Life, 1915-09-09 · page 4 of 44
Life — September 9, 1915 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a subscription appeal titled "Our Only Chance," explaining that Life's business office is on vacation, so they're omitting coupons and commercial content this week. The editors frankly admit they don't know the exact price of their special three-month subscription offer, promising details in the next issue. The decorative border features illustrated figures holding newspapers. The bottom cartoon shows a lion emerging from a box labeled "LIFE," terrorizing children and adults—likely satirizing the magazine's fearsome reputation or bold satirical approach. The caption notes this reflects how the business office views coupons in that corner as a "cheap commercial affair." The page primarily promotes subscriptions rather than delivering satirical political content.
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Our Only Chance The business office being on its semi-annual vacation this week (we never think of vacations ourselves), we take advantage of the oppor- tunity to omit from this page all coupons and all dull and commercial figures. In making our direct appeal for you to become a regular subscriber to Life, therefore, we are frank to say that we don’t just know what is the exact amount for our special three months’ offer. Full particulars in our next issue. Obey that impulse. Local Charles Dana Gibson now draws only for Lire, The Short Story Contest will close soon. Regular subscribers will not fail to know about it. The way we feel when we suggest to the business office that the coupon which usually occupies this corner is a cheap commercial affair. Necallorets You can get a copy of the Miniature Life free by forwarding your, address and an uncancelled stamp. comicbooks.com