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This page is primarily **advertising and light humor**, not political satire. The main content is a **Pepsodent toothpaste advertisement** titled "How Pretty Teeth are ruined during sleep." It warns that a film coating on teeth causes decay and presents Pepsodent as a scientific solution with a "10-Day Tube" offer. The left side contains three unrelated humor sections: a poem "In and Out of Season" by Mabel Houghton Collyer; a "Questions Without Answers" quiz (asking why young men admire the Prince of Wales, etc.); and a "Purely Academic" joke about counting in a chorus. A small cartoon shows a father and sleepless child with the caption "The Ideal Infant: Please don't bother, Dad. I'm a little sleepless, but I'll walk it off." The page reflects early 20th-century advertising claims about scientific dental care.

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CHRISTMAS LIFE Mr. Peck: M’RIA, WHY DON'T YOU ARGUE WITH Mim? In and Out of Season @ H, sing me in December A song of hazy June, nd bring to winter rounds of glee A hint of summer moon; ‘And in the balmy Junetime, Oh, sing to me of snow— Of ice-bound stream and shining skate Of winds that wail and blow. [But love me in December As loved the knights of old; ‘or chilling are the icy blasts, And all the world seems cold! And jilt me in the Junetime, If jilt you must—for I Can warm my little brooding heart Beneath a balmy sky! Mabel Haughton Collyer. Our Questions Without Answers Department HY do all young men in the collar ads look like the Prince of Wales? Who discovered the Vice-Presidency and why? | Why shouldn't parallel lines meet. in | infinity if they want to? What makes people read Harold Bell | Wright? Purely Academic OW many are there in the chorus?” | “ Forty.” | “Why, I only make it twenty.” “Oh, you count noses.” The Ideal Infant: DAD. I'M A LITTLE SLEEPLESS, PLEASE DON'T BOTHER, BUT rte WALK 17 OFF When you retire with a film on your |teeth, it may all night long do damage. Film is that viscous coat you feel. It clings to teeth, gets between the teeth and stays. The tooth brush does not remove it all, That film causes most tooth troubles. So millions find that well-brushed teeth discolor and decay. How film destroys Film absorbs stains and makes the teeth look dingy. It is the basis of tartar. It holds food substance which ferments and Watch it for ten days This offers you a 10-Day Tube. Get it and watch its effects. Each use of Pepsodent brings five de- sired effects. The film is attacked in two efficient ways. It multiplies the salivary flow. It mul- tiplies the starch digestant in the saliva, to digest starch deposits that cling. It multi- plies the alkalinity ofthe saliva, to neutral- ize the acids which cause tooth decay It also keeps teeth so highly polished that film cannot easily adhere. Pepsadéent The New-Day Dentifrice | A scientific film combatant combined with two other modern requisites. Now advised by leading dentists everywhere teres supplied by all druggists in large tul ~ How Pretty Teeth are ruined during sleep forms acid. It holds the acid in contact with the teeth to cause decay. Millions of germs breed in it. They, with tartar, are the chief cause of pyorrhea. Few escape its damage. So dental sci- ence has for years been seeking a film combatant. New methods found Now ways have been found to fight film and film effects. Able authorities have proved them. The ways are combined ina dentifrice called Pepsodent. Leading den- tists everywhere advise it. And millions of people every day enjoy its benefits. These five effects, attained twice daily, have brought to millions a new era in teeth cleaning. Send the coupon for the 10-Day Tube. Note how clean the teeth feel after using. Mark the absence of the viscous film. See how teeth whiten as film-coat dis- appears. Judge by what you see and feel. Our book will tell the reasons. This is too important to neglect. Cut out the coupon now, 533 10-Day Tube Free THE PEPSODENT COMPANY Dept. 120, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IIL Mail 10-Day Tube of Pepsodent to Only one tube to @ family comicbooks.com