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This page is primarily **advertisements and humor columns** with minimal political content. The main items are: **"Our Foolish Contemporaries"** — a humor section featuring three brief jokes: - A newlywed husband criticizing his wife's biscuits as "too light for heavy work" (mild domestic satire) - An absent-minded professor on a mountaintop (stock character humor) - A foreigner at Epsom Downs mistaking sailors for "Epsom salts" — a pun on the location and laxative brand (wordplay humor) **"The Courtship Number of LIFE"** — advertises a special June issue about courtship, available cheaply before September 9th. **"Dietetics"** — a humorous poem about a perfectly health-conscious man who follows every hygiene law, avoids alcohol, smoking, and temptation, yet (implied) presumably dies anyway — gentle irony about obsessive health compliance. The remaining content is **straightforward advertising**: world cruise, talcum powder, ale, spring water, and fur coats. This reflects Life's role as a commercial publication alongside satire.

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Scientific & Sporting CRUISE ROUND THE WORLD R.M.S.P. IN ‘“‘ATRATO”’ CATERING by Messrs. FORTNUM & MASON, London An Unique Itinerary. Shooting. Fishing. Off Beaten Tracks. Scientific, Antiquarian & Historic Research. Starting from Southampton the itinerary. will be ay proximately as follows: New York, Florida Coast, Tampico, Vera Cruz, Cuba, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Falkland Islands, ‘Magelian Straits, Smith's Sound, iety, Cook's, Friendly, ijl, and fagaley, Tals stands Now Gatedonia, New Hebric jcano an. nandez, Easter, Soci Coral Sea, Soloman, Caroline, Ladrone, Jumaica, Haiti, Carribbean Islands, Pernambuco, iso, Juan Fer- Yokohama, Kobe, and Inland Sea of Japan, Shanghai, Hongkong, Philippine Talands, Horoto, Singapore, Malay Peninsuln Nicobar Islands, Colombo, Seychelles, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Cape Verde and Canary Islands, &c., Azo Bay, Durban, Cape Town, Walfisch Bay, Ascension, For fall particulars apply to TOWN & COUNTRY TRAVEL BUREAU, 389 Fifth Avenue, New York Telegrams: **TOURED, LONDON” OUR FOOLISH CONTEMFO ARIES Let Her Down Easy Younc Husvaxo: Did you make those biscuits, my dear? His Wire: Yes, darling. Her Hesnaxp: Well, I'd rather you would not make any more, sweetheart. His Wire: Why not, my love? Her Hvssaxp: Because, angel mine, you are too light for such heavy work. —Philedelphia Telegraph. Seeking Information ABSENT-MINDED Proressor (meeting a friend unexpectedly on a mountain peak): Hello! Did you climb up from below ?—Fliegende Blactter. In a Pinch, use ALLENS FOOT-EASE. A pistixcuisuen foreigner visiting Epsom Downs in Thackeray’s company noticed many men dressed as_ sailors who were not, to native and experienced EEN S _BORATED TALCUM One Touch of Monnen's.. Soothes the Whole World’ Positive relief for Prick! Sunburn; deodorizes pers) quarter of a century it has been the standard toilet preparation, Remember to ask for Mennen’s, and accept pr gubs itute. ‘ox for 20 GERHARD MENNEN CO. Orange The Pioneer Makers of Talcum Powder eyes, the real article, ‘Ab,’ said the visitor, “these are, I suppose, what you call your British tars? ’" Oh, no,”" re- plied Thackeray. “Only Epsom salts. —<Argonaut, No Chance to Tell Hoon: How fast can your car go? Novw: The cops never Ict me find out. —Brookiyn 1. The Courtship Number of LIFE Dated June Hh The most popular issue in many months. Sent prepaid on receipt of 10 cents; after Sept. 9th, 25 cents. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY No. 17 West 31ot Street New York Dietetics In order to have good health it is ab- solutely necessary to observe well-recog- nized hygienic laws.—Medical Journal. He never, oh, he never broke a health law whatsoever—he bathed, breathed deeply, and inhaled the open air; He observed the laws of di lived a life of calm and quiet, avoided all rich dishes, and partook of simple fare; The Demon Rum he hated, said its joys were overrated; he never chewed tobacco nor smoked a cigar- ette; His clothes were cool or warm, suiting sunshine or the storm, and his foot- gear so constructed that his feet were never wet. No joy-ride caught bis fancy, no siren’s necromancy ever lured him or se- duced him from the straight and narrow road; GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER “Its purity has made it famous” us F rugs are to be needed in the Fall, Summer is the time to buy them, KENT-COSTIKY, Murray Hill Building 8 West 38th Street, New Y, He eschewed all late-hour joys, never went out with the “ boy: no way was a patron of ple. dizzy code; His life was ruled by reason, he dij nothing out of season, and stucc closer to the doctor's word this man was ever found; But—in yonder path he sleepeth, where that lonely willow weepeth, and al of him that’s mortal lies six fee under ground! And he? Oh, he is sure a devil, life is one long revel, he cares for hygienic nor any other rules; Cigars he smokes in bunches, drinks ms and whisky punches, and consides Prohibitionists as just so many fools He abhors room ventilation, swalloss without mastication, and cares re what his garments are in. sunsti or in rain; He loves to play the ponies, plays la night with cronies either pinoch poker for pastime or for gain; ASHEVILLE, >. The four-season resort South, The alt ‘the English-like Inn ot Aste He gocs on numerous whirls w and giddy girls, and the glit the night-time pleases more sunshine’s ra He loves to haunt the places and low} to face the faces that one may at eventide on pleasure’s primrose way; No doctor’s aid he ever tries, no éne fl gist’s pills he ever buys, nor et takes vacation as he gayly gocs bs rounds, But—his voice rings loud with laughie rings at night and next morn atte his cheeks are two red roses, and & weighs two hundred pounds! —Pack long cool drink Soothes the Stomach, Quenches the Thirst. an Appetite, Delicious, Sustaining and Sati Ma or | comicbooks.com