Life, 1921-01-13 · page 4 of 36
Life — January 13, 1921 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** for an upcoming Gibson Girl series by Charles Dana Gibson rather than political satire. The illustration depicts **a woman with the characteristic Gibson Girl aesthetic** (voluminous hair, elegant features) with a cherubic child, typical of Gibson's popular illustration style. The "Gibson Girl" was an idealized feminine archetype that dominated American popular culture in the early 1900s. The advertisement announces a new weekly series titled **"People We Can Get Along Without,"** beginning February 10th in Life magazine. The text emphasizes readers should subscribe to avoid missing installments, warning that distribution was unreliable and issues sold out quickly at newsstands. The small cherub mascot in the subscription coupon section was a recurring Life magazine motif. The pricing indicates this is a **historical publication from the early 20th century**.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Copyright Life Pub. Co, A New Gibson Series Is Coming It begins in Lirr’s issue of February 10th and is entitled PEOPLE WE. CAN GET ALONG WITHOUT It will run every week thereafter. Please remember that, in order to get the full bene- fit of this great series, you cannot afford to miss a single issue of Lire after February 10th. Please remember that because of the present defective methods of distribu- tion, Lire may be sold out any week Special Offer at your favorite news-stand. There- be a4 Aine cine (Canadian €leioi fore, to avoid missing any one of the Foreign $1.40). Send L tre for twelve issues people we can get along without—as a created by Mr. Gibson—we suggest that you obey that impulse and send us a three months’ subscription now according to the terms outlined in the coupon. Open only to new subscribers ; no subscriptions renewed at this rate Next Week—Blue Sunday Number LIFE, 17 West 31st Street. New York One Year, $5.00. Canadian, $5 80; Foreign, $6.60 ‘ comicbooks.com