Life Magazine – July 1, 1915 (# 1705) – Women’s Rights

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Cover : Modern woman writing in “And women” into the phrase “We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal” in the Declaration of Independence, art by Paul Stahr.   GREAT COVER!!  The art is captioned “1776 – retouching an old masterpiece – 1915.”

– Full page color ads for Gordon Dry Gin, Williams’ Shaving Soap.
– Full page ads for Columbia Records (with art of camping couple listening to a record by the campfire), NEUTRAL Number of Life, Hudson Motor Cars, Packard Motor Car company, Simplex Crane car chassis.
– N. B. by Joseph Hall (short story).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Orson Lowell (landscape format, “The fickle one : after becoming engaged he wonders if, after all, he might not have done better”), Wm. H. Walker (Dropping the pilot), F. G. Cooper (Peace : the sole survivor, the dove).
– Cute half page art by an artist I haven’t seen before in Life, probably Frank Jeet, “A safe and sane fourth,” kids pestering a grumpy donkey, repercussions are on the way.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Tragic Moments : the Reverend reads his latest comedy to his niece.”
– Some current events include : No very promising results yet in response to the efforts of the National Security League to rouse us to the importance of provision for self-defense, Harsh answer from Germany to the last Lusitania note, Troubles in Mexico (Carranza has taken refuge in old castle at Vera Cruz, General Angeles has gone to Boston, Villa wants peace, need to restore orderly government), Italy is succeeding in its aggression against Austria, Governor Slaton of Georgia commuted the sentence of Leo Frank.
– War seems to us Americans so foolish that in spite of all object lessons we can’t believe that we are going to get into it.”
– And much more 1915   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!