Life Magazine – July 8, 1909 (# 1393) – The Embrace

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Cover : “Arms and the Man,” a man’s back with his woman’s arms wrapped around him in an embrace, art by the famous C. Coles Phillips.

– Full page color ad for Pall Mall cigarettes (with Life cherub smoking).
– Half page artwork in Life title page by Orson Lowell shows two crocodiles crying over an ad for a crocodile skin bag, “How much that looks like our little Willie.”
– Full page black and white ads for Packard Motor Car Company (art of Packard “Thirty” Phaeton, not signed), Life’s upcoming Colored Covers.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Harry Grant Dart (Flying ships made into advertisements),
– Two page centerspread art by Angus MacDonall (Temptation : a bunch of boys playing hooky in the local swimming hole trying to tempt another boy, on his way to school, to join them).
– Quarter page ad for Winchester self-loading rifle with nice art of a mountain lion.
– Some current events include : President Taft and the tariff; Executive despotism (sounds familiar in 2020); College professors are tired in the spring and more likely to speak despondently about their jobs than in the fall; Department stores have multiplied and are now popular.
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!