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This page contains a book review in verse form of "The Lights Are Bright" by Louise Kennedy Mabie. The reviewer (Arthur Guiterman) satirizes what appears to be a melodramatic novel about romance and corporate intrigue among the wealthy. The plot summary mocks a formulaic tale: Theodora Trevor loves Sterling Ames (who runs her father's factory), but he rebuffs her. Amory, a millionaire, schemes to gain control of the Works through manipulation—sending the charming Hubert to seduce both Theodora and her father's secretary, Evie Beach, extracting business secrets. Ames exposes the plot, thwarting Amory. The satire targets overwrought romantic fiction of the era, with its predictable casts of wealthy schemers, virtuous heroines, and convenient plot revelations. The verse form itself—light rhyming couplets—underscores the mockery of taking such melodrama seriously. The surrounding advertisements (toothbrushes, whiskey, leather goods) are period commercial content, unrelated to the review's satirical content.
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ST RAE Rhymed Reviews The Lights Are Bright (By Louise Kennedy Mabie. Harper & Bros.) F lakes and lights and love I chant. Of charming Theodora Trevor, Of Ames who ran her iron plant And Handsome Hubert, gay deceiver. While Theodora named no names, She clearly nursed a love unbounded For big and backward Sterling Ames Who Upset My Bottle? Why take chances with loose bristles? There is nothing to be gained by it—and loose tooth brush bristles are a constant menace to your health. A bristle lodged in your gums, throat, stomach or intestines is liable to cause serious damage. Who bossed the Works her father founded. But Ames was either awful shy Or cold enough to need an ulster; Though Theodora took his eye He most ungallantly repulsed her. Now Amory, a millionaire, The theme of journalistic scoldings, Was it playful exuberance or the desire for imitation of their elders so strongly developed in the young, which led to the downfall of the bottle and the pup? Let us hope the irate gentleman as- suages his thirst and cools his wrath from the wisely-kept-on-hand other bottle before he attempts chastisement. Other- wise the cause is likely to feel some bad effects, When you Designed, by methods foul or fair, want f ATALO g, RU B BE RS E | To grab theTrevor/Works and'hold> i real EXTRA FINE Q | a ask WHISKEY TRADE MAR ask for SafetyToarh@ri ushes He wanted facts about those Works anylithicn male are youiget 1 (How much their total sales might Be on the safe net them side. Use the And what they paid their hands and RUBBERSET. clerks), — The Bristles are And sent smooth Hubert ‘round to held) in hard, get them. vulcanized rub- ber, and they can’t come out You can’t pull them out with a pair of plie If your dealer hasn't Old Saratoga in_ stock write us and we will see that you are supplied Rosskam, Gerstley & Co., Phi'adelphia A Selfish View HEY tell us it costs something like forty millions of dollars every year to fortify and defend the Philippines. Any little statistician with a few spare hours could make an impressive showing as to what we could do with that forty millions each year in the way of fortify- ing and defending ourselves against ignorance and other blights. _ Danda Leather Key-Purse With Your Name Stamped in Gold 25¢ By. bon | pds) Pocket A(}¢ Saves the clothing and prevents the keys from But Hubert felt the subtte force rusting. Made of strong leather with nickel Of sweet Miss Trevor's witching key ring. g . Write for Mastrated Catalog of aura; Danda leather goods and novelties He double-crossed his chief, of course, DANDA LE. MFG. CO., &2 Joba Street, New Yor And fell to wooing Theodora. Do You oO a Horse? ‘hen shoe with Capewell” nai e These Weighty Secrets, all and each, He gained, this artful emissary, By making love to Evie Beach, Big Ames’s private secretary. And next this Hubert undertook To make Miss Trevor think she'd better Convey her plant to that grand crook, Old Amory the Money-getter. No use or mis- use to which a brush is put can affect this bristle setting. It is impervious: alike to hot and cold water, saline and acid tooth-cleaning preparations. Made in all sizes and styles, For. sale everywhere. 3-row style—2sc; 4-row style —why take chances with the bristle-shedding kind? RUBBERSET COMPANY. H&L T. C0, Props, Newark, N. J. The arrow points to one of the many in- ividual brush — see- showing how But Ames, galumphing down the Lakes, Compelled a scandalous disclosure Which gave the Millionaire the shakes And ruffled Hubert’s fine com- posure, a foot—may break suddenly with attendant toga of a shoe for which you must pay, i cheapest regardless , Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co cach bristle is gripped Admits defeat but smiles politely, pi eer eerneT in hard, vuleanized And two fond bosoms beat as one, New’ Zealand, Winter Tours # rubber and can't come And all the lights are burning R India. Round World Toun |} So Amory, completely done, It. : ou : brightly. For full information appl ed Proft Sharing Coupons packed with every Cunard Line, 21.24 State 5 BERSET BRUSH. Good for valuable premiums. | New York. Arthur Guiterman. comicbooks.com