Life, 1922-07-06 · page 2 of 36
Life — July 6, 1922 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content** rather than political satire. It announces a "$600 prize" contest inviting readers to submit humorous titles for an upcoming "Garfield Parrish Cover" in Life's June 22 issue. The motivational text uses playful rhetoric—"Clench your fists and set your teeth and say you will win"—to encourage participation. It emphasizes that cleverness comes from **determination and effort** ("Why, by trying"). The page also includes a **subscription offer**: one dollar (Canadian $1.20) for a ten-week trial subscription to Life magazine, priced at $5.00 yearly ($5.80 Canadian). This reflects Life's early 20th-century business model of using contests and reader engagement to build circulation.
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President Vice-President ‘reasurer ‘ern Manager CONTEST Prizes :or bect tit! arte Nal Cay he 29 ui Ce er will power How are other people clever? humorous! Onward! Upward! More Why, by trying. Clench your fists and set your teeth and say you will win some of that and more humorous! If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. It pays. Enter the title contest now running $800. in LIFE, and see how it pays. Make up your mind to be as clever as anybody. You can if you try. You don’t have to be a subscriber to LIFE to enter this contest, but LIFE will help you develop the humor cells that win! RULES of the LIFE TITLE CONTEST in current numbers. Determination is the secret of wit. Be At all newsstands—fifteen cents a copy Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian, $1.20; Foreign, $1.40). Send LIFE for ten weeks to Tr you are interested in success, send $1 for LIFE for 10weeks and succeed in saving 50 cents. (10 newsstand copies are $1.50.) Many a fortune has been built on less than 50 cents. If you now have a fortune, why not start another? This $1 will bring you LIFE over the period of the Parrish title contest. Expose yourself to wealth, 237 Opes only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate, LIFE, 598 Madison Avenue, New York City One Year, $5.00 (Canadian, $5.80; Foreign, $6.60) comicbooks.com