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This page is primarily **advertising and reader correspondence**, not political satire. The main content includes: 1. **Reader letters** to Life's editor about a poem published in the magazine, with one correspondent from Kalamazoo, Michigan sharing humorous reflections on visiting the city. 2. **Two product advertisements**: William Bernstein's "Short Vamp Shoes" ($7.00 and $5.00) and O'Sullivan Rubber Heels ($0.50), featuring the company's trademark image of a man's face. 3. **A small health advertisement** for "Hunyadi János" natural water. There is **no identifiable political cartoon or social satire** on this page. It represents typical early 20th-century magazine content mixing reader engagement with commercial advertising.

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every Thorsday, Annual Sutecristion ‘Dulurs. Single Copies, Ten Cents. Ls] ish Possessions, Entered at the Post Office at N Class Mai To tne Epitor or Lire: In Kalamazoo (Dedicated to the Author of the Verses “In Peacock Alley,” Recently Published in Lire) I just read a poem, ‘twas written or wrote By a man of renown, a man of some note, A jumble of words, it didn't’ mean much, ‘Twas writ as a poem and paid for as such, It made us real peevish, now wouldn't it you, To always be laughed at in Kalamazoo? We've been to the city and spent quite some time, We've mingled with people who hadn't a dime, Who put on a front, ‘twas only a bluff But down in the city they're great on such stuff, They don't care a hang what they say or they do, It isn’t that way here in Kalamazoo, We mingled awhile with the people who play— When it came time to settle, they'd all fade away; They were willing to spend so long ‘twas our money. It really was silly and struck us quite funny, The way of the world is hard —jars and jolts, physical and mental The way of Wear “Live” O’Sullivan’s Rubber “Live” Heels ; Rubber Heels and be hale and happy 50 cents, all shoe dealers is easy, graceful, jarless Step lively Listen: Every bit of delicate machinery that man produces carries with it springs, ball bear- ngs, shock absorbers, rubber tires and such like to lessen the wear and tear; yet man, the inventor of things, places a bit of hard leather beneath his heels and stamps his way along, with never a thought for his well-balanced self. Be consistent! If you put a shock absorber on your automobile to save its machinery, do as much for your own body. Have a pair of O’Sullivan’s Heels of Live Rubber attached to your shoes. "Sullivan’s Heels of Live Rubber cost 50 cents attached and wear twice as long as leather. There are no other Heels of ‘Live’ Rubber, nor other real rubber heels, although there are some so called. They cost as much and are worthless. When your dealer cannot supply you, send 35 cents and diagram of heel to the makers and get a pair by return mail. O’SULLIVAN RUBBER CO. nvtsr Here’s health to you, mister, good luck to you, too, But we'd rather live here back in Kala- So the money we've made on alfalfa and glue, We'll spend right at home here in Kalamazoo. mazoo. ArtHur Leroy Brownrit. We dined on a roof and went to the Katamazoo, Micu. races, (TRADE Manx) Dress the Foot” shapely fashion confi to these shoes, so Sole maker and originator | of Short Vamp Shoes St; bet Broadway and 6th Ave, New ‘way, bet. 5th and 46h Streets York | We saw some strange sights and fun- nier faces; We may have been lonely as Robinson Crusoe, But we paid our good money and sa E. Caruso. We finally got tired of the noise and the stew, And came back to stay here in Kala- mazoo. We bought a few things that we spent our good cash on, But, thank heavens, we didn’t bring home your strange fashion; Your men may be worthy, your girls may be pretty, But its darned hard to stay so inside of your city. 49 For Mr. Spellmere To tHe Eprtor or Lire: In Lire of August 4, Mr. W. B. Spellmere says that “To one who has undergone an abdominal operation a preliminary testing on animals of the various methods of uniting the intes- tine seems the only way of avoiding laying the whole brunt of the first trial on the human being.” Continued on page 500) LIVER UPSET? Try Hunyadi Janos NATURAL APERIENT WATER Avoid Unscrupulous Druggists