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This page contains primarily **advertisements and one humorous narrative sketch**, not political satire. The main content is a comedic story about a confrontation at an ice cream parlor. A meek Norwegian proprietor refuses service to drunk **cowboys** (identifiable by their "sombreros," "silver braid," and "leather chaperajas"). When they become rowdy, he threatens to call police—prompting laughter from the men. The sketch's humor derives from the contrast between the mild-mannered immigrant and the aggressive, alcohol-fueled cowboys, depicting a common American frontier/Old West stereotype. The remaining page content includes advertisements for car horns (Tuto Horn), tailoring services (Shackamaxon fabrics), physical fitness (Thompson Course), and European auto tours. The illustration labeled "After the Bawl is Over" depicts a baby, likely connected to one of these ads. This appears to be from *Life*'s early period when it mixed humor, fiction, and advertising rather than focusing on political commentary.

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Put a Tuto on yourcar. It takes the place of the inadequate bulb horn and the loud, disa- greeable one note electric horn. When you buy a Tuto, you get two horns in one, and complete equipment for installing it (see cut) to cost of $25.00 for any finish, This makes the Tuto the best horn value on the market TUTO HORN A Two Tone Electric Horn The Tuto Horn is the only adequate warning sik: nal. 1st—Its two notes (low and loud) are dis- tinctive and command instant attention, 2nd—It quickly and easily operated, both the low and louct notes being produced by the one push button ed on the stecting wheel right under the thumd, Here's the one horn you can test without cost for 10 days before you buy. Il in the Tuto Coupon and take it to your He will put a Tuto Horn on y aa are not satisfied, the dealer will re there is no accessory dealer in your district, send the Tuto Coupon to us and we will arrange to send you [ a Tuto for ten days’ t without costing you cent. In buying your new carin- sist. upon having it Tuto fe The Dean Electric Company 242 Taylor Avenue Elyria, O. “Look for Dean where Quality’s seen.” Can Bieta, Otter reuse any aeaiet ‘Seed’ The Dose Eiecrte AFTER TIE BAWL 1S OVER awakened at about one o'clock a.m. by the most blood-curdling ery of “ Mur- der” I ever heard. It was murder with a big “M."” Across the street, in the bright light of a restaurant, a dozen cow- boys, with broad sombreros and flashing silver braid, . huge leather chaperajas, Mexican spurs and orange silk neckties and with flashing revolvers, were stand- ing. It scemed that a big, red-faced Captain Kidd of the band, with his skin full of valley tan, had marched into an ice cream resort with a self-cocker in his hand, and ordered the vanilla cool- ness for the gang. There being a dozen young folks at the place, mostly male and female, from a neighboring hop, indulg- ing in cream, the proprietor, a meek Norwegian, with thin white hair, deemed it rude and outr® to do so. He said something to that effect, whereat the other eleven men of alcoholic courage let off a yell that froze the cream into a solid glacier, and shook two kerosene lamps out of their sockets in the chan- delicrs Thereupon, the little Y. M. C. A. Nor- wegian said: “Gentlemans, I kain't neffer like dot squealinks and dot kaind of a tings, and you fellers mit dot leder pantses on and dot funny glose and such a tings like dot, better keep kaind of quiet, or I shall call up the policemen mit my dele- phone.” Then they laughed at him, and cried yet again with a loud voice. This annoyed the ice cream agricul- lurist, and he took the old axe handle The Secret of Good Dressing for Men - ATailors Skill TA Aoe Guaranteed | Fabrics | Ish a Merchant Tarlor” “ See EUROPE in an AUTO! ¥ (ree {rom railway trains. Stop when Baa here you pasne.y Save Tie save Money, enjoy more, and reall BUnor: je lor Hire the Open and closed Motor Care for British an CEatinental Touring at the most reason jeTarid'in Europe, Literature, detailed Aineraries, also copy of ‘Through Europe ta an Auto.” tree Savrageect: WrisGalbas seeeorhtang toe wiih Motoring Rbeeat The INTERNATIONAL AUTOTRAVEL SOCIETY 26 to 30 Morning Post Buildings, Strand, London, England, 408 [Will you own up that you are not giving your body a square deal ? If you will let me help you, I can add years of usefulness and greater efficiency to your busi- ness life. You surely are not satisfied through sedentary habits to grow a little weaker and less valuable every day. Tam speaking gen- erally, because I know that nine out of ten menwho work indoors have surface muscles | that areas softas dough and stomach and in- testine muscles that are growing weaker every day. With even half- Proper treatment, the vital muscles can be made strong enough to improve the health, appearance, temperament, ability of any man. Big biceps and surface muscles no more indicate health than brick walls prove that a building is free proof. The true test is whether or not the day's work fags you, whether your sleep refreshes you, and whether your body will obey the desires of your mind—in other words, can you do the things you would like to do—can you set your body to work without waste of will-energy? The Thompson Course is a series of simple, natural movements, which give Breater strength, vitality and energy to the most im- jortant muscles of the body—those of the stomach, iver, lungs, heart, and other vital organs. ‘The Thompson Course is designed to set the nerves, muscles and brain working in harmony. When these three forces are co-ordinated, laziness, nervousness, ille temper and inability to concentrate are impossible. : The Thompson Course requires no apparatus, does not force you to leave off any of your regular habits —and takes but a few minutes of your d: time, Railroad presidents, and other men whose time is prob- ably worth more than either mine or yours, have gives their time to my Course and have postponed their re- tirement many years on account of it, besides greatly increasing their present efficiency. Unless you are so well satisfied with your physical and mental condition as to believe yourself incapable of improvement, you will profit by reading my book, “*Human Energy,” which tells all about The Thom, son Course. I mail this book free to any responsible person. If you will send me your name and address I will mail you a copy postpaid, with the simple stipulation that you read it as though it were written by a friend. Take my word for it, this book is worth sending for. J. Edmund Thompson Suite 99, Exchange Building, Worcester, Mass that he used to jam the ice down around the freezer with and peeled a large area of scalp off the leader's dome of thought, and it hung down over his eyes so that he could not sce to shoot with any de- gree of accuracy. After he had yelled “ Murder! three or four times he fell under an ice creas table, and the mild-eyed Scandinavii broke a silver plated castor over the or- gan of self-esteem, and poured red per- per, and salt, and vinegar, and Halferd The p will b Sowres | comicbooks.com