Life, 1916-02-24 · page 4 of 48
Life — February 24, 1916 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content** rather than political satire. The main illustration depicts an elegant woman in an evening gown, captioned "Are You Fashionable?" The text promotes an upcoming "Fashion Number" special issue coming Tuesday, March 21st at noon. It humorously asks if readers spend their time "emulating the intensely subjective peacock"—a satirical jab at fashion-obsession itself. The bottom half contains subscription offers and publishing information for Life magazine. The satire here is gentle: the magazine mocks fashion vanity while simultaneously *selling* a fashion-focused special issue—a self-aware irony typical of Life's comedic approach. The page targets affluent, style-conscious readers of the era.
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Are You Fashionable ? Do you spend your days and nights in emulating the intensely subjective peacock? If so, the superb Fashion Number of Life, which will burst upon an astonished world next Tues- day noon, may interest you. Cie er y E : You Subscribe fil One Dole : Write name and ad- lar (Canadian dress plainly, stating $1.43) Foreign We / if it is a renewal of a / current or recent subscrip- $1.26). Send Lire . for three months to . Beg leave to announce that the next special / thon, so we may give direct number following the Fashion Number / continuation without loss of / _ copies. If new, give starting of next week will be a Prophetic / date. Number, which, will occur on “ State the term for which you wish to S, f 1 subscribe and send the proper amount, Tuesday, March 2Ist,at high remembering that LIFE is $3 and that S2c noon. Between these a year is needed for Canadian postage and * will be two regular zi cece oy one sins 5 . 2c sure and say it ts for subscription. Money comes numbers. to us for prints, advertising, Fresh Air Fund, and 7" . “various other purposes besides subscriptions. Opens only ito new: sulseriberss: nevey > “Checks and money-orders should be made payable to oy Ra reed ats \ _/ 1AFE PUBLISHING COMPANY. If currency is sent, reg- LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York “ister the letter, as otherwise the loss, if any, will be yours. ks Z One Year, $5.00. (Canadian, $5.52; Foreign, $6.04.) Address LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 31st St., New York This ] altar W 8400 than its si extre achic ‘I mark Bi saw to O extra be w s of th comicbooks.com