Life, 1915-10-07 · page 6 of 52
Life — October 7, 1915 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily an **advertisement for a magazine subscription**, not political satire. The cartoon at top depicts two military medics carrying an injured soldier on a stretcher, captioned "When you get back from the Training Camp at Plattsburg." The joke appears to reference the **Plattsburg Training Camp**, a real military preparedness initiative from around World War I era. The humor suggests soldiers returning from training would be physically exhausted or injured—a lighthearted jab at the camp's rigor. The advertisement encourages subscriptions ($5 yearly) by promising readers entertainment and refreshment after vacations or military service. A photograph labeled "Sunset" appears below, offered as a premium picture for subscribers. The page is largely commercial rather than political commentary.
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When you get back from the Training Camp at Plattsburg Or from your regular summer vacation, or from doing the ideal tour with your wife, you naturally wish to be amused, to be cheered up, to be intel- lectually stimulated and refreshed. One way to achieve this result and at the same time forestall the holiday season, secure the extra large Christ- mas 25-cent number and get in addition the hand- some premium picture reproduced on this page, is to become a regular yearly subscriber to this mitable paper. One Year $5.00. Canadian $5.52, Foreign $6.04. Special Offer Enclosed find One Dol- Jar (Canadian $1.13, Foreign $1.26). Send Liv for three months to Sunset “ Open only to new subscribers; no handsomely printed in full colors, subscriptions renewed at this rate. . handsomely printed rs, x16¥%4 inches, presented as a premium ; DIRE) 19 Weay RES URL New ark 6 subscription.) pe One Year, $5.00. (Canadian, $5.52; Foreign, $6.04) comicbooks.com