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This page from Life magazine combines satirical commentary with period advertising, typical of early 20th-century American humor publications. **The Satire ("Our Foolish Contemporaries"):** The opening section mocks modern convenience culture—society has invented "horseless carts," "wireless telegrams," and "boneless ham," yet lacks useful innovations like a "woltless door." The humor targets consumer excess and technological obsession. **Supporting Anecdotes:** Brief humorous stories follow, including one about an English undertaker's business practice and a racial anecdote portraying stereotypical dialect humor (common but now offensive). These reflect the era's casual racial caricature conventions. **The Advertisements:** The Pompeian Massage Cream ad dominates the right side, addressing women's appearance anxiety—specifically how to hide aging signs (wrinkles, double chins). This reflects early 20th-century cosmetics marketing targeting women's insecurity about age and beauty standards. **Overall Context:** This page reveals period attitudes toward technology, race relations, and women's beauty expectations—documenting a very different cultural moment from today.

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THE CRYING NEED ‘The horseless cart p ‘The wireless tele We have the seedless apple, and ‘The boneless ham. the land, If only s A woltless door! —Carolyn Wells in nce between vision and sigh 1s actos the street?" autty: The 3 Asheville, North Carolina, is the best inn South. —Bookle PROPITIOUS An English ly had the following advertisers A gentleman to undertake the sak a advertiser guarantecs it will be profitable Christian Reg undertaker. ‘"Twrxt beggar man and man of wealth, ‘The difference is not immense; The former lives upon his rags, ‘The latter on his rents—Boston Transcript. Aw ixvestication by the Belgian Government of the theft of leather mail bags in the Kongo Free State disclosed the fact that natives in the postal service took them, cut out the bottom: and gave them to their wives to be worn as clothing —Pittsburg Duspotch Hotel Vendome, Boston ‘The ideal hotel of America for permanent and transient guests. BOTH IN THE SAME BOAT Ata recent dinner, which was attended by a number of clergy- men, President Buckham, of the University of Vermont, told the following of Bishop Hall, of the Episcopal diocese of Ver- mont, in response to some good-natured chaff about the liberal views of the Congregational church and the ease with which almost anybody could join itz He said he had heard of a negro who had many times applied for membership in St. Paul’s church at Burlington, but had not been able to satisfy the bishop that his state of mind entitled him ‘The negro had been advised to pray that his spiritual condition might improve After doing so he made a new application. The bishop said to him: “Well, Erastus, have you prayed as I told you to?" Yes, indeedy, suh; I done prayed an’ Idone tole de Lawd 1 ts to fine Good luck, Rastas; I been tryin’ to jine dat chu'ch fo" twenty years mahse’l.’ "—Putsburg Post to adreission Paul's church, an’ de Lawd he say to me: Hatt axp Rest; New Waveaty Hore. ano Bart House, Hor Sraincs, Arkansas. Ittustrateo Booker. ALL ROUND BENEVOLENCE Bexevotest Oto GENTLEMAN (rescuing one small boy from the pummeling of two others): What are you hurting this boy for? “Because he made so many mistakes in his arithmetic this morning.” ™ But what business was that of yours?” “Why, he let us copy our answers from his."—Translated for Tales, jrom Fliegende Blactter. Mus. Wityre: Did you enjoy seeing Bernhardt ? Mus. Wyikyxs: Oh, yes. But one thing seemed queer. Are you sure she is areal Frenchwoman? Her pronunciation isn't a bit like Mary’s Somerville Journal won a prize at the amateur p ic exhibition.” Why, he never took a good picture in his life. AU his efforts Lever saw were nothing but gray smudges.” . He labeled one of them, *A Day in London.'" Tell Her Age What is it that makes a woman’s appearance an index to her age? Her complexion— wrinkles—angles—a double chin. If she will keep her skin clear and rosy, smoo.h out thewrinkles, round out the angles, and take away the double chin with Pompeian Mas- sage Cream, no one can tell her age by her looks, POMPEIAN Massage Cream will do all that; first, by taking out of the pores the dirt that mere soap and water does not touch, and by increasing the supply of blood, making the skin healthy ; second, by nourishing the tissues and developing the facial muscles, making flesh firm and plastic. Pompeian Massage Cream does more for the parts on which it is used than exercise and a Turkish bath can do for the rest of the It is Nature's greatest complexion assistant. body. TAs (3 the far the for WRITE TO-DAY FOR OUR FREE SAMPLE and a copy ot our illustrated book on Facial Massage, which every gentlewoman will find of greatest help to cleanliness and the careot faceand neck. _ Gentlemen find in Pompelan Massage Cream a soothing, delightlul restorative after shaving. | It removes the soap from the pores which plain water cannot altogether accomplish, fe prefer you to buy of your dealer whenever possible, bat do not accept a substitute for Pompeian under any circume stances. If your dealer does not keep ‘us his name, and we will send a soc. or $1.00 jar of the Cream, postpaid on receipt of price. POMPEIAN MFG. CO. 25 Prospect Street Cleveland, Ohio Roth men and women Uke Pompetan Mass toilet article of highest grade. For sale TAts (9 the jar the barber buys. HrGaH WIFE THE BEST MILWAUKEE BEER of | eve lear mu comicbooks.com