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This page contains a satirical "Rules for Week-Enders" (left column) mocking the behavior expected of houseguests—advising them to be amusing, tip servants generously, avoid laundry burdens, and pay extra for breakfast in bed. The satire suggests guests are essentially obligated to entertain their hosts or provide financial compensation for their visit. The right side is primarily an Edison Mazda Lamp advertisement celebrating "Edison Day" (October 21st), promoting a nationwide contest for American children to distribute promotional cards for the company. It references Edison's 1879 lightbulb invention as an example of perseverance for youth to emulate. The page itself is largely commercial rather than satirical—while the "Rules" section offers gentle mockery of wealthy weekend guest conventions, the dominant content is straightforward product advertising and promotion.

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among ately on narried A short Rules for Week-Enders (To Be Posted Conspicuously in Each Room) MEMBER that you have been vited here to enable the host and hostess to get their money’s worth cut of you. You will be expected, therefore, to pay for your board and ging by being amusing. If you have been asked because you are very rich or fof any other diplo- reason, try to be as little of a deadly bore as possible. You may be anecessity, but let us off easy. No checks cashed unless you are properly identified. If you wish your breakfast in bed hould hand the butler an extra a day. Let him know in ance that you are going to do this and you will get a better breakfast. If you are a golf player don’t hesi- tate to. make selection from your host's favorite clubs, which you can discover by breaking open his locker club. Remember that ts you to do this and will be offended if you don’t. Bridge players are requested to de- ir servants’ tips with the , in advance, on their ar- In case they drop their last e servants are then guaran- teed against loss. Our laundry facilities are somewhat limited, and guests are requested not to bring with them more than. six weeks’ accumulated linen. HOUBIGANT COEUR DE (> JEANNETTE A perfume that has anindefinablecharm, a haunting note that sofily re-echoes like the sweetest cadences of modern music. COEUR DEJEANNETTE yields lee woman houses ita cap ill-o'-the-wisp qual as bewitching as it B evasive, Al dealers end our stores Tolet Waser Sache: and Soap FacePowder Sachet Envelope Sample boule of this per- fume sent on receipt of Wcens, PARKATILFORD New Ye Edison’s First Lamp 1879 Your Boy-Your Girl “PUT THE EXAMPLE OF EDISON'S PERSEVERANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT BEFORE THEM You parents remember about Edison's discovery of the Incan- descent Lamp—how 36 years ago he saw the first glow of light in his first lamp—the forefather of the EDISON MAZDA Lamp of today which gives you for 10¢ as much light as you had to pay $1.00 for in years gone by. October 21st—EDISON DAY, commemorates this invention. We want the help of the boys and girls of America in bringing about the widespread understanding and celebration of this day To secure their cooperation we are offering $2500 worth of substan- tial prizes in a big country-wide contest. There is nothing for the boy or the girlto buy. No details, no reports. No responsibility assumed by boy, girl or parent, Have Your Son or Daughter Write for Details —and complete list of over 2,000 PRIZES which range all the way from the choice of a $275 Indian Motorcycle and a $200 Edison Cabinet Phonograph with $75 worth of records, down to Canoes, Kodaks, Watches, Toilet Sets. Footballs, Musi Instruments, ete. Cash given those who preter to buy their own prizes. Age makes no difference. Every boy or girl under 18 years in the U.S. has an Equal Chance. a We furnish, entirely free of charge, cards for béeys and girls to distribute These cards when turned in by persons buying lamps between September 2ist and October 2ist, EDISON DAY, count points for the distributor. The earlier you get started the more cards you can distribute and the more points you stand to win, so we emphasize the importance of starting right away. Send at once for Free Illustrated Catalog of Prizes It pictures and describes in detail each of the Big Prizes and tells how easy it is tor a Boy or Girlto secure one. Write for this Free Catalog and full details of the Contest today. EDISON LAMP WORKS of General Electric Company HARRISON, N. J. no BOYS-GIRLS Send today for illustrated cir- cular showing all The People’s Friends F the people as a body want to be respected and trusted it must be more careful if about its friends. The people can not hope to escape the general law that a man is known by the company he keeps. Yet when we see, especially around election time, the unattractive, not to say repulsive, kind of men who function as friends of the people we are forced to conclude that the people has been very careless as to whom it takes up with, It is actually coming to the point where you might as well give a man a bad name outright as to call him a friend of the people. For real good society and truly uplifting companionship it is much safer nowadays to trust to the enemies of the people. comicbooks.com