Life Magazine – September 12, 1912 (# 1559) – Texas Number

– TEXAS NUMBER (Starring the Lone Star State).
– Full page color Clysmic Spring water ad with lovely art by Henry Hutt.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (interior title page, Texas Number), Orson Lowell (Man in blinders … You put ‘em on your horses), Charles A. Voight (Some wrong impressions of Texas), Rea Irvin (A compendium of timely information : How to soothe the baby).
– Neat full page U.S. Light and Heating company, USL Storage Battery ad with various fire engines and fire ladder truck.
– Full page poem by Arthur Guiterman, “Ode to Texas.”
– Very clever winning submission for the “What’s on the Sign Board?” photo caption contest … “Entrance to ground of Back-to-Nature Socity.  Leave your clothes at the fence.”
–  GORGEOUS, LOVELY, SUPER Two page COLOR centerspread art by Harry Grant Dart, young couple has landed an airplane on a small rocky point high in snowy mountains, “Where are we, John?  Dunno – I was steering for Texas, but this looks more like Alaska.”
– Some current events include : Political campaign, Panama Canal agreement terms, Using the term “doctor” disparagingly in political races, Death of General Booth of the Salvation Army, Contributions by various malefactors to Mr. Roosevelt’s campaign fund in 1904.
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!