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This page is primarily **advertising and entertainment reviews**, not satire or political commentary. The left side features a large **W.L. Douglas Shoes advertisement**—a major shoe manufacturer emphasizing quality and fair pricing. The ad's selling point is that the company stamps the retail price directly on shoe soles, guaranteeing customers they're not overpaying regardless of location. This addresses a real consumer concern of the era: retail markup variation. Below that is an **Egyptian Deities cigarette ad**, appealing to notions of sophistication and cultural refinement. The right column contains **film reviews** from Life's "Silent Drama" department, critiquing contemporary motion pictures (many starring silent-era stars like Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin). Reviews are brief and often dismissive—typical of the magazine's satirical tone applied to entertainment rather than politics. No political cartoons or social satire appear on this page. It's a straightforward commercial and entertainment section typical of 1920s mass-market magazines.

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~ W._LDOUGLAS FOR MEN AND WOMEN an & $800 SHOES suunsias $10.00 suman. $5.00 YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY WEARING W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES e best known shoes in the world. They are sold in107W.L.Douglas stores, direct from the factory to | youatonlyone profit, which guarantees to you the best shoes that can be pro- duced, at the lowest possible cost. W.L. Douglas name and the retail price is stamped on the sole of all shoes before they leave the factory, which is your protection against unreasonable profits W. L. Douglas $7.00 and $8.00 shoes are absolutely the best shoe values for the money in this country. They com- bine quality, style, workmanship and wearing qualities equal to other makes selling at higher prices. They are the leaders in_the fashion centers of America. The stamped price is W. L. Douglas personal guarantee that the shoes are always worth the price paid for them. The prices are the same everywhere; they cost no more in San Francisco than they do in New York. W. L. Douglas shoes are made by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers,under the direction and supervision of expe- rienced men, all working with an hon- est determination to make the best shoes for the price that money can buy. QAUTION.—Insist upon having W. 1. nets shoes, The name and price is tafaly stam the sole, "Be carefal eit chan, WP altfop scletn gour vicinity, order direct from factory. Catalog free. BOYS SHOES $4.50 & $5.00 W.L. Douglas name and portrait is the best known shoe Trade Mark in the world. It stands for thehighest standard of quality at the low: est possible cost. W. L, Douglas shoes with his name and retail price stamped on the sole are worn by more men than any other make. W. L. Douglas Shoe Co., 147 Snark St.. Brockton, Mass. “The Utmost in Cigarettes” Plain Gnd or Cork Top People of culture and refinement invariably BRETER. Deities =MADE AT al GARS at a saving of 100 rofits and no stoci for members of Cli Business Offices. son Importing Company, 512-D Flatiron Bldg.. New York; 30 (THE SILENT DRAMA’) Recent Developments rd (The regular Silent Drama department will be found on page 22) Little Lord Fauntleroy. United +1rt- ists—Mary Pickford has an excellent op- portunity to outdo herself in a dual réle. A thoroughly satisfactory adaptation of the famous book. Moonlight Follies. Universal—Marie Prevost, who used to shine as a Sennett luminary, is the star of this absurd film. It is just "another drop from the sublime to the ridiculous. Good and Evil. = Warren.—Another stupendous spectacle of the allegorical or- der, a little more so than usual, if you know what we mean. The Idle Class. foibles of society are vincing fashion by Mr. First National.—The “exposed” in con- Charles Spencer | Chaplin, who is rather good at this sort of | thing. The Invisible Power. Goldwyn—A picture of inconsiderable worth, dealing with the vengeance of the law and the in- fallibility of mother love. Bits of Life. First National—Variety is the spice of “Bits of Life.” Produced under the inspired direction of Marshall Neilan, it includes four distinct stories, three of which are good. Disraeli. United Artists—George Ar- liss in a splendid picturization of a splen- did play. One Wild Week. Realart—The Inan- ities of 1921, starring Bebe Daniels. Footlights. Paramount.—Elsie Fergu- son gives a fine performance in a picture that stands out as one of the first-rate film productions of the year. The Girl From God’s Country. J/ar- ren.—Red-blooded melodrama of the most virile variety, acted with considerable vigor by Nell Shipman. Camille. Metro—Nazimova takes Du- mas’ great tragedy and transforms it into a hack starring vehicle for herself, with | results that are very far from pleasing The Four Seasons. Urban.—A nature film produced under the direction of R: | mond Ditmars at the Bronx Zoo, show in wonderfully graphic style how various animals weather the four seasons. fhe acting of the frogs is truly remarkable. No Woman Knows. Universal—A rather discordant variation of the old “Humoresque” theme. Forever. Paramount.—Pictorially, this is undoubtedly the finest picture that has ever been made, and what with Elsie Fer- guson, Wallace Reid and George Fawcett, it is not so bad from a dramatic point of view, either. For Review Next Weex.—“One Arab- ian Night,” “Dangerous Curve Ahead,” “After the Show,” and “Why Girls Leave Home.” Correction In reviewing the J. L. Frothingham pro- duction, “Pilgrims of the Night,” in a re- cent issue, we referred to it as “Pilgrims of Love.” The reason for. this bit cf bone- headedness is unknown to us, and we can only offer abject apologies. Incidentally, under any other name, “Pilgrims of the Night” would be a good picture. RES. comicbooks.com