Life Magazine – August 18, 1910 (# 1451) – C. Coles Phillips – Nautical Number

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Cover : Pensive woman in sailor dress and a flying seagull, “The lass that loved a sailor,” art by C. Coles Phillips.

– NAUTICAL NUMBER. (much on water-related activities, sailing, boating, etc)
– Full page ads for Packard Motor Cars (style similar to Coles Phillips fade away style), Haynes Automobile company (with pretty art by C. Krafft), Humorous Life magazine subscription ad, Gillete Safety Razor (landscape format with art of four woodsmen).
– Nice full page color Kellogg’s Toasted Corn Flakes ad with lovely art of mother and daughter, “Teasing,” art by Henry Hutt.
– Full page art or cartoon art by R. G. Russom (Down by the Bay … neat underwater scene of submerged hotels, tennis match, express trolleys and more.
– Two page centerspread art by W. B. King, “A lighthouse doesn’t always prevent wrecks.”
– Odd little poem “Alphabetical” A to Z defined for divorce, by A. S.
– Some current events include : Secretary Ballinger repulses the intimation that he will retire from the Cabinet, Spain wants to let non-Catholics worship in public but the Vatican won’t let them, Virginia is sending a statue of General Robert E. Lee in a confederate uniform as their contribution to the Statuary Hall in the old Hall of Representatives.
– And much, much more.