Life, 1920-11-25 · page 4 of 45
Life — November 25, 1920 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **promotional advertisement** for Life magazine's upcoming Christmas issue, not a political cartoon. The page announces "The Christmas Number of Life"—described as a "large double number" priced at twenty-five cents. The ad highlights contributions from various named artists and writers (Maxfield Parrish, Booth Tarkington, George Ade, and others), emphasizing the issue's quality and breadth of content. The decorative border features stylized illustrations suggesting holiday themes and festive scenes, though specific figures are unclear due to image quality. The bottom section offers **subscription incentives**: readers could send one dollar to receive Life for three months, or purchase gift subscriptions for friends—positioning Life as an ideal Christmas present for 1900s audiences.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Next Week The Christmas Number of Life A large double number with cover by Maxfield Parrish and con- tributions by Booth ‘Tarkington, George Ade, Edward S$. Martin, Irvin Cobb, Agnes Repplier, Stephen Leacock, Don Marquis, Meredith Nicholson, Frank Crane. Pictures by Oliver Herford, Charles Dana son, Glu Williams, Angus MacDonall, Victor C. Anderson and a host of others. Tiwentn-fife cents This super-issue is only the beginning of a great series of coming numbers of Lire, including the Lawyers’ Snobs’, ‘iravelers’, Animal, and, in February, the Two Thousandth Number, all about Lire itself. Can you afford to miss any of these coming issues? You cannot. And how about obeying that impulse and sending Lire as a Christmas gift to your friends? Rates below. Special Offer . Or (Open only to new subscribers) Enclosed find ..........00. Dollars (One Year $5; Cana- Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.40). dian $5.80, Foreign $660), for which send Lire for one year as Send Lire for three months—twelve issues—to address below: a Christmas gift, with an appropriate Christmas card, to the friends whose names and addresses are attached herewith comicbooks.coma