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This page is primarily **advertising and light satire**, typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. The main content includes: **"The Unmentionable"** — A humorous poem satirizing Victorian prudishness about bodily functions. The joke is that polite society forbids mentioning the stomach and digestive processes; the poem coyly alludes to these taboo topics while maintaining artificial politeness, poking fun at absurd social etiquette. **"Her Search"** — A satirical sketch about a woman monopolizing a public directory in a drugstore, obstructing impatient men trying to find addresses. The humor lies in depicting her as deliberately slow and inconsiderate. **Advertisements** dominate: Nestor Cigarettes (Egyptian brand now made in America), Seven Sutherland Sisters hair treatment, and Ed. Pinaud's cosmetics/dentifrice. The page reflects period concerns: hair loss remedies, cigarette quality, and Victorian social conventions around propriety. The satire is gentle and domestic rather than political.

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ts is EV ESES: (NESTOR GIANACLIS, CAIRO) CIGARETTES Y TOBE MADE IN AMERICA + The famous ‘* Nestor" Gianaclis Cigar- ette, which has been acknowledged ‘the leader of Egyptian Cigarettes the world over, will, from next month, be made in Boston. Mr. Nestor Gianaclis, himself, has ar- rived in that from Cairo. 30,000 square feet of floor 5; ,. ‘There has already arrived undoubtedly one of the largest single shipments of Turkish Tobacco that has ever come to Ame This consists of more than 1,000 bales imported direct from Cavalla. This is the point where Mr. Nestor Gian- aclis stores, and from which he ships, all of his h rkish Tobaccos to his factory pt. Mr. Gianaclis, “himself, will examine y bale of this tobacco, and give his blending ev expert attention to the grading, and manufacture of it. Smokers of Egyptian Cigarettes who want the genuine article, and to whom the word “Nestor” has always been synony- mous with the best that there is in the rete line, Will now be enabled to have the opportunity of buying genuine “ Nestors "’ exactly as they have always been made in Cairo, Egypt, at 25 cents a package, Instead of the old price of 40 or 45 cents, which made this most desir- able cigarette almost prohibitive to many smokers. Nestor Gianaclis Co. ... Boston, Mass, The Unmentionable. [English anatomy ends with the diaphragm. The mention even ot the stomach is not permissible in polite society.— Frankfurter Zeitung.) HEN rich with peel and plum, a cake Is fare I'm not allowed to try, Because it gives me st\— No, reader, no. I'll not say why. If I should give a ptainer hint You'd faint to see it in cold print, Though oft I suffer agonies, Yet, when I mention where, I trow, Is rarer than a dragon is, For I'm well-mannered, you must know, The world would blush for weeks to come To hear me name my little t— Pall Malt Gazette, Her Search. Causes of Loss of Hair Dr. Sabouraud, the eminent French Dermatologist, says that 98 per cent. of hair losses are the results of microbes and the neglect of dandruff. The anti- septic action of SEVEN SUTHERLAND SISTERS’ preparations kills microbes and removes dandruff. Their constant use for a period will, by acting directly on the hair bulbs, furnish nourishment, vitality and growing power to the impoverished roots and air shafts, resulting in com- plete restoration. Sold by Druggists. “It’s the Hair-Not the Hat” That makes a Woman Attractive HE scene is a drug store, in a busy part of Broadway. When the action opens a pretty woman is demurely turning over the leaves of the city directory. Enter an irascible old man, who wants to find the address of a fellow who owes fim or He stands and waits impatiently, fill- g in the time by coughing suggestively. A business man in a hurry follows. He wants to know where John Brown lives, It is in the Street, but he has forgotten the number. He falls in line. Then a man who seeks some city official, but knows nothing of his office except that it closes within a few minutes, joins the ranks of the waiters. Half a dozen others who wish to consult the directory gather around. Still the woman placidly turns leaf after leaf over, without evi- dent intention to decide whether the name she is Brown, Jones or Walker. ED.PINAUD'S EAU DE QUININE DENTIFRICE PERFUME Number 1—Make yourself more attract- ive, beautily your hair, give it more Life, cleanse your scalp’ from dan- druff, We send more than enough ED. PINAUD'S EAU DE QUININE cate TONIC for 3 applications Number 2—Try the most exquisite denti- friceknowa, ED. PINAUD’S EL: DENTIFRICE contains only the most health(ul and beneficial ingredients. It whitens and preserves the teeth and purifies the breath. Number 3—Send for the latest fashion- able perfume, We will send you a Tittle bottle of ED. PINAUD'S PER- FUME—the most famous in the world—FREE. These Three trial bottles will prove our claims and please you. FREE. Send roc. stamps or silver to pay postage and packing. Write Today. ED. PINAUD'S American Offices: EO. PINAUD Bldg., Room 112, N. Y. City When there are fully half a score fuming, impatient people in line, enter a newspaper reporter. His mission will positively admit no delay, so he politely offers to assist: the woman, suggesting that his experience may tend to save time and lessen her labor, When he asks her what she seeks, with a sweet smile of thankful appreciation, she sa | Thank you. You are very kind. I} am trying to find a really sweetly pretty name for my new boy baby !"—K. C. Independent. Unappreciated. WASSERMANN BROTHERS BANKERS AND BROKERS 42 Broadway, New York New York Stock Exchange Members of } New York Coffee Exchange Chicago Board of Trade BRANCH OFFICES: Astor Court (Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.) Windeor Arcade, corner 40th St, and Sth Ave, Imperial Hotel. Fifth Avene Hotel, Ocean Avenue, West End, . months, -J., during Summer IMMIE is at the age where the form pales | before the substance. At the last party he went to, the principal dainty of the supper |was delicate creamed chicken served in pretty frilled paper cases. On his return he was put through the usual catechism. | “And what did you have to eat?” Huh! nothin’ but hash in candle-shades ! Harper’s Magazine. | I a Glasgow street the other day a Scots Gray went up to a bootblack and asked to have his boots brushed. The boy looked at the soldier's boots, and then shouted to one of his chums who was not far off: “Haw, Jamie— come an’ gic us a haun’; ’ave got an army con- tract.”"—San Francisco News-Letter. MORTON TRUST COMPANY 38 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK Capt, - - + $2,000,000 Surplus and Undivided Profts, $6,000,000 ear icen James K. Corbtere, Vice-Pres, bomas #e Ryan, icerrra it: Francia Secretary, Charlee 1 Alloa, Mec brex Uuaries ae Conase freagurer. Paul D. Cravath, Counsel, Levi P. Morton, Presiden EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : Levi P, Morton Paul D. Cravath ‘Thomas F. Ryan Charles H. Allen Edward J. Berwind Jase Harry Payne W! money