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This page from Life magazine comprises **short humorous anecdotes and advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The jokes satirize early 20th-century social conventions: **Key humor pieces:** - A quip crediting publisher W.R. Hearst for noting that floorwalkers wear buttonholes because flowers won't stay in their hair—mocking both Hearst and department store pretension - Exchanges about romance, golf, and department stores that play on period manners (knights in armor, "toy department" furniture for cheap housing, overheated golf clubs) - A jab at theatrical prima donnas' temperament **Advertisement:** The Basline Autowline (a motorist's towing rope) occupies significant space, featuring a dramatic rescue narrative. The satire targets **social affectation, consumerism, and emerging middle-class anxieties**—particularly around department stores, theater culture, and new automobile ownership. Nothing requires specialized historical knowledge beyond recognizing early 1900s social conventions.

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Department Store Exquisites There are times when we are actually compelled to take hat from head to W. Randolph Hearst, especially when he al- lows in his medium of information (at times) the statement that “maybe the reason most floorwalkers wear a flower in their buttonholes is because it wouldn’t stay in their hair.” —Syracuse Post-Standard. When Men Wore Armor Plate “Oh, Estelle, wouldn’t you like to have been made love to by an old-time knight?” “Nix on that, kiddo—sitting on an iron knee never appealed to me.” —Florida Times-Union. Unprotected “Is Kitty a friend of yours?” “Yes, what has she been saying about me ge —Amherst Lord Jeff. naughty words?” So is peace, Sherman. So is peace. “Nobody, mama; —Nashville Tennessean. “Who has taught you those by _heart.”—Klods-Hans. Temperament Abe Erlanger, wise in his years, used to say that he never saw “any prima donna get temperamental with a police. ” But during the theatrical re. hearsals it becomes static. The contagion of temperament reaches even the stage carpenters, and they tell of one who suddenly threw down his ham. mer with: “I drive the best nail in town but nobody appreciates me.” —Atlanta Constitution, A Small Scale Mrs. Newtywep (in depart ment store): Do you carry any furniture for those cheap homes the housing corpora- tions are building? FLoorwaLker: Oh, yes, madam. Toy department, third floor. —Hojas Selectas (Barcelona). Digging Out First Gotrer: How is your game, Cliff? Szconp Gotrer: Oh, I had to quit. My niblick got overheated. —New York World. I know them The proper length for a skirt is just above reproach.—Cleveland News. Lire_is published every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and British Possessions. Title registered in Patent Office. $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.60 a year; to Canada, 80 cents. Single current copies, 15 cents, Back numbers, after three months from date of publication, 25 cents. Issues prior to 1910 out of print. The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. For in Great Britain, app Lane, London, ‘eprint Rights to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter E. C., England. The foreign trade supplied from Lire’s London Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London, E. C. Canadian distributor, J. R. Tanguay, 386-388 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. No contributions will be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope. Lire docs not hold itself responsible for the loss or non-return of unsolicited contributions. Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior to the date of issue to be affected. “Out She Comes!” “Last Saturday, while turning around on a wet, slippery coun- try road, my car slid into a ditch—and believe me, I thought I was there to stay. out of the ditch and on my way!” BASLINE AUTOWLINE is the motorist’s “life preserver”. You can depend on the “Little Steel Rope with the Big Pull” to haul you out of trouble every time, That’s because it’s made of the world-famous Yellow Strand Wire Rope. Basuine AUTOWLINE ans on_instantly and securely with patented Snaffle Hooks. Light, compact—fits under seat cushion. Don’t accept substitutions—insist on get- At Your Jobber or Dealer ting this original wire rope car and spare tire. spring lock. for towing trucks. Se BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO. st. Lovis—New YoRK Manufacturers of Celebrated Yellow Strand Wire Rope— For General Construction Work and Other Industrial Uses. = - 3 But finally I got out my Basline Autowline, hailed the first auto that came up—and in five minutes was the one you know you can depend on. Powerstert Avrowtock, also made of Yellow Strand Wire Rope, safeguards Has ‘non-pickable PowersteeL Truck.ine is a heavier line With plain or Snafile Jumbo for strength. An Easy Way to Remove Dandruff If you want plenty of thick, beautiful, glossy, silky hair, do by all means get rid of dandruff, for it will starve your hair and ruin it if you don’t. The best way to get rid of dandruff is to dissolve it. To do this, just apply a little Liquid Arvon at night before retiring; v enough to moisten the scalp, and rub gently with the finger tips. By morning, most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications should completely re- move every sign and trace of it. You will find, too, that all itching of the scalp will stop, and your hair will look and feel a hundred times better. You can xet Liquid Arvon at any drug store. A four- ounce bottle is usually all that is needed. The R. L. Watkins Co., Cleveland, Ohio. towline— 6 BeLtans Hot water Sure Relief LL-A INDIGESTION comicbooks.com