Life, 1919-06-05 · page 6 of 46
Life — June 5, 1919 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page promotes upcoming special issues of Life magazine. The text describes four themed editions: - **June 19 "Kiddies' Number"**: Focuses on children's activities despite contemporary social upheaval ("taxes, Bolshevism and reforms") - **June 26 "Medical Number"**: Features family physicians sympathetically rather than mockingly - **July 3 "Gloom Number"**: Described as melancholic, fitting for that date - **"Anti-Everything Number"** (announcement later): Satirizes restrictions on personal freedom The decorative borders show figures in various poses and costumes, appearing to illustrate typical Life magazine satirical content. The page is primarily promotional material rather than standalone satire, advertising subscription rates at the bottom. The reference to "Bolshevism" reflects 1920s American concerns about socialist ideology.
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Some Great Special. Numbers of LIFE June 19. Kiddies’ Number, In spite of taxes, Bolshevism and_re- formers, children still continue. This number will hold the mirror up to all of their manifold activities. June 26. Medical Number. In this number the family physician, guardian of the home, comes to his own. .In this number the life of the doctor is pictured—not with ridicule, but with amiable sympathy. July 3. Gloom Number. Deep melancholy pervades this num- ber—a fitting pictorial monument to the state of mind befitting this im- portant date. Auti-Everything | No matter what you want to do in the Numeber. future you may not do it. This num- (Announcement later) ber indicates some of the hitherto in- nocent things that you may not do. Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian & ‘ Send Lire for QF Several sample copies will be sent to any ad- dress on receipt of ten cents, or a Trial Subscription could be entered for a sol- dier overseas or in hospital. Lire is the first paper the boys ask for, and hospitals are asking for extra copies, as their subscriptions do not 3 begin to supply the demand Domestic rates to the A. E. F., provided no local foreign address be given. Open only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate. LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York. ” One Year, $5.00. (Canadian, $5.52; Foreign, $6.04.) comicbooks.com