Life, 1914-12-24 · page 4 of 40
Life — December 24, 1914 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It promotes a Life magazine Christmas gift subscription service. The decorative header shows cherubs holding a wreath-framed text offering Life magazine subscriptions as Christmas gifts. The ad explains that subscribers can send miniature reproductions of an attractive holiday card to friends, arriving by Christmas morning. The section titled "Obey That Impulse" encourages impulse purchases of subscriptions at listed rates (One Year: $5.00 in the US; $5.52 Canadian; $6.00 foreign). At bottom, text notes that yearly subscriptions include "handsome premium pictures in colors." This is a straightforward holiday marketing campaign, not political or satirical content. The page number indicates this is from Life magazine itself (page 1144).
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This is a miniature reproduction of the card which may be sent to every one of your friends you wish remembered, to be received on or before Christmas morning. All you do is to send us the money—rates of payment in coupon on this page. An equally attractive card is sent with three months’ subscriptions. Obey That Impulse 4 Biter Enclosed find One Dol- lar (Canadian $1.13, Foreign $1.26). Send Lire for three months to “WHERE LOVE IS, 4 Oren only to new subscribers; no sub- HANDSOME PREMIUM PICTURE / Sm nee eet tne oo IN. COLORS GIVEN WITH EACH LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York 74 YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION. ‘ One Year, $5.00. (Canadian, $5.52; Foreign, $6.04.) icbooks.com