Life, 1917-08-23 · page 4 of 40
Life — August 23, 1917 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon depicts a figure in water receiving what appears to be a UFO or flying object above, with a hat floating nearby. The caption "Seeing Life" plays on the magazine's title with a joke about subscription accessibility. The page primarily advertises **Life magazine's upcoming content**, listing articles like "Would You Marry for Money?" and "The Boy Who Helps His Mother," along with a war cartoon by Charles Dana Gibson. The satire appears gentle—mocking how people must either subscribe regularly or rush to newsstands to stay current with Life's content. The drowning figure humorously suggests the desperation readers feel to access the magazine. The bottom notes subscription pricing and that copies reach American soldiers abroad through the Expeditionary Forces.
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Seeing Life is easy if you are either a regular subscriber or get to the news-stand soon enough, Would You Marry for Money? The Willowbys’ Ward—Continued, The Boy Who Helps His Mother. Death of the Demon Rum. A Full Page War Cartoon by Charles Dana Gibson. Are We Really Waking Up? A centre page cartoon by Harri- son Cady implies a doubt of this. i Special These are only a few of the sub- Offer jects treated in the next issue of eacisaza Lire. find One Dol (Canadian -134 Foreign Live Copies of Lire may be sent to American sol- diers abroad at American rates of postage if. a dressed to them as members of the American Open. only t bsceth i Expeditionary Forces. pen only to. new subscribers; no. sub: p ry Force: scriptions renewed at this rate. The price of annual subscriptions, po: cluded, for Canadian, British and other soldiers LIFE, 17 West 31st Strcet, New York. 4 in the Allied a cs, is $6.0. eee eee ‘ One Year, $5.00. (Canadian, $5.52; Foreign, $6.04.) comicbooks Gain