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This page contains three distinct elements: **"The Great Tyrannosaurus" Poem**: A satirical fable by Arthur Guiterman uses an extinct dinosaur as metaphor for unchecked greed. The creature consumed everything voraciously until nothing remained, then starved. The moral warns against over-consumption: "Don't gobble all there is!" This reflects post-WWI concerns about resource depletion and excess. **"Time to Call One Now" Joke**: A brief humorous exchange where a mother corrects her son's grammar—he should say "a doctor" instead of "one," referencing the aphorism "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." **Vogue Advertisement**: Promotes subscription to Vogue's fashion numbers, claiming a $2 investment prevents $200 in wardrobe mistakes. The accompanying illustration shows a fashionable woman in a wide-brimmed hat. The page is primarily advertising, with the dinosaur poem as the main editorial content—typical of Life's mix of satirical commentary and commercial content.

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CIFE ” > Cleanses and Improves Hair Titer tines Habo as 0 Bea the hair is due to the Aivoral petroleum core Icimparts to the have that well-cared- tained adds fascination to for appearance whic! the whole and leaves the scalp immaculately clean. We hope you will tryit. PARK & TILFORD Sole Agents New York Sizes $1.50 and $1.00 at dealers for by parcel post What naturally followed? — The Creature had to die. The Great Tyrannosaurus, That was so blithe and free, Time to Call One Now OTHER, is it true that an apple a day keeps the doctor away?” “Yes, Jimmie. Why?” “'Cause if it is, I kept about ten Hath passed away before us; Then learn from him and me: This earth can never nourish An appetite like his; So if you hope to flourish Don't gobble all there is! Arthur Guiterman, The Great Tyrannosaurus A FOSSILIFEROUS FABLE HE Great Tyrannosaurus Lived centuries ago; Through marshes wet and porous ° He rambled to and fro. The most tremendous Lizard That ever browsed on meat, His length from A to Izzard Was forty-seven feet. The Great Tyrannosaurus In habitude not What one would call decorous— He ate an awful lot. Lamellibranchs in sixes, Iguanodons to spare And Archacopteryxes Comprised his bill of fare. The Great Tyrannosaurus Of all the world was king; With trumpetings sonorous He swallowed everything. When everything was swallowed Beneath the azure sky, Modern Product (to Tempus, sculptor): AH, YOUR EARLIER WORKS, the 1 SEE—THIS 18 ONE OF SST APSA TEL NP NT eR] VOGUE suggests: that before you spend a penny on your newclothes, before you even plan your wardrobe, you consult its great Autumn and Winter Fashion Numbers. THE MILLINERY NUMBER (READY Now) is the first of the autumn fashion series. During the next few months, while these numbers are appearing, you will be spending hundreds of dollars for the suits, hats, gowns, and accessories that you select. The gown you buy and never wear is the really expensive gown. Gloves, boots, hats, that miss being exactly what you want, are the ones that cost more than you can afford. $2 Invested in Vogue a tiny fraction of your loss on a single ill-chosen hat or gown Will Save You $200 Consider, then, that by the simple act of mailing the coupon below, and at your convenience forwarding $2 (a tiny frac- tion of your money loss on a single ill-chosen hat or gown) you insure the correctness and economy of nearly a whole year's wardrobe. Not only will you have before you now—at this important season—Vogue's Great Autumn Fashion Numbers, but you will also have the benefit of Vogue's fashion guidance in selecting your wardrobe all through the Winter and Spring. Here Are Your 12 Numbers: Agtume Millinery, Sent: 1 Gifts Dec. 1 Je newest models in smart hata, tution of the Christ- veile and coifures, manglt problem. A new den HK not Sept.18 Holiday Number Dec. 15 Autumn Fashions rifts and practical ideas Th liest and most authen- Tepcatlint and potareinee, Mealy enstnine Lingerte Number Jen. 1 Paris Opentnds Oct ‘The complete story oft openings establishing the mode, Pingiinen fer personal use and MotorandSouthern Jan. 15 Smart Fashions for Limited Incom: Oct. 15 First eid to the fashionable wo- The new fashions a motor care man of not unlimited means. and the new for the Wiater Fashions Nov. 1 ‘Showing the mode in ite Winter culmination charming models smart couturiere evolve for their private clientele. Vanity Number Nov. 18 acefullittle touches that le tap darrint oder where to get them and how to use them. the famous milliners of Paris. *Spring Patt: (See Special Offer) Mar. Working models for your Spring and Summer w The Vogue owned woman never follows the fashion; she leads it. Earliest authentic newsof Spring styles. Fully illustrated. Spriog Millinery Feb. 15 “ Mrs, of her husband.” “You've got the wrong preposition. Make it ‘ for’ doctors away this morning.” Cuinnick thinks a great deal instead of ‘of.’" —Browning’s Magazine. ©Vodue *SPECIAL OFFER ENilliner Z Nupberol Veeue is now ready f you mail the coupon and enclo: A $2 now, we will start your subscription, to Vogue with the. and send you 12 bers, making in all fh issues of fogue. (OR) If it is more convenient for you to open a charge account with ‘us, send us the coupon now with- out money. We will start your subscription to Vogue with the Millinery Number and send you 11 additional numbers, making in all 12 numbers of Vogue. Hate, bonnete ‘and toques from 4# ri