Life Magazine – August 5, 1909 (# 1397) – C. Coles Phillips

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Cover : Alarming Choices, a lovely lady setting an alarm clock where the hours are marked by different men, adorable art by the great C. Coles Phillips.

– Full page color ads for Hartford Tires (with lovely artwork, woman in maroon dress, navy driving coat, white scarf over her hat), Mennen’s Toilet Powder (The box that Lox, The Queen of the Surf).
– Half page artwork by John Newton Howitt, The Horse is an Intelligent Animal, horse stopped on broken bridge as his humans kiss obliviously in the carriage.
– Quarter page ad for Iver Johnson safety automatic revolver (hammer the hammer).
– Lovely half page artwork by C. Coles Phillips on Life title page : a dating couple sitting precariously on either end of a hammock as gravity conspires to bring them together, Force of Gravity.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Art Young (Dame Knickerbocker and Mayorality), Post (My dog and my daughter, dog on leash humor)
– Two page centerspread art by William L. Jacobs, The Sinner, old man walking with a full string of fish he caught while everyone else is in their Sunday best leaving church.
– Some current events include : President Taft and tariffs (getting a lot of relief from the extortions of the wool men); Income tax and the dangers of letting the Federal Government have so much power; Rudyard Kipling and Beatty Balestiers.
– One third page photo of kids in a parade at Life’s Fresh Air Farm for poor kids.
– And much more 1909   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!