Life, 1914-06-04 · page 4 of 52
Life — June 4, 1914 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This appears to be a **contest announcement and teaser page** rather than a political cartoon. The central text poses seven provocative questions about an unnamed man's personal life—including infidelity ("lady-killer"), dishonesty, and conflicts with authority ("argument with the sheriff"). The page announces these questions will be answered in the next issue through a **double-page reproduction** of W.R. Leigh's painting titled *"An Argument With the Sheriff."* The format is a **marketing device**: readers must buy next week's issue to see the painting and learn the answers. A $500 prize contest is mentioned for submitting titles. The decorative border features classical nude figures, typical of Life's aesthetic approach. This is essentially **paid advertising disguised as editorial content**, using curiosity and satire to drive circulation.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Did you ever go on a third honeymoon? What would you do for five hundred dollars > How does it seem to be educated > Are you a lady-biller when you are home? Were you ever in France with your wife’s youngest son? How many lies have you ever told the girls ? Did you ever have an argument with the sheriff > These questions will all be answered in the next issue of Life which, among other things, will contain a double-page reproduction in colors of the celebrated painting by W. R. Leigh, entitled, “An Argument With the . , 5 7 . . Enclosed Sheriff.’’ No artist’s proofs of this picture will be salir Gre bot | sold so that those wishing a reproduction can only we aiktsies fergien secure it by getting next week’s Life. Have gO for three months’ 12 you sent in your title to the contest now we running in this paper, for which is a offered a prize of Five Hundred of Dollars? Obey that Impulse. _ < Pa 4, y Open only to new subscribers; no sub- M4 scription renewed at this rate. LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York rr) \ One Year $5.00 ‘a (Canadian $5.52, Foreign $6.04) s cont