Life, 1915-03-11 · page 4 of 48
Life — March 11, 1915 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **subscription advertisement** for Life magazine, not a political cartoon. The illustration shows a stylized woman in 1920s attire flying a kite labeled with subscription details and pricing information ($5 for one year, $5.52 Canadian). The accompanying photograph titled "WHERE LOVE IS (By Angus MacDonald)" depicts a figure on horseback in a desert landscape, likely accompanying a serialized story or feature. The page's humor is gentle and commercial rather than satirical—it uses the whimsical kite-flying imagery to make the subscription pitch visually appealing to readers. The woman's fashionable dress and confident pose reflect 1920s-era advertising aesthetics designed to attract contemporary magazine subscribers.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Do Your Contest Subscribing Now We suggest this because the great contest is now going on, and it is just as well to have Lire come to you by mail every week at your own home. You can become a three months’ subscriber, but we don’t recommend this now. One year, five dollars (Canadian $5.52, foreign $6.04). hh handsome premium picture. Ad- dress, Lire, 17 W. gist, Street, New York. wt Sen sie Gov SOS ety * A reproduction of the picture below, in full color, showing the bluc sky and vivid golden light effect of the desert, and measuring 21 by 16 inches, will be sent on each yearly subscription entered this spring. Cotr. Life Pub. Co. (des WHERE |.OVE IS (By Ancus MacDonatt) agres how on al he hi erabl speak inter Ar We 1 when Mo at so and ; busin feelin Our Ba to Bre, the in the custo ship, hotel « e consideradl: It may | Write t