Life Magazine – March 16, 1911 (# 1481) – Coles Phillips – Turning back time

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Cover : Two women repositioning the hands of a clock, the young one in a modern dress is pushing time forward, the older one in a more dated dress is pushing time back, “Forward and back,” art by C. Coles Phillips.

– MANY car ads!

– Full page color ad for Pall Mall cigarettes.

– Full page black and white ads for Franklin automobiles, Packard motor cards (Packard “30” Brougham), Pompeian massage cream, Vogue magazine (Spring dress materials number).

– Full page art or cartoon art by Harrison Cady (My Lady’s finery : central art of lady dressed in furs and feathers, surrounded by scenes of all the slaughter of animals and birds needed to make her clothes, including clubbing seals and killing birds just for their tail feathers), Angus MacDonall (OMG, another horrible vivisection artwork … Life was very anti-vivsection, the little boy who never grew up, he moves from killing his toys to killing dogs),

– Two page centerspread art by Orson Lowell, “Fido’s Birthday : he gives a party to the dogs in his street and the masters come with them,” Dog birthday party with humans who look like their dogs.

– Some current events include : Congress has adjourned to meet again next month but a very different Congress from the one that has just ended, Anti-magazine bill failed, New Public Library ought to have black draperies in mourning for John M. Carrere.

– Full page devoted to fictitious troubles of the celebrity board to determine the winners of the Great Life auto race.

– More humorous recipes from the “human cook book” such as The Waiter : Suff a hired dress-suit case with an effort to please, Add a half-dozen stumbles and trips, Remove his right thumb from the cranberry sauce, Roll in crumbs, melted butter and tips.

– Cute half page artwork by William Van Dresser, “Up to date chivalry,” woman picking up man’s hat that has blown off his head.

– Life’s family album, Orson Lowell, with photo and “interview” of sorts.

– And much, much more.