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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The dominant content is a Gillette Safety Razor advertisement featuring product images and promotional copy claiming the 1912 blades are "the finest, smoothest shaving edge ever made." The ad promises smooth shaving without stropping or honing. The right column contains three brief humorous anecdotes: "Governor's Governor" (a joke about a Tennessee governor), "A Lengthy Stock in Trade" (about Will McCormell and a railroad package), and "A Question" (about a son writing to his absent father). Below is an advertisement for Club Cocktail liquor. The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture and light humor typical of *Life* magazine during this period, but contains no identifiable political cartoons or satirical commentary on current events.

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IN ee 'C\giLteTre {int aL ADE: > a ) } v4 Put Your Shaving Troubles Up = to the Gillette and these Fine 1912 Blades EN say that these new Blades make the Gillette . shave more grateful than ever to the sensitive skin. They are the finest, smoothest shaving edge ever made —specially uniform and lasting. If you are not a Gillette user, get a Gillette and some of these 1912 Blades today. They will shave you velvet-smooth in spite of a stiff, heavy beard, and leave your face feeling refreshed and cool. Nothing to learn with the Gillette. No bother with strops and hones. No special preparation—just a good lathering, well rubbed in, as usual. Two sizes of packet—12 Blades (24 shaving edges) in nickel-plated box, $1.00; 6 Blades (12 shaving edges) in carton, 50 cents. Gillette Safety Razor For sale in forty thousand retail stores in every part of the habitable globe No Stropping No Honing KNOWN THE, WORLD OVER GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR COMPANY, 22 West Second Street, BOSTON 1 = —= = Raw Meat in the Fine Arts A Question The fricnd had dropped in to sec Willie was writi D'Auber, the great an his father, who wa ay on a business the finishing trip. He worked away industriously un- ing. He was m: til he reached the end. hen he paused, his first letter to D'Auber took some raw meat and rubbed “What is it, Willi asked his it vigorously over the painted rabbit in mother, who was watching him, the foreground, Will 1 say ‘From your loving little “Why on earth did you do that?” he Willie’ or just ‘Amen,’ as I do to asked Harper's Mag “Why, you see,” ned D'Auber, enemies “Mrs. Millions to see this picture to-day. poodle si that rabbit, over it, she'll buy it on the spot indices Home Journal, _ “You will be the victim of a fatal ac es her pet at xcited aim yourself, [It won't happen until "—Pele Mele. __the end of your life Eatered atthe Post 0: Copyright i Governor's Governor When the late Senator Taylor, of Ten nessee, was Governor of that State, hy was interrupted just as he sat d luncheon from the ea men fre the Governor at once. The Governor said to Sam, his n ler, who brousht int » tell them PH be right down ne one day by a me itol to the effect that twe n outside town wanted to sec "said the Governor, y who is the Governor of Tennes . sir,” replied Sam; “TM tell ‘ens hour.” ening Post A Lengthy Stock in Trade The late Will McConnell, an advance agent and a Broadway character of ch renown, was room of a railroad st: ny with Mel Stoltz, another advanes nt. They were waitin inks checked. liandle? passed: pushin which, tanding in the bay in com to hay nd about wo feet wide love of Mike!" ejaculated 1 suppose the owner nine feet from the sh: that © Vd say Lowling alleys."—Kansas City Times TEST FOR YOURSELF Mix the best cocktail you know how —test it side by side with a Club Cocktail No matter how good a Cocktail you make you will notice a smooth- ness and mellowness in the Club Cocktail that your own lacks. Club Cocktails after accurate blending of choice liquors obtain their delicious flavor and delicate aroma by ageing in wood before bottling. A new cocktail can never have the flavor of an aged cocktail, lartini and other ., bottled, ready through cracked ice, Refuse Substitutes AT ALL DEALERS G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sole Props. Hartford New York London ———