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This page blends advertisements with light satirical humor typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. **The main cartoon** ("Was This Only Horse Sense?") presents a folk-wisdom joke: a "half-witted fellow" successfully finds a lost horse by thinking like the horse ("I thought to myself where I wus a hoss, and I went there"). The satire gently mocks pretension—an "eminent publicist" claims the town needs infrastructure improvements, but an average citizen counters that what's *really* needed is a good left-handed pitcher. The implication: practical, humble common sense (or sports) matters more than grandiose public works schemes. **The photo** (top left) shows a dramatic athletic pose labeled "Made with a Speed Kodak," advertising Eastman Kodak's camera technology. **The rest is advertising**: Grinnell auto gloves, and a book announcement for *The Married Miss Worth* by Louise Closser Hale, about theatrical life and romance among actors. The humor is gentle and accessible rather than biting social criticism.

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MADE WITH A SPEED KODAK. 71000 Speed pictures, snap-shots on days that, with the ordi- nary camera, are too grey for any but time exposures, and even snap-shots indoors are readily within the scope of the Speed Kodak. Yet it’sa compact, convenient Kodak. No. 14 SPEED KODAK For 2% x 4X Pictures. Fitted with Gra- flex Focal Plane Shutter for expos- ures from 1-100 of second to slow * instantaneou: and for time ex- posures. Zeiss-Ko- dak Anastigmat lens /.6-%, s in'daylight with Kodak Film Cartridges, and gan be carried in an ordinary top-coat pocket, A superior camera in every detail of plan, con: struction and finish, Price, $60.00. Catalogue free at the dealers or by matt. EASTMAN KODAK CO,, ROCHESTER, N. Y., The Kodak City. uiblliedes ‘Was This Only Horse Sense ? A certain man living in a New Eng- land village lost a horse one day, and, failing to find him, went down to the public square and offered a reward of five dollars-to any one who could bring him back. A half-witted fellow who heard the ofier volunteered to discover the where- abouts of the horse, and, sure enough, he returned in half an hour leading the animal by the bridle. The owner was surprised at the ease with which his half-witted friend had found the beast, and, on passing’ the five dollars to him, he asked: “Tell me, how did you find him?” To which the other made answer: “Wal, I thought to myself where I would go if I wus a hoss, and I went there, and he had.” —Ladies’ Home Journal. Its Greatest Need “What this town needs most,” said the eminent publicist, “is a thorough cleaning up, about a dozen new bridges and a first-class subway system.” Still in the Running “Twenty years since we last saw cach other? Your daughters are all married, I suppose?” “Yes, all but Freda, the eldest. She is waiting a little longer?” —Fliegende Blactter. McCoot: What's my bill? — Clerk: What room? McCool: I slept on the billiard table. Clerk: Fifty cents an hour.—Chicago Daily News. “You are mistaken,” replied the aver- age citizen. “What this town needs most is a good left-handed pitcher.” —Chicago Record-Herald, | Send,for Our Style Book ea you're not wearlng GRINNELL ‘RIST-FIT" VENTILATED AUTO GLOVES They alone have the celebr: which keeps cuffs alwa: pl have. also the VENTILATED DACK’ wing Keeps the hands aimaysdry ent eset YM con pa Uh Morrison Ricke: 42 Broad 8t., Grinnell, la. Origtantors acd VENTILATED aed “RIST. JUST PUBLISHED 1e O 1SS arried By LOUISE CLOSSER HALE Author of “The Actress” Q In addition to the theatrical interest of the story, every reader will eagerly fol low two original and very lovable people in solving a problem in affection. q Here, seen through the sympathe tell what she sees—is the heart-story of stage folk. The comedy o rehearsal, the pathos of the never-ending one-night stands, the dome: life behind the scenes—are all here. e actors—go in separate companies on his refusal to take an inferior part i tic eyes of a prominent actre: s—who call all-night stic side of A husband and. wife—both temperamen! in a com pany with her. Loneliness and propinquity, the author believes, cause mut marital infelicity among players—but here is a story, not a sermon. HARPER & BROTHERS 1038