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This page is primarily **advertisements and a short story**, not political satire. The left side advertises **Packer's Tar Soap** for various hair problems (dryness, dandruff, dullness, hair loss, oiliness). The copy reflects early 20th-century medical marketing—promising a product could address multiple conditions. The center contains **"Saving a Mind,"** a moral tale about a man whose friends worry he's becoming mentally unstable from excessive introspection. His mind (personified as a character) suggests he take a country retreat for physical exercise and fresh air—reflecting period beliefs linking mental health to outdoor activity and bodily vigor. The right side features advertisements for **Thermos bottles, Sexology books, and Dunlop golf balls**—typical consumer products of the era. No political content is present on this page.

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I. your hair too dry? *Use Packer’s Tar Soap Is your scalp clogged with dandruff? *Use Packer’s Tar Soap Is your hair dull and colorless? *Use Packer's Tar Soap Is your hair falling? *Use Packer’s Tar Soap Is your hair oily? *Use Packer’s Tar Soap Send 10c for sample cake. Vv “Tr you want practical infor- mation on these subjects, we are sure you will be sufficiently interested to send for our Manual, ‘‘The Hair and Scalp—Modern Care and Treatment.” This Manual was compiled for us by a practising phy- sician. It reflects the best of current medical thought and practice along these lines. Sent free on request. Packer's Liquid Tar Soap cleanses the hair and scalp delightfully. Delicately perfumed. Liberal sample bottle 10c. THE PACKER MBG. CO. Dept. 85E, 81 Fulton St., New York Saving a Mind NCE upon a time there was a man who possessed the unusual faculty of valuing his own mind. His friends chaffed him about it. He often apolo- gized. “It isn’t much of a mind,” he said, “but it’s mine, and I take a real interest in it.” The man had a great deal of trouble in knowing where to keep his mind. At first he took it about with him. But the newspapers and magazines got hold of it on the cars and almost worried it to death, until the man himself couldn't recognize it. So he got into the habit of locking it up in his library. When he got home and let it out it was mighty glad to see him. It would jump up at him and wag its tail, and he and his mind would enjoy being to- gether very much. But after a while he noticed that his mind was growing pale and thin. It wasn’t getting enough exercise. It began to take on a library or prison pallor. There was an un- reality about it that the man didn’t like. Tt wasn’t healthy, The man grew anxious about his mind from that moment and began to devote himself to finding out how to keep it in condition. He put it up at a philosophical club, a historical so- ciety, a post-graduate boarding-school, an editorial office—in fact he tried everything. It was no use. “Why,” said the mind, “do you per- sist in trying to take care of me, when you have to make a living?” “T'm attached to you,” said the man. As a companion, I prefer you to any- one else. But I see now that I shall have to give you up if I wish to save you.” “Permit me to make a suggestion,” said the mind, “Board me out in the country in some vacant lot where I can keep normal and get enough exer- cise in the fresh air, and come out and visit me as often as you can. I sug- gest this as a last resort.” At the end of six months the man went out to meet his mind, which he found full of health and vigor. “I'm ready to go back with you now,” said the mind. ‘m in prime condition.” But the man shook his head. “ Better stay where you are,” he said. “ Nobody I go with misses you. You're better off here. I don't need you in town—really, I don’t.” T.L. M. VE (in the course of the quarrel) : You don’t know beans. “ Well, I didn’t name the vegetables,” Winter Days Summer Days THERMOS DAYS THE BOTTLE serves you right—food or drink—hot 24 hours without fire—cold 72 hours without ice. Bottles—Jugs—Carafes—Food Jars Motor Restaurants—Lunch Kits Prices from $1.50 to $50 The word THERMOS plainly stamped on each article is your guarantee against substitution. Winner of the Grand Prize at every Iater- national Exposition. Write for Catalogue AMERICAN THERMOS BOTTLE CO. 35-37 West 31st Street - - New York In Canada: Toroero Factory, Norwich, Conn, SEXOLOGY by William H. Walling, A.M., M.D. imparts in a clear, wholesome w one volume: Keowledce a Young Man Should Have. Kaowledge a Young Husbaod Should liave. Koowledge a Father Soeuld Have. Keewledce 2 Father Write for “Other People’s Opinions’ Peopl or PURITAN PUB. CO., 797 PERR : JAMES M. BARNES | 1916 Professional Champion | alwoys uses GOLF BALLS Why don’t you? Try "29" of “31° $9 per dozen 75¢ each For sale by golf professionals TheDunlopRubberCo.,Ltd. Birmingham, Ens. a SSNS R|G_EE_QQ TS Yi yy Y S&S