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This page is primarily **advertisements and fiction**, not political satire. **Left side:** A Pears' Soap ad emphasizing skin care and beauty, established 1789. **Center:** A serialized short story about Mr. Pettyman, a husband who insulted his wife and was "starved into submission" when she left him. She planned his deprivation by disappearing, forcing him to apologize. The narrative satirizes **marital dynamics and domestic power struggles** — specifically, a wife using separation as leverage to discipline her husband into compliance. **Right side:** Advertisements for automobile accessories (A.J. Picard & Co.), Rowe's Gloucester Bed Hammock, and an all-metal garage. The story's satire reflects early 20th-century attitudes about marriage, gender relations, and domestic authority — showing wives as cunning strategists capable of controlling stubborn husbands through calculated absence rather than direct confrontation. It's lighthearted domestic comedy aimed at *Life* magazine's middle-class readership.

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depends largely upon the care of the skin. That is the pith and substance of the whole problem of beauty. It is a matter of the skin. In- deed there can be no complete beauty without skin beauty. This being so, it is important to remember that the most emi- nent analysts and skin authori- ties, and the most beautiful wom- en of six generations have borne testimony to the fact that is the finest skin beautifying agent that science has pro- duced or that money can buy. Matchless for the Complexion A. J. PICARD E. S. MORRISON A. J. PICARD & CO. Automobile Accessories Only guaranteed goods and reliable methods at lowest prices for quality given. We refer to all first class Automobile Manufacturers. Ask the Manufacturer of YOUR Car. Our 1912 Catalogue now ready 1720-1722 Broadway, New York office-boy who appeared in the door- way. “Quick, do you hear?” Three hours later Mr. Pettyman de- scended from a cab before a pretty cot- tage on the outskirts of Chester, and was ushered into a dainty, homelike par- lor, A cheerful fire was burning in the grate. “What name shall I tell Mrs Petty- man?" inquired the maid. “Tell her—her—husband.” Then Mr. Pettyman sat down to wait. Ten minutes—twenty minutes—half an hour passed—he rose to ring, but there was the sound of a step in the corridor, the door opened, and his wife stood be- fore him. “Lily!” he cried, and he made a step forward, opening his arms, but she did not fly to their shelter. Instead, she eyed him critically from head’ to foot. The diet at her mother's evidently agreed with her—a rose bloomed in each cheek and the light of girlhood seemed to have returned to her eyes. “Well?” “Well—aren’t you glad to see me?” “That depends” “That depends?” he repeated fecbly. “On whether you have come to beg my pardon for the insult you offered me.” Mr. Pettyman swallowed hard, but he realized the price of peace. “I'm sorry,” he murmured, “And you will never do such a thing “ Never again.” There was a moment's silence. vell, then, I'll forgive you And now I'll send mother down to en- tertain you while I pack my trunk.” When Mr, and Mrs Pettyman ar- rived at the railway station it lacked several minutes before the arrival of the New York train “You might send that telegram to the newspaper ordering the discontinuance of the notice,” he suggested, timidly “Yes and I have another message to send, too,” replied his wife. "Another message?” “Yes, to Nora, to be sure to be at the apartment when we arrive.” “ont” Nora's disappearance, then, had been part of the game. His wife had planned to starve him into submission. Well, she had succeeded 556 “ROW. WES | OUCESTER BED. y HAMMOCK | ~The Hammock That's Made to Last © When you buy a bed hammock for you veracda this semaer be sure it is aightly and comfortable, bet sbore ail be save that itis made to last. Cheap imitations soon look dilapidaced and unat- tractive, because they lack the maternal and kill in making 10 necessary to service and lasting comfort, Rowe Gloucester Bed Hammock is made by skilled ex whoare trained to sew canvas sails strong and troe for every wind that sweeps the Atlantic. It is made of duck weighing not less than 21 ‘ances to the square yard, reinforced at every point of straism—oihert use 16-02, 12-02. and even 8-0z. duck single thickest, Rowe's Hammocks bare consivently given ten years of conta: ‘toss outdoor service. We hare never bad one returned to ts a1 o> satisfactory. They are 6rm, trong comfortable. They preseet ern thal advantages of which other makers bare nol even learned the need ‘Write for catalog and name of dealer nearest you If you are pot 20 located as to deal conveniently with the dealer, we wil sappiy you direct. Before you buy a hammock, be sure to see ours of seat for illustrated book and prices. E. L. ROWE & SON, Inc. Sail Makers and Ship Chandlers 136 Duncan St., Gloucester, M Fire-proof, storm-proof, vandal-proof. Easy to put up or takedown. No wood! lc in rigid, patented perfect joining sec tions —ateel frames covered with heavy, corrugated, rust-resisting iron. And THE Adalat PORTABLE giving complete descrip ‘ons, sizes and. prices The Gordon Mtg. Co. 38 Forest Ave. Middletown, O. ciaber styles of taetal portables for weaey perros The wording of her telegram to the newspaper Mrs Pettyman did not con- fide to her husband, but the next morn ing, on taking up the paper, this what caught his eye: “Mrs Bulstrode Pettyman gives notice that she has resumed ity for her husband's debts.” William Wallace Whitelock comicbooks.com