Life, 1915-08-26 · page 42 of 48
Life — August 26, 1915 — page 42: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct elements: a public service advertisement and a literary contest announcement. **The Main Advertisement** ("What Are YOU Doing About National Defense?") appeals to American patriotism regarding national defense preparedness. The silhouetted image shows what appears to be military or defense officials in discussion. The text urges readers to engage with an article in *Everybody's* magazine about defense, framing it as a patriotic duty for "every red-blooded American." This reflects pre-World War I or early WWI-era American anxieties about military readiness. **The Right Column** announces *Life's* short story contest with substantial prizes ($1,000 first place). The rules are detailed and somewhat unusual—authors are paid ten cents per word *not* written (capped at 1,500 words), creating an incentive for brevity. The accompanying illustration shows a pastoral scene titled "An Unfrocked Minister." Together, the page balances civic exhortation with entertainment, typical of *Life's* approach as a satirical but culturally engaged publication.
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394 Sd Life’s Short Story Contest What Are YOU Doing About National Defense ? Are you doing anything? Do you know what todo? Do you know how to doit? Have you ever thought about it? It is a good thing for us all that there are people who are doing something about this matter. It is time we all took part. There is a smashing article on this vital subject in the September issue of EVERYBODY'S. Read it if you love your country. Read it if you think American ideals are worth while. There is nothing militaristic about it. No sword-rattling. No bom- bast. Just a heart-to-heart, man-to-man appeal which every red-blooded American needs to read. Get a copy of the September EVERYBODY'S to-day. Then decide what you are going to do about it. body YA AZINE FOR SEPTEMBER First Prize $1000 Second Prize 500 Third Prize 250 (OW short ican a short story be aud yet be a short story Lu uld like to know. So would every ‘iter, and, therefore, all writers are invited to join with Lire in making « practical test, Lire invites contributions of original short storics. For the best ones re- ceived before noon of October 4, 113, it will award three prizes—$1,000, $:00 and $250. ‘CONDITIONS No story must exceed fifteen hundred words in length. There is no restriction placed upon the kind of story to be submitted. It may be humorous of tragic; but jokes, anecdote cpigrams or verses do not come within the scope of the contest. All manuscripts which are accepted for publication in Lire will be paid for at the rate of ten cents a word for every word under fifteen hundred words which the author does not write, To illustrate if the accepted story is one hundred words in length, then the author will receive $140, or ten cents a word for the fourteen hundred words which he did not write For what he docs write he receives no pay. If, on the other hand, the accepted story is fourteen hundred and ninety-nin words in length, the author will receive ten cents. This story, however. stand an equal chance ‘of winnin; prize with one which is very mu shorter (say, one hundred words). exch story will be judged strictly un its merits as a story. The stories will be published in Lire as soon as possible after they are ac- cepted, and will be paid for on accept- tance upon the basis which has just been defined. | When they have all been_pub- lished, then the final awarding of the $1,750. in prizes will be made in the following manner: The Editors of Lire will first select, “AN UNFROCKED MINISTER ” rejectic are it ions, b sible f 0 hee comicbooks.com