Life, 1919-09-11 · page 4 of 48
Life — September 11, 1919 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **subscription advertisement for LIFE magazine** rather than a political cartoon. The illustration at top shows a dinner party scene with the caption "WERE YOU EVER UP IN THE AIR?" The accompanying text uses this as a pun: there are currently many things "up in the air"—prices, airplanes, government experts—"but not the profiteers—yet." This appears to be **satirizing profiteering and inflation** during what seems to be the post-World War I era, when such issues were prominent. The cartoon humorously suggests that an upcoming "Up-in-the-Air Number" of LIFE will expose profiteers who are currently benefiting from economic uncertainty. The crude stick-figure drawing labeled "Opportunity" reinforces the satire about who's actually profiting from these conditions. The page then offers subscription rates ($5 yearly) and trial offers.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
WERE YOU EVER UP IN THE AIR? There are a great many things up in the air at present—prices, airplanes, government ex- perts—but not the profiteers— yet. The Up-in-the-Air Num- ber of LIFE coming soon will tell you all about it. And this is your ., , Special Offer Enclosed find One Dol. lar (Canadian $1.13, Foreign $1.26). Send Lire for three months to Ass an Antidote for gloom, try entering a subscription to Open. only to new subscribers; no sub: Lire. One trial order will help you (see scriptions renewed at this rate, coupon), and the full year is better yet. 108 LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York. Several sample copies will be sent to any address on receipt of ten cents or sixpence. One Year, $5.00. (Canadian, $5.52; Foreign, $6.04.) comicbooks.commr