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This page is primarily **advertising and light humor**, not political satire. **The Angelus Advertisement** (top) features testimonials from three famous Russian prima ballerinas—Pavlowa, Kyasht, and Lopoukowa—praising the "Angelus," a player piano. The text claims it's the ideal instrument for accompanying dance because its "Phrasing Lever" allows precise tempo control. This is a luxury product advertisement targeting the wealthy. **The "Colleges" Section** (bottom left) is satirical commentary: Life mockingly suggests colleges exist primarily to disconnect young people from the present world, focusing on "culture" and the past rather than practical knowledge like agriculture and science. **The "Energy" Parable** (right) is a humorous short story contrasting a foolish, tireless man with a wise man who conserves his energy—suggesting restraint beats endless, undirected effort. The page also includes advertisements for champagne and wine, typical for Life's upscale readership.

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842 mie ANCOMS SHY se (San PAVLOWA—"The ANGELUS is incomparable.” = KYASHT—"The ANGELUS is the onl) rival of the human finger.” LEY LOPOUKOWA—"The most artistic and delightful Player Ihave ever heard or used.” j That the three most distinguished exponents of the dancing art should unite in praise | of the ANGELUS emphasizes its marvelous Versatility. Recognized the world over as the supreme instrument by which anyone may play the | piano with all the expression of th. 2 most skilled finger performer, it ef now proclaimed as | } the ideal instrument for the dance, because of i its unay le control of tempo nuances | through the wonderful PHRASING LEVER (patented). | Every kind of music can be played with the Angelus Whether you wish to play for classic or modern dances, ‘accompaniments for songs, or solos, the Angelus is the incomparable instrument. Its exquisite touch is produced h eased rig the Diaphragm Pneumatics, the Melodant brings out the melody clear and sparkling, while the Sus- } taining Pedal Device and Graduated Accompaniment complete the cycle of Angelus efficiency. The lus is the layer because it enables the Mg mal fc nike, nd is pes no Ba om be-Angelus—Grands and Uprich, Angelus Piano—Az upright made exprenly for the Eegase Aprende ln CanntaThe Gourlay-Angelus and Angelus Plano. Lindeman & Sons-Angelus—Upnight, Any of these instruments can be played by hand in the usual manner, The WILCOX & WHITE CO., Meriden, Conn. Business Established 1877 233 REGENT STREET, LONDON Agencies all over the world | = Colleges COLLEGE is a more or less perfect device to keep young men and women from learning anything about the present. It takes these young people at an age when they are most inquisitive and most impressionable and concentrates their attention upon things which are passed and gone, and which, in the group, are called culture. Few young men survive this treatment, unless through a lack of financial resources they are later compelled to struggle with the stern realities of things as they are. Now and then colleges yield to such helpful and plebeian things as agriculture, science and the like, but while this may be creditable to them as institutions, it is much to their discredit as colleges. Energy HERE was once a fool with motive- power, His capacity for making mistakes was unlimited because his energy was unlimited. One day a wise man said to him: “Don't you ever get tired?” “Never,” said the fool, bumping up against a stone wall and rebounding. “Let me give you a picce of ad- vice,” said the wise man. Never make the same mistake twice.” “Why not?” said the fool. “Make it often,” said the wise man, “as often as you like, because if you should ever learn to avoid making the same mistake with your interminable energy, you would wind up in time as the wisest man in the worl “Maybe you are that now, fool. “No,” replied the wise man, as he composed himself for his afternoon nap, “my engine lays down on me too often.” A priest was called upon to pray over the barren fields of his parishioners. He passed from one enclosure to another, and pronounced his benediction until he came to a most unpromising case. He surveyed the sterile acres in despair. “Ah!” s2id he, “brethren—no use to pray here—this needs fertilizing.” —Argonaut. In The Spotlight of Honor In .competition with foreign champagne, Great Western received the highest recogni- tion. For brilliancy, bouquet, flavor, fragrance —for all the qualities that make champagne recognized as out of the ordinary. Great Western hampagne Extra Dry - Seset,Psssrye aera Quan Awarted 0 Gold Medal at foreign Lpesi- Goss, a Fe gfe Pais Copeston, fren. 1999, Pes 1873, Bramefies Capes (ayeaiog, frame, . ia began 1 ir ious tye bin 1810 Pleasant Valley Wine Co. Rheims, N.Y. OLDEST AND LARGEST MAKERS OF CHAMPAGNE IN AMERICA