Life, 1914-05-14 · page 4 of 44
Life — May 14, 1914 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and contest announcements** rather than political satire. The main content announces two contests: 1. **"Do You Ever Stop To Think?"** - A $500 prize contest for the best title to accompany an untitled picture (shown as a sketch of a figure at a desk). 2. **"The Book Number"** - Announcement of an upcoming special issue featuring book recommendations for summer vacation in Mexico. The cartoon itself is minimal—just an illustration of someone at work, serving as the visual prompt for the titling contest. The page emphasizes that **$25 per word** will be paid to the contest winner, claiming this is "the highest rate ever paid for a literary contribution." This is primarily a **reader engagement mechanism** rather than satirical content.
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Do You Ever Stop To Think? In next week’s issue of Life will be printed a pic- ture without any title. Life will pay $500 to the best title sent in between May 19 and July 2. The contest will run in five consecutive issues of Life. Anybody can send ina title. It is not necessary to be a regular subscriber. If you are a regular subscriber, however, you can make sure of getting all the numbers containing full particulars about the contest, together with the announcement of the winner. One dollar (see coupon) will insure this. THE BOOK NUMBER ye Also comes next week. This is the ao Enclosed only number of the year that con- < sett Oot te tains any information; namely, y $1.13, Foreign a list of the best books v2 a to take away on your summer vacation in Mexico. Open. only to new subscribers; no sub- Twenty-five dollars a word will be paid to the winner of scription renewed at this rate. this contest. Unless we are.greatly in error, this is the ¢ / LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York 46 highest rate ever paid for a literary contribution. é ie Ove Year $5.00. (Canadian $5.52, Foreign $6.04) : c comicbooks.com