Life, 1921-02-03 · page 4 of 46
Life — February 3, 1921 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **promotional content** for Life magazine's upcoming issues rather than political satire. The illustration shows a young woman with the caption "What is she looking at? Possibly at one of those people you can get along without." The "Good Night!" section is a teaser for an upcoming Charles Dana Gibson illustration series titled "People We Can Get Along Without"—Gibson's famous social commentary drawings critiquing types of people he deemed annoying or superfluous to society. The bulk of the page advertises forthcoming Life content: features on southern society, magazine history, "indiscretions," and Easter coverage. A subscription offer appears at bottom ($5.00 yearly). Rather than direct political satire, this represents Life's typical approach: genteel social criticism through Gibson's character studies and humorous commentary on contemporary manners and society.
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WHAT IS SHE LOOKING AT? POSSIMLY AT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE YOU CAN GET ALONG wiTuOUT, Special ‘ Her Enclosed tind One dol dar (Ci $1.20, 31.40), fe months’ subscription to Lire beginning with the first issue in March, 64 Open dénly to new subscribers; no sub- scriptions renewed at this rate. LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York. Good Night! “Good night.” say good night?’’ if you must.” “g-g-g-" “Well, good night.” ‘Did I “But don’t.’? ‘‘I must.’’ ‘Well, “*Good night.” ‘‘Good night.” And now, fair reader, what does all this mean? The picture of the nice girl you see reproduced on this page is only asection of Mr. Gibson’s series entitled ‘‘People We Can Get Along Without,” the first drawing of which appears in next week's Lire. You, too, will say ‘‘Good night!’’? when you see it next week, * Some Forthcoming Numbers of LiFE Will Contain Startling pictures of the pampered people who go South (in the Going South Number, February 17th} Something about Lire and its history (in the 2o00th Number, March 3rd). Remarkable indiscretions that we sometimes admit (in the great Naughty Number, March roth). All the news—if there is any—about Easter (in the super- latively handsome Easter Number, March 17th). Another contest (to be announced later). These are only a few. To obey that impulse and become a regular subscriber (see cou- pon) is now a necessity. One Year, $5.00. (Canadian, $5.80; Foreign, $6.60.) comicbooks.com