life, 1913-09-25 · page 4 of 43
Life — September 25, 1913 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a Life magazine advertisement promoting their "War Number," likely from World War I era (given the historical style and reference to "universal peace"). The stark illustration shows a fallen soldier lying dead with a sword beside him and what appears to be a divine or angelic figure above—visualizing the question "Is the War God Passing?" The image sardonically contrasts the carnage of warfare with hopes for peace. The accompanying text announces that the next issue will feature opinions from "leading citizens of the world" on whether universal peace might arrive within the next hundred years—a pointed commentary on wartime optimism and the distance between battlefield reality and political idealism. The advertisement uses the horror of war imagery to sell the magazine to readers concerned with these urgent questions.
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Is the War God Passing r The War Number of ISSUED NEXT WEEK, WILL CONTAIN OPINIONS / find One BY MANY OF THE LEADING CITIZENS OF THE ae / phadian $1413, WORLD ON THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER 7 send Ei er UNIVERSAL PEACE WILL COME WITHIN THE NEXT ONE HUNDRED YEARS. EVERY TUESDAY EVERYWHERE TEN CENTS Open only to new subscribers; no subscription renewed at this rate. Trial subscriptions should be sent direct; not through an agent or dealer. LIFE, 17 West 31st St, New York. 26 “ ONé YEAR $5.00. (CANADIAN $5.52, FOREIGN $6.04.) OBEY THAT IMPULSE comicbooks.com