Life, 1921-01-20 · page 34 of 36
Life — January 20, 1921 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising/promotional page** rather than a political cartoon. Life magazine announces three upcoming features: 1. **Charles Dana Gibson's series** (beginning February 10th): A weekly illustrated column about people readers "could get along without"—annoying social types. The example given is the friend who calls during dinner to brag about his golf score. Readers are invited to submit their own lists of irritating acquaintances. 2. **"The Silent Drama" department**: A new film review section by Robert E. Sherwood, with guidance on silent movies and "a confidential guide" (unclear what this means). 3. **Coming Animal Number**: Next week's special issue dedicated to animal lovers. The page uses decorative borders of illustrated figures and includes a subscription offer ($5 yearly, $5.80 Canadian) to ensure readers don't miss Gibson's series. The appeal is to Life's humor-focused, middle-class readership interested in satirizing everyday social irritations.
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Special Offer Enclosed find One dol: Var (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.40), for three months subscription to Lire beginning with the first issue in Fel ruary. Coming on February 1 Oth AVE you ever made a little list of the people you could get along without ? These people (not all of them, but many of them) will be presented in a series of drawings by Charles Dana Gibson. This series will begin in Lire’s issue of February 1oth, and will continue every week thereafter. If you have a list of your own, send it in. We have a private list of our own. For example, just as you have sat down to a cozy dinner, having come home tired from the office, there is the valuable friend who calls you up over the phone and talks to you for eighteen minutes about the wonderful golf score he has made that afternoon. Send us your list Our Special Offer So that you will not miss Mr, Gibson's series which will begin in Lire’s issue of February 1oth, we sug- gest that you send in your subscription for three months, Leginning with the first issue in February, according to the terms in the coupon. To All Wovie Fans Lire begs leave to announce that a new department, THe Sitent Drama, conducted by Robert E. Sherwood, will begin in our next issue. In this department there will be reviews of the latest films and a confi- dential guide. Open. only to new subscribers; no sub scriptions renewed at this rate, LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York Coming Next Week— LiFE'S Animal Number, dedicated to all lovers of One Year, $5.00. (Canadian, $5.80; Foreign, $6.60.) animals. comicbooks.com