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This page is primarily **advertising and book promotion** rather than political satire. The left side advertises Kate Langley Bosher's novel "How It Happened," compared to "Mary Carey." A circular illustration shows "A Train Robber"—a criminal caricature with exaggerated features, likely reflecting early 20th-century attitudes toward crime and lawlessness. The center features a poem titled "Rung Ho!" about Mahommed Gunga, a Rajput chief, depicting British colonial India. The verse celebrates a native leader helping Britain suppress rebellion, reflecting contemporary imperial attitudes. The right side advertises Woodbury's Facial Soap with standard beauty-industry messaging about skin improvement—typical period advertising. The overall page reflects Life magazine's mixed content: literature promotion, colonial-era poetry, and consumer advertising targeting educated readers.

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HOW IT HAPPENED Kate Langley Bosher’s new novel has just been published Bright as “MARY CARY” and just as sweet A TRAIN ROBBER IF YOU KNOW YOUR LONDON—THEN The Sheep Track By NESTA H. WEBSTER will interest you more than any novel you have read in years. It is London Society to the life, the most fascinating and difficult of social worlds Probably you will even recognize some of its characters Cloth, net, $1.40. Published by E.P. DUTTON & CO. “ctor Rhymed Reviews Rung Ho! (By Talbot Mundy. Chas. Scribner's Sons.) AHOMMED GUNGA, Rajput chief Of Rangar strain, believed with rea- son That English rule would come to grief In Hindustan through native treason. Said he, “We Rangars burst with pride; On points of etiquette we're skittish ; So, on the whole, we ought to side For weal or woe with these here British. “ But first we want a leader,—one For whom we'd storm the gates in- fernal. I think I'll try the fledgling son Of Cunningham, our former Colonel.” He met the Cub in hot Bombay And helped him on with zeal un- sparing. He trained his arm in sabre-play, He proved his temper, wit and dar- ing. Well satisfied, the youth he led To Rajputana’s free expanses And had him chosen feudal head Of fifteen hundred Rangar lances. The Sepoy Mutiny began; The native levies rushed to swell it; And Cunningham, astute young man, Proceeded gallantly to quell it. He slew a Prince; a wagon-train Of gold and gems of purest water He seized,—and rescued Miss McClean, The Missionary’s plucky daughter. He captured Howrah’s royal town; And last, with thunder-snorting horses And flashing sabres driving down, He saved the leagured British forces. Now, if you're fond of big young men Who speak in curt, affected phrases, Who toss off miracles and then Look innocent as English daisies,— And if you're happily inclined To read of battle-pennons rippling And Oriental guile, you'll find This pleasant, imitation-Kipling. Arthur Guiterman. Tonight— your skin can be made more attractive! Whatever the condition of your sk you can begin tonight to make it n Like the rest of your body, is continually changing. the old skin dies new forms. ery day in washing you rub off dead skin. This is your opportunity, You can make this new skin fresher, clearer, and more attractive by using’ the fol- lowing treatment regularly, Make this treatment a daily habit Just before retiring work up a warm water lather of Woodbury’s Facial Soap in your hands. Apply it to the face and rub it into the pores thoroughly, always with an upward and outward motion. Rinse with warm wate =the colder the better. If po face for a few minutes to get the benefits of the above treatment for your skin. The first time you use it you will feel the difference—a promise of that loveli complexion the regular use of Woodbury’s ‘oodbury’s Facial Soap costs 2Sc a cake. Noone hesitates at the price after their first cake, Tear off the illustration of the cake below and put it in your purse as a reminder to get Wood- bury’s today. Write today fer samples ew Jorgen Co Dept. 1, We CtRaDi, antress The chnrew Jergeus Company, Ltda, Dept. of, Perth, Ont, Woodburys Fact (o4 & For sale by dealers everywhere through- ont the United States and Canada. Miscalculated I is likely that a good many opinions have been credited to the Kaiser which do not belong to him, but cer- tainly if, as has been said, he counted on the trouble in Ulster to keep Eng- land out of his war, he made an unac- countable blunder, No one who knows the militant spirit of the Irish brethren would ever count on the attractions of a small disturbance to hold them when a bigger one offered,