Life, 1914-05-28 · page 2 of 44
Life — May 28, 1914 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **magazine advertisement** for Vanity Fair's June 1914 issue, priced at 25 cents. The left column promotes the magazine's coverage of major summer sports (Polo, Tennis, Yacht Racing) and fashion coverage from Paris. The illustration depicts five fashionably dressed figures in 1914 summer attire, showcasing the striped, geometric patterns and decorative hats that characterized the era's women's fashion. The cartoon serves as a visual advertisement for Vanity Fair's fashion section titled "What They Wear in Vanity Fair." The bottom text urges readers to buy the issue immediately, warning that Vanity Fair sells out quickly at newsstands and supplies won't meet last-minute demand—a sales tactic emphasizing scarcity.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
‘OR outdoor sports, this summer will be the greatest in the world’s ath- letic history. There will be International Polo, _Inter- national Tennis, Inter- {WV { 3 “ national Yacht Racing. — ANITY FAIR will @ have news of them all— inside” news, written and illustrated for the most part in conference with the very men most concerned with the actual carrying on of the different sports. N the big June number, now on. sale, fashions that have come freshly out of Paris are most attrac- tively shown in the great fashion section, “What They Wear in Vanity Fair.” HE. latest news from the world of Art, Music, of Books, of the Stage—all these you will find delightfully presented hin the June number of Vanity Fair, now on sale. June. 1914- Price 25 cts. Look for this Vanity Fate Cover on the Newsstands But you will have to hurry—Vanity Fair never lingers long at the newsdealers. To make sure of the June number, get it to-day; the supply will not fill last-minute demands. comicbooks.com