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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The main feature is a large advertisement for the **Angelus piano** by the Wilcox & White Company, which emphasizes the instrument's superior craftsmanship and musical capabilities. The ad compares three piano models (Knabe, Emerson, and Angelus) and claims the Angelus offers the best value. The page also contains smaller advertisements for: - **Pompeian Bronze Screen Cloth** (a durable outdoor fabric) - **Calox Oxygen** (a dental product) - **Chicago Wire Cloth Co.** (industrial screening) These are standard commercial advertisements typical of *Life* magazine's revenue model. There is no political satire or cartoon commentary visible on this particular page—it functions as a commercial vehicle rather than editorial content.

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~ANGELUS and the standard pianos in which it is incorporated. THE highest and most ara partial musical authorities have long recog- nized that the ANGELUS is the piano-player which permits of the highest personal musical expression and interpretation on the piano, equalling the most masterly hand playing. Let us consider the three pianos which are deemed worthv to be combined with the ANGELUS. The KNABE The EMERSON PIANO PIANO Essentially an artistic in- Known far and wide as strument and sought by the “sweet-toned Emer- those who demand the ” because of its pe- finest piano obtainable— culiarly appealing tonal by the highly trained qualities. Nearly a hun- prasician the Nb ew dred thousand Emersons ts magnificent tonal ca- have been sold and there EY ics highly per= is no piano which can fected action and its ex- no . quisite design have made supplant it in the hearts of those who own and it universally known es know it. <a “She wofta’s best piano.” ‘There is a harmony of craftsmanship in the combining of these three pianos with the ANGELUS, whichis of priceless value to the purchaser* Our ability and care to build the only perfect piano-player has been. matched by the most able and unsparing effort on the part of the makers of these pianos to perfectly adapt them to receive the ANGELUS. k » a ae In all three instruments, the ANGELUS is the gama: The wonderful Phrasing Lever, the most important aid to musical expression ever conceived, the Melody Buttons, the new Graduating Melodant, the Sustaining Pedal Device, the Diaphragm Pneumatics and the Artistyle Music Rolls, all indispensable features, are exclusive to the ANGELUS. The full story of the ANGELUS artistic superiority can be learned only by years of ! association with it, and its best telling must be in realization by owners themselves after they actually possess and enjoy the ANGELUS. Our Agent in your city will gladly demonstrate to you the unlimited musical possibilities of the ANGELUS and quote you liberal terms of payment with or without the exchange of your present piano. In Canada, the Gourlay-Angelus and Angelus Piano THE WILCOX & WHITE COMPANY MERIDEN, CONN. Business Established 1877 Regent House, Regent St., London The ANGELUS PIANO An instrument of splen- did action and tone, especially built to re- ceive the ANGELUS and to meet the more general demand in a player-piano, It offers by far the best value of any instrument in_the market at its price. y:~ nT TRACE OUR ANCES. Fite So lncrease Your Comfort The Germ Destroyer (Concluded from page 652) And you should learn the nantes of them and how they act and look I think, if you'll permit me, now I'll vaporize the tea And put a sterile compress on the prunes Depends for its virtues not upon strong oils, carbolic ceres or other irritating disinfectants, but upon the presence of Oxygen (peroxide)—Nature's purifier. Ask your Dentist—he knows Till quite immune from typhoid germs and kindred kinds we feel Gb AN Dececta 85 caste The blessedness of sitting at a quite Sample and Booklet free on request. aseptic meal! McKESSON & ROBBINS - NEW YORK —J. W. Foley, in Saturday Evening Ask for the Caloe Tooth Rruti, 38. Post O54 “® This Summer Look closely at this illustration. It shows a simply constructed outdoor dining room, the four walls made entirely of Pompetian Bronze Screen Cloth, Any carpenter can build one within serving distance of your kitchen, You can even make it yourself during spare moments, Dining rooms like the one illustrated doubled the pleasures of outdoor life last summer for hundreds of families. Many were built near seaside cottages. Some were erected on city lawns, Farmers found them a cool summer luxury, But you can not make one of ordinary wire cloth. “It will not last. It will soon rust and crack, admitting germ-laden mosquitoes and flies. Its usefulness will end with the first season. Hence you must use SCREEN’ CLOTH LASTS AS LONG AS YOUR HOUSE Salt air will not affect this screen cloth. It is against the weather evea when left out of doors all the year round, Being 9o per cent pure copper it can not rast Br crack, for copper ts fodestructible. Vou never have to paint it. Your outdoor dining and sleeping rooms, porches asd balconies should be covered with this enduring screen cloth. Specify Pompeiian Bronze or Golden Brocse for your doors and windows, too, It costs a trifle more at first bat it is economy to use it If your hardware dealer isn't supplied write us and we'll send you the name of the nearest one who is. Also booklet illustrating covered balconies, etc., will be sent yoo. Re member this wire cloth is marked with a removable uring in the selvage, Look for it. Clinton Wire Cloth Co. Established 1856 49 Sterling Street, Clinton, Mass. comicbooks.com