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This is primarily a **advertisements and humor page** from Life magazine (circa 1920s, based on style). The content includes: **Main Satirical Pieces:** - "Little Surprises": office humor about coal delivery and salary discussions - "Without": A poem mocking wealthy car owners listing all the expensive auto parts their "lordship" lacks after repairs - "The New York Zephyrs": A child's observation that New York City is rushed and impersonal ("even the wind" hurries) - "The Way It Seemed": A joke about a woman driving while a man panics **Context:** These sketches satirize **class differences** (mocking the wealthy), **gender roles** (women drivers as comedic), and **modern city life's frenetic pace**. **Advertisements:** The page heavily features luxury goods—Crème Yvette dessert, Bacardi rum, Evans' Ale—typical of the prosperous 1920s before the Depression. The overall tone reflects period attitudes: gentle mockery of the rich, nervousness about women's changing roles, and ambivalence about urban modernity.

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1162 UR FOOLISH i CONTEMPO ARIES a thout what, gentle sir?” “Without the left-hand running board; Without the French chauffeur, Without a drop of gasoline, Little Surprises Ten nuts, the can of oil, “Mister, here’s them five tons of coal The outer coat of Brewster green, you ordered this morning.” Two spark-plugs and the coil ; . this isn’t the real, genuine Without the brake, the horn, the clutch; olive oil; that's the reason we sell it so Without the running gear, cheap.” One cylinder—it beats the Dutch “You don't need to waste any sym- How much there isn’t here! pathy on me, old peg; I am satisfied with : The car has been repaired, my job, my boss and my wages.” a And you should be ri “Gentlemen, the conductor is asking To find that this much is intact us to move forward in the car. Come - : Of what your lordship had. on, there's plenty of room.” . The garage sent it back, my lord, “ Young inan, we find that we have not 4 y * £ In perfect shape throughout; been paying you cnough, so we'll increase 2 So you will understand, my lord, Your carriage waits without.” salary ten dollars a weck, beginning —Portland Express. —C. H, D. in Northwestern Candle, For three wecks he had borne all the The New York Zephyrs horrors of the annual cleaning without a murmur. Then his patience gave way. A little girl from a more leisurely part “And you,” sobbed his wife, “you of the country was walking with her used to tell me T was your queen mother along that part of Broadway in the Woolworth Building. It “Yes,” he said, with a wild glare in (Pronounced E-vet ) front of his eyes; “ was the noon hour, and the crowd was t when a man finds his “ gG . SSUES bee Gece ae For Smart Desserts out and in rapid motion. The wind was queen has used his best tobacco-jar for fresh, and gusts of it scurried past as pale oak varnish and his meerschaum . pipe for a tack-hammer he ‘begins to You never tasted another ice or they often do in that vicinity. “T don't like New York, mother,” said grasp the advantages of a republic. dessert like a Creme Yvette one—nor q . F pigs —Tit-Bits. h h 1 h the little girl. “ Everything is in such a ave the guests you plan to have at hurry—even the wind.” Wine Jelly when favored with Abbott's Bitters ty maite yeur next luncheon or bridge. ‘ning Post Saturday Magazine. 3 bitters, by cts in stamps. AUNORS Baltimore, Ma. Try it! Have one of the delicious violet Another Matter tinged Charlottes or jellies, a sherbet, or a fro- The Way It Seemed zen pudding, which you can make with Créme Willard and Annie were out motoring, Johnny. You know the Bible says: “Let Yvette, It is spendid for candies and Annie insisted that he allow her to not the sun descend upon your wrath.” and cake icings; and adds a fine run the car. After some persuasion, he Farner: That's all right! But it bouquet to the coffee, too! Let reluctantly acquiesced, and his fears soon doesn’t say not to let your wrath descend a Créme Yvette dainty have its were realized, upon the son—Boston Transcript. ( place in your Christmas feasting! “Ob, Willard,” the girl cried, excited- Motier: There, now, don't whip ly, “ take it quick! Here comes a ditch!” Créme Yvette is sold at 80c erybody's. and $1.50 per bottle by fancy Seatag Oysters iesacca] eocess and wine dealers _ grown off Cape Charles, Va. 1 Book of signed recipes by famous C th frill nd Better Clube Viole and Mar~ RH CMETEY | chels tent fee. Write for it now. ut out e Ss an ets. Their original deep- an a freshness, and fla- a SHEFFIELD COMPANY vor cereied ‘sya hue ta on : 7th Ave. and lath St, NewYok.N.Y. } |S@NGd SOME sensi e Armstrong Seatag Corp. Oyster, Va. — daa tbottles of good oid pee xorgcy,. | , | an 9 by William H. Walling, A.M., M.D. in a clear, wholesome in one volume: concer Sheald Have. | The Keowiedge a Father Steold Have. any ot Koowledce 2 Father Should lmpart te Wis Sea It pays Medical Keowledre a Isshand Sheold Have. Kuoweiee a Yoog Wosas Seal lve, | Kocwledge a Youre Wile Sut Have. will spread Holiday Cheer over a good part of the Ki (newledce a Mather Sheskd Hi rood The old-time means of wishing and making good. BACARDI TRY IT! FoR MEN OF BRAINS MAKES THE PERFECT COCKTAIL, HIGHBALL OR RICKEY. p cme ee) Folder containing Teclnes of famous Bacardi driuks “MADE AT KEY WEST — SSING THE TIME AWAY” box prsoven. "UN Par Water vininas’™ amt Tale of Co clemret PURITAN PUB. CO.. 737 PERRY BLDG, PHILA® PA.