Life, 1922-06-22 · page 2 of 34
Life — June 22, 1922 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily an **advertisement for Life magazine subscriptions**, not political commentary. The cartoon shows two men in conversation, illustrating the magazine's pitch to readers. The ad promotes Life's humor content, specifically encouraging subscribers to submit and receive jokes weekly. It emphasizes that "popular public speakers" and successful comedies rely on humor archives—suggesting Life provides fresh material for people seeking jokes to tell others. The "special offer" advertises ten weeks of Life for one dollar, targeting new subscribers. The page concludes by promoting upcoming special issues: American-Franco, Mid-Summer, and American-Japanese numbers. Rather than satire, this is straightforward commercial messaging using a simple cartoon to make the subscription pitch more engaging and accessible to potential readers.
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Live: Published Weekly by ub 8, 1883, at the Company at 598 Madison Avenui x N. ¥., Printed in New Yor on, Fi Ei Office Department, ee Copyright, LIFE, , England and the Brit pe You Tr A Goop Joxe? Perhaps you haven’t got a good joke to tell. Or perhaps you've told your good joke to everybody you know. That’sa sad state of affairs, isn’t it? Let LIFE furnish you with a new joke. Let LIFE furnish you with a r lot of new jokes. Popular public speakers have been onto this scheme for years. Success ful musical comedies are always written with the aid of our back files. To date, we've let them get away with it, but now we're going to suggest that you get your LIFE humor every week fresh and first-hand. We want to give the young jokes a chance. The best joke of all is LIFE’S introductory offer of ten issues for one dollar. You can’t laugh that off. Scrap your old wheeze and try some of our new ones. Send it in tous with a dollar. We'll pack it carefully away for you until you want it back again—if ever. Do it now— the first ten weeks are the easiest. Special Offer Enclosed \ find One Dol lar (Canadi . e $1.20; Foreign, 1.40). Send BS, jor ten weeks to AMERICAN - FRANCO NUMBER MID-SUMMER NUMBER AMERICAN-JAPANESE NUMBER COMING SPECIAL NUMBERS OF 235 (Goen' cenly: so gnaw subscribers}! ‘no, aub: *S, Fill out the coupon, mail it to us with scriptions renewed at this rate. . : GOS remittance, and you will receive these EIRE, 598 Madisan Avenue, New Yor ae numbers and seven more. Obey that impulse ! One Year, $5.00. (Canadian, $5.80; Foreign, $6.60) comicbooks.com