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This page is primarily **advertisements** (Pabst Extract tonic, Aetna soups, Evans Ale) interspersed with short satirical pieces typical of *Life* magazine's format. The notable satire is **"Dignities,"** a poem mocking apartment-building social pretension: tenants on different floors snub each other based on their parents' former status or wealth. The janitor watches these neighbors bicker despite their apparent equality—a comment on how arbitrary and petty class consciousness is in urban settings. **"Cruel Fate of the Egrets"** describes the slaughter of Florida herons for women's hat plumes (aigrettes), condemning the massacre: birds are killed for a tiny amount of feather, leaving carcasses to rot while fledglings starve. This reflects early 20th-century conservation concerns and criticism of the fashion industry's ecological damage. Both pieces use gentle satire to critique human vanity and callousness.

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DEE i : For pas) Dyspepsia ee Loss of appetite is nature's first warning cl indigestion, the forerunner ‘|p {of dyspe ‘This disease, like ner- at. vousness, i > ing, improper food and inattention to &% diet, Thed cestiveorgansareinert,the Ny weakened membranes of the overtaxed stomach are tinable to perform their func- tions, and tie {ood you force yourself toeat distresses instead of nourishes. Nothin! will do more to stimulate the appetite ani aid digestion than Pabst Extract the Best Tonic Combining the rich food elements of pure barley malt with the tonic properties of choicest hops, the nourishment olfered in this predigested form is welcomed by the weakest stomach, readily assimilated by the blood and its food for the nerves and muscles is quickly absorbed by thetissues, At the same time, the digestion of other foods is aided by promoting the flow of di: @estive juices, while the tonic properties of the hops create an appetite and tone up the system, thus assuring a speedy return of health. often due to irregular liv- EE ] + Pie Best Tonic creates an appetite, aids in the digestion of other foods, builds up the nerves and mu cles of the weakened stomach and co: quers dyspepsia. It brings strenath to the weak and overworked, induces relreshing sleep and revives the tired brain. For Sale at all Leading Drug Insist upon the Origin: Guaranteed under the National Pure Food Law U.S. Se 1921 rial No. Free Picture and. Book. DO YOu LIKE TO BE SIDE-TRACKED by adealer when you have made up your mind that you want an article advertised in LIFE? If the dealer offers you a substitute—- * just as good and cheaper.” will you not serve your own interest and the interest of all honest manufacturers by saying, “No. thank you, I WANT WHATI ASKED FOR™ Dignities (Un an apartment howse) R THERE or here, to toil o¢ pleasure led, The tenants puss and cut each othe Jone floor, administers affronts Because his father was a governor, once; The thied flooe Smiths regret the fourth floor Browns: ‘The latter deprecate the fifth oor's gowns; he first floor—she street, {rom nine to three— ‘The janitor abid 1 wonder whe the Carre er, if the boiler ton would com —Honse Beautiful. Cruel Fate of the Egrets LORIDA is rapidly losing its flocks of herons. The white egret is being slaughtered into ex- | tinction for the sake of the beautiful white feathers | on its back, which when plucked and placed on a flinty hearted woman’s hat become an aigret. The scale on which the massacre of these beauti- ful birds is beir idea of it may be g. arried will furnish only one-sixth of an ounce of plumage feathers, and yet at a public sale in London less than Ago more than 11,000 ounces of osprey plumes {fered for sale. he most lamentable feature of the slaughter of the beautiful and innocent birds is that the feathers © nesting and The best plumes are taken from the up- ard tuft at the back, which is developed at the son, though feathers are, of course, taken the wing and the breast. They are com- impossible to distinguish the male and the female. An egret is shot, the few coveted feathers are torn from its back, its | body is left to rot on the ground and the young ones Boston Globe. The only American Scores used in England—Rad-Bridge. Both Were Collectors LOCAL nevspaper artist got a letter one d from a man over in Indiana who said he was making a collection of sketches. “I have drawings from well-known newspaper artists in nearly every State in the Union,” the Indiana man wrote, “but I have none from Ohio. I have scen some of your work, and I think it is good. If you will send me some little sketch for my collection I shall have it framed.” ‘The artist noticed from the letterhead that the In- diana man was connected with a bank in one of the small towns over in the State of literature. That gave him a hunch, and he wrote back as follows: “Tam making a collection of ten-dollar bills. I haven't secured specimens from every State of the Union, but I have several tens and a fe and Iam particularly anxious to have a ten-dollar bill from Indiana. I notice that you are employed in a place where ten-dollar bills are kept, and if you send me one for my collection I shall be glad to have it framed.""—Cleveland Plain Dealer. y twenties, OMINES, a little town in France, must be a nice, humane place. A custom-house officer found a wretched cur in a railway van and threw it into the furnace of the engine. The S. P. C. A. prosecuted the man, but French law only punishes a man who is cruel to his own dog. ‘The Municipal Council of Comines have now congratulated the custom-house officer for his courage in tackling the dog, and peti- tioned the French Prime Minister to give him some reward. Nice, humane place, Comines!—Sporting Times. PRING WATER HEATS ITSELE Q When you go outing take the Aetna Soups and Entrees —it is impossible to get better. @ Pure and Delicious Hot Food Without Fire. QA little cold water poured into the outer can heats the food in a few minutes—no fire, no cook or utensils nec- essary. G Order through your grocer or from us. Q Three sample cans of soup by express prepaid for $1.00. @ Descriptive booklet “Hot Food Without Fire’’ free on request. Aetna Self-Heating Food Co. Jersey City, N. J. GREAT BEA “Ite purity has made it famous,” A rod, a line, a pipe, some tobacco and— Evans’ Ale —could mortal ask for greater joy? Pull the cork and see. Phill H Phill TI Phill Th Phill Th McC Th The (The ¢ The Kings! Nees (Harpe