Life, 1915-11-04 · page 6 of 56
Life — November 4, 1915 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **Christmas subscription advertisement** for Life magazine, not a political cartoon. The image shows a cheerful cherub or angel figure holding a sign that reads "Life is coming to you for you with Christmas Greetings from" — essentially advertising Life as a gift subscription. The "First Call!" headline announces this as an early Christmas shopping opportunity. The copy emphasizes convenience: subscribers send money to the Life office, which mails the magazine to recipients as a surprise gift, arriving before Christmas. The pricing ($5.00 for one year; $5.52 Canadian; $6.04 Foreign) and the special offer details appear in the right margin. This is straightforward commercial messaging dressed in festive imagery, typical of early-20th-century magazine promotion.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
First Call ! Sce the picture above. It is a Christmas card. It is sent out from this office as the announcement of a Christmas gift. Printed in colors. Reaches your happy friend just before Christmas. You send the money to us for the subscription, and be sure to state it is for Christmas, so we may not start it too soon. We do the rest. Saves your shopping. Just what your friend wants. Now is the time to do your Christmas subscribing. Obey that impulse. One Year $5.00. (Canadian $5.52, Foreign $6.04.) Siier Enclosed find One Dol- lar (Canadian $1.13, Foreign $1.26). “Send Lire for three months to a Open only to new subscribers; no sub scriptions renewed at this rate. LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York 2B One Year $5.00. (Canadian $5.52, Foreign $6.04.) comicbooks.com