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This page mixes fiction and advertising. The main story "Unrealized" depicts a conversation between the narrator and "Jack Frost" (personified winter) about city snow. The narrator protests against urban snow, but Frost defends snow as natural and beautiful, refusing to stop snowing in cities unless the narrator addresses broader social issues: slums, graft, vulgar wealth, and bad manners. The cartoon below shows a dog frightening a butcher boy—a humorous domestic scene with no political content. The advertisements promote Hinds Cream (skin care), Art Metal filing cabinets, and an American Express cruise to the West Indies. This page is primarily **advertising and light entertainment** rather than political satire.

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Skin Smooth All Winter Niotigds soos cach dey a aN coast e HONEY AND ALMOND desereeably ved Wai : fatue ‘ction t keeps 2 ‘and flexible that it will have no tendency to shrivel or wriakle, TRY IT. Send 2 stamp for same 4 ples of Creams. fs. ‘tail Drugelts and Dept Stores, of laa Postpalduy ws on recetot of D is delightiul, 10¢ and 23<. Trial cake, Se posipald. A. 8. HL 208 West si —— SSN AWS WW AK “DON'T BARK, RAGS. IT'S THE BUTCHER BOY, AND YOU MIGHT FRIGHTEN HIM AWAY.” -CHRISTMAS LIFE- Unrealized “I CAME to make a protest about the city snow,” I said, politely; al- though I instantly realized that there was a marked coldness between us. “ Sit down on that morris ice chair,” said Jack ‘ost, rather sharply I thought. “What's the matter with the city snow?” “It ought not to be,” I replied. “When you spread your mantle, you ought to skip the cities. Snow is a beautiful thing—in its place. It doesn’t belong in cities.” “T didn’t make the cities,” said Mr. Frost. “Just because they spring up in any old place is no reason why my snow system should be interfered with.” “You spoil the good name of all snow—you give it a black eye. You ought to make exceptions. On behalf of a company of our leading citizens I ask you to make a minimum snow line, beginning on the outskirts.” He froze me with a look. “T'll do it on one condition,” he said. “Well?” “Tl stop snowing in cities if you will do away with their slums, their graft, their vulgar rich and their bad manners.” “Well, at any rate,” I said as I rose and, putting on my coon-skin gloves, held out my hand, “I'm glad to have met you.’ “Don’t mention it,” said J. F., with a quict, superior smile. “ CE upon a midnight dreary, As I pondered, weak and weary, it occurred to me that the cause of my despondency was that it was Monday night and I had neglected to order Tuesday's Lire in advance from my newsdealer, And then Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore. To the Tropic S ~. A Cruise The American Express Travel Department 7 ANSOUSCES . A Cruise to the West Indies Visiting Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, Costa Rica 24 RESTFUL DAYS away from Winter in the romantic American Tropics. Luxurious steamer of the United Fruit Company —an American steamer under the American Fisg. Numerous shore excursions. First Cruise Janaasy: 27th Second Cruise March 10th $290 and upwards Ask XP Booklet AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY Paden erecta NEhitage an Frascice Amerson Brorete . Frans Cxtpuce Guarding the Nation’s Letters ACH December when the time comes to transfer the year’s records, millions of letters, etc., are stored and filed in Art (Y\atal Steel Sectional Transfei that “won't warp, stick nor burn!” Art Metal is the Case of the Majority for a number of good reasons: Each case a separate file in itself and holds 300 letters, “L-Cat"* Drawers insure cary filing and instant finding. Drawers glide smoothly. Mice, dust, dampness or fire cannot harm your recor These files are sold by your local Art Metal Dealer or we will ship any quantity desired at price quoted below. Note that this is STEEL protection at the cost of wood, Write for free folder, “How to Transfer Safely and Sanely.” ART METAL CONSTRUCTION CO., Inc. 149 Metallic Avenue - Jamestown, N.Y. Why Is It That When You Are in a Hurry — HERE is no means of locomotion in sight? You haven't any change? Everyone bumps into you? You remember you have left the front door open? All the streets are blocked? The last train has just gone? You arc held up by some bore? You sce the most beautiful girl in the world? Your watch is wrong? The other person is late and you are kept waiting an hour?