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This page is primarily **advertising and humor pieces**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Makaroff Russian Cigarettes ad**: A lengthy advertisement claiming these cigarettes are pure tobacco without the "dopey" nervous feeling of other brands. The accompanying photo shows a man smoking with text "Read This if you Smoke." This reflects early 20th-century cigarette marketing before health warnings existed. **Three brief humor pieces**: 1. "Satisfied with His Employers"—A joke about a Swedish miner rejecting a minister's call to "work for the Lord," preferring his railroad job instead. The humor relies on ethnic stereotyping (dialect) and class commentary. 2. "A Proper Distinction"—A anecdote about philosopher John Fiske distinguishing between calling someone a "fool" versus a "worse fool," finding the distinction philosophically valid. 3. A fishing travel piece promoting Westport, Ontario. **Note**: This is primarily a **commercial/entertainment page**, not satirical commentary. The humor is gentle, conversational—typical of Life magazine's lighter content mixed with period advertising.

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LIFE- You can smoke MAKAROFF RUSSIAN CIGARETS from morning until night without a trace of that “dopey” or nervous feeling induced by other cigarets. They will leave in your office or apartments no trace of the odor usually associ- ated with cigarets. They are made of real tobacco, pure, clean and sweet, and nothing else. They are mild and smooth, but rich in | flavor, and as full of “body” as the most c! ‘al connoisseur could wish. They contain a less percentage of nicotine than ay others and the mouthpiece takes up most of that tobacco never comes in contact with the mouth, wet and bitter, to spoil the flavor and stain the fing They are rolled by h paper in the world 7 paste is used, You can afford to go into this matter thoroughly. Y cannot afford not to, if you w without injury to your h of refinement or tl ur friends. Il direct to smokers, first-class clubs and hotels, I ly send full information about these cigarets, but y test, if you are in earnest, isa trial of Hake all the risk of this trial, so there is no reason why you should delay it and incased in the thinnest mn rets at their e to your own A New Kind of Offer Send me your order fora trial hundred of the size and quality you prefer. Try the cigarets thoroughly, smoke the full hundred if you like. Then, if you do not like them, tell me and L will return your mo: I do not ask the return of the ergarets, I prefer to take my chances of your giving them to some one who will like them and who will order more, Send an order now and get acquainted with real cigaret luxury. -++-:MAIL THIS COUPON TO - JAMES HOWARD KEH LER &0 Fine Arts Building, CHICAGO SOLE OISTAIGUTOR IN AMERICA FoR Warsaw New York Chicago for which please tsend me, prepaid, Sizeisao so. : MAKAROFF CIGARETS! paleo sh} Satisfied with His Employers. A PHILADELPHIA clergyman, visiting an old schoolmate in Montana, was called on to speak during revival services ina large uf camp of Swedish miners. ing straight at a powerful looking man who sat in front of him, the minister asked : “My friend, don't you want to work for the Lord? The Swede thought a few seconds and re- d slowly: o, T tank no, de good enough for m Loc Norden Pacific fallers is —Baltimore Sun Happier palate and no head enlargement next morning— ROSS'S ROYAL BELFAST GINGER ALE. A Proper Distinction. 1 story that the Rev. Dr. Moxom, ringficld, tells of John Fiske, which illustrates his frankness: It seems that one day his wife had to report to | that their son had been guilty of calling Mrs. Jones, a neighbor, a fool and Mr. Jones a much worse fool Prof. Fiske sent for the youngster, and when library said to him sternly: that you said Mrs. Jones appeared in the | "My son, was a fool is it true Hanging his head the boy replied: “Yes, father, 1 did.” “And did you call Mr. Jones a worse fool?” “Yes, father.” After a moment's reflection the famous his- “Well, my son, that is just Boston torian said slowly: about the distinction | should make.” Record, L ERS of the sport will do well to visit Westport, Onta- rio, Canada, The town is located on the “Little Rideau’ Lake and is the terminus of the Brockville, Westport & North- western Ry, Here are found as abundance of Oswego and the Small Mouth Black Bass, Thee tourists who recently spent about five days in this loc FISHING, y were rewarded with half pounds, and 1 5 three and one- half and four pounds. Wee eye weighed as much ¢ Ile looked me straight in the Lawyer: ‘There, sir, you've flatly contra dicted your former statement “How so? Y said before that he bent his gaze on you, and now you'll please explain how he could look you straight in the eye with a bent gaze.” Tit-Bits Witness faints. RE m:y be more b T in this great cou by the Hudson River DP ever, they have yet to be h ican Rhine” nding title, only the suffers by comparison with the lordly HMudso#, sades and Highlands, Cro’ Nest and Storm West Point and the Tappan Zee. Where in the wid world does Nature smile so sweetly woods or frown with such majesty amid the thunder and lightning of a storm as in the Catskills? Either in ing to or departing from New York, there is just one thing for the wide-awake tourist or the traveler in search of comfort—take the Hudson River Day Linc. It will prove an unforgettable experience and one you'll duplicate at the first opportunity. utiful and attractive boat trips ry of ours than that afforded Li Wu d from. how The Amer Rhine Pali is a high-se in her sunny acatch of 92 fish, each of which weighed ever two and one | A Scientific Method of Growing Hair The Evans Vacuum Cap provides the scien- tific means of applying to the scalp the com- mon sense principles of physical culture. Baldness and falling hair are caused by the lack of proper nourishment of the hair roots. This lack of nourishment is due to the absence of blood in the scalp—an ab- normal condition. It is the blood which feeds the hair roots, as well as every other part of the body. If you want the hair to grow on the scalp the blood must be made to circulate there. It is exercise which makes the blood circulate. Lack of exer- cise makes it stagnant. The Vacuum method providesthe exercise which makes the blood circulate in the scalp. It gently draws the rich blood to the scalp and feeds the shrunken hair roots. This causes the hair to grow. Test it Without Expense You can tell whether it is possible to cultivate a growth of hair on your head by tea minutes’ use of the Evans Vacuum Cap, We will send you the Cap with which to make the experiment without aay expense to you, If the Evans Vacuum Cap gives the scalp a healthy glow: this denotes that the normal eoodition of the scalp can be restored. A three or four minutes’ use of the Cap each foorning and evening thereafter will produce a natural frowth of bair. If, however, the scaip remains white nd lifeless after applying the vacuum, Uere 1s no we in trying further—the bait will not grow. The Bank Guarantee ‘We will send you, by prepaid express, an Evans Vacuum Cap and will allow you ample time to prove Hts virtues All we asi of you {8 to deposit the price of the Cap fn the Jefferso: St, Louls, where it will remain during the trial period, subject to your own order. If you donot cultivate a sufficient Rrowth of hair to convince you that the method ts effective, simply notify the bank and they will return your deposit in fall. A sixteen-page illastrated book will be sent you free, on request Evans Vacuum Cap Co.» 654 Fullerton Bldg. St. Louis ASBURY PARK BOOKLET. Descriptive Publication Issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has just issued an attractive booklet descriptive of | Asbury Park. The publication is designed to | present the attractions and claims of Asbury | Park as a Summer seaside resort. Persons desiring information concerning this popular resort may obtain a copy of the booklet by enclosing two cents in postage stamps to Geo. W. Royd, General Passenger Agent, Penn- sylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Pa. ee