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This page is primarily **advertising**, dominated by a large Keen Kutter Safety Razor ad featuring an illustrated man's face demonstrating the shaving stroke. The ad emphasizes the razor's ease of use and quality. The page also contains several **humorous anecdotes**: - "They All Do" satirizes young graduates' inflated career expectations—a freshman expects to start as vice-president, but by graduation accepts any job available, deflating youthful ambition. - "An Old Truth" is a cautionary rhyme about Skiggs and Skeggs (deliberately similar names for comic effect), suggesting infidelity and reconciliation prove advertising's value. - "Only a Sample" humorously depicts a Massachusetts farmer seeking help writing an angry letter, planning to start by calling his neighbor names before "working up"—absurd logic played for laughs. These are light, moralistic vignettes typical of early 20th-century Life magazine's satirical humor targeting contemporary social behavior and attitudes.

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The Only Safety Razor That Shaves with the true sliding stroke There is only one way to shave with any razor—a slanting stroke from heel to point. It takes a lot of practice to get this stroke with a regular _ razor. Tt comes naturally and easily with the KEEN KUTTER The set and adjustment are so designed that any way it is picked up and drawn it will cut the beard across the face, Safety Razor No. K- ayer Plated t tn gyguine xt No. iold Plated in genuine ehetian Pigakin Case, smoothly, evenly, without scraping, pul- ling or skipping. about it. ‘There are no two ways It always shaves right. Every Keen Kutter razor blade is made from Norwegian steel, beautifully tem- pered and with the famous Keen Kutter edge. to shave the stoutest beard. ‘They are thick and strong enough Complete satisfaction guaranteed. Twelve blades in every kit. If not at your dealer’s, write us. SIMMONS HARDWARE COMPANY (nc.) si it. Louis and New York, U.S.A. They All Do When he finished his freshman year he thought that he would begin as far down on the com- mercial ladder as first vice-president, for he knew that by hard work and application he could fight his way to the topmost rung. When his sophomore year was over he be- lieved that it would be really the best for him to go in as Western field-manager. A taste of the West would do him good, anyhow. When he had completed the junior year he de- cided that he would be content to accept the position of chief clerk, as a future president should know all the details of his business. When his degree was given him he went out and applied for a job, just as anybody else would. —Puck. “T surrose you will do a little gardening this 0," answered Sirius Barker. “I tried it once. It made me so sympathetic with the peo- ple who raise things to eat that I stood for any overcharge the huckster chose to suggest.""— Washington Star. owe LINEN PLAYING CARDS As Ideal Beit of Always have been, always are, always will be the most popular CAMBRIDGE 95q AMBASSADOR regular size 35c alter-dinoer size ‘ The Little Brown Box."" s Jones an optimist?"’ “Is he! He found a ticket entitling him to a chance in an auto- mobile drawing the other day and he is building a garage.’’"—Boston Transcript. GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER “It's purity has made it famous” 826 Start the boy in a profitable business now. Just now I know of a few splendid openings for re stores—and I know something about a line that wi big profits on a few hundred dollars investment. EDWARD 17 West Water Street, Chicago, Tlinois. An Old Truth Skiggs ran away with Skeggs’s wife, Left no address behind But very soon Skiggs envied Skeggs And had a change of mind. Skeggs advertised, Skiggs sent her back, Herein the moral lies: Skiggs now believes—not so with Skeggs— It pays to advertise. —Boston Herald. Only a Sample A crochety old farmer of Massachusetts had trouble with his neighbor, and as a result sought his counsel—ex-Congressman Samuel L. Powers. “I want yeow ter write him a letter an’ tell him this here foolishness hez got ter stop,”” he declared firmly. “I know what I want ter say, but I ain't got the larnin’ ter put it just right” What do you want to say?’ Mr. Powers as “Wa-all, begin by tellin’ him thet he’s the durndest, lyin’est, thievin’est, low-downest skunk on airth—and then work up.""—Lippincott’s. Asnevitie, N. C.: The four-season resort of the South. Tue ‘Maxor, the English-like Inn of Asheville. “TL utxe my house all right,’ said Luschman, “except for one thing. I guess you'll have to fix that.” : “What is it?’ asked the architect. “ Several times lately I've nearly broken my neck reaching for another step at the head of the stairs when I got home late, so I guess you'd better put another step there.""—Catholic Stond- ard and Times. “Now remember, Mary,’’ the teacher said just before the school exercises, “if you forget some of the words when you are singing your song, don’t stop. Keep right on. Say tum-tum-tu: tum or something like that, and the words will come back to you and nobody will know the dif- ference. Now don't forget.”” On exhibition day little Mary (What's in a name?) edified her audience with something like this “... and she wears a wreath of roses Around her tummy-tum-tum verybody's. Credit—Where Credit Is Due Tur Convector (endeavoring to raise funds for a widow and orphans): Now, Mr. Flanaghan, can I put you down for a small subscription? LANAGHAN (a very hard case): Shure, it's a very laudable objict, and ye can put me down for three-and-sixpence, and the Lord knows I'd give ye the money if I had it—The Sketch. ,059-Word s Book Free ‘Simply send us a postal and ask for our free illos” trated 9.0 Ng word Business Booklet which tells how jusiness Experience, squeezed from the ives of 112 big. broad, brainy business mea may made yours—yours to boost your salary. to increase Your profits. This free booklet deals with comicbooks.com