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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content is a full-page W.L. Douglas shoe advertisement featuring the company president's portrait and detailed sales pitch about factory-direct pricing. The small "Silent Drama" section at left reviews current films—mostly Paramount and other studio releases from what appears to be the early 1920s, mentioning stars like Valentino, Lionel Barrymore, and Will Rogers. At bottom left is a **mild joke** (credited to "Kasper, Stockholm"): a woman falls from a window but lands inside—a play on unexpected safety that's meant to be darkly humorous. The Bayer Aspirin advertisement promotes the brand as medically proven, emphasizing the importance of the "Bayer" name—likely a response to post-WWI trademark issues when German companies lost American patents. **For modern readers**: This reflects 1920s consumer culture emphasizing brand names, factory efficiency, and direct sales as cost-saving innovations.

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THE SILENT DRAMA Recent Developments SS (The revular Silent Drama department will be found on page 24) Moran of the Lady Letty. Paramount. —An exciting melodrama of the sea, with Dorothy Dalton, Walter Long and Ro- dolph Valentino contributing all kinds of action. Where Is My Wandering Boy To- night? Zidman.-—-Not a Chaplin comedy. Boomerang Bill. Paramount.— The iad ionel Barrymore as a hold-up art ‘orms just a little bit too late. School Days. I!’arner—Wesley Barry s supplied with a great number of trick ne of which are funny and some distasteful. Saturd ay Night. Paramount.——Another De Mille drama of life beyond the altar, with much more plot and dramatic interest than usual. The excellent cast includes Conrad Nagel, Edith Roberts and Lea- trice Jo The Show. litagraph—Another insane Larry Semon comedy which obtains laughs by means of blasting methods. Orphans of the Storm.United Artists. —The nch Revolution provides the background for a_fine Griffith drama. Turn to the Right. Mectro—Rex In- gram is unhappily cast as the director of this stickily sentimental comedy, but for all that he has put a certain amount of homely tumor and a considerable amount of pictorial beauty into it. The Ruling Passion. United Artists— ge Arliss shows that he can be some- > than sinister, in a pleasant little ta tired business man who over- s fatigue by going to work. Tol'able David. First National—Rich- ard Barthelmess, as star, and Henry King, as director, have turned this Hergesheimer story into a picture of tremendous dramatic power. Star Dust. Hurst was right! One Glorious Day. Paramount—Will Rogers discards his rope and picks up the slender threads of fantasy in a whim- sically amusing comedy. The Enchanted City. Newcombe—A beautify! picture, produced by people who know what beauty is. For Review Next Week.—‘The Prodi- pal Judge,” “Penrod” and “The Seventh ay, First National—Fannie “Have you heard about Mrs. Johnson's Standing at her first-floor window and tumbling down?” “Good heavens!” “Don't worry! she fell inside, know. —Kasper (Stockholm). you - LIFE W.L. DOUGLAS $7.00 ei &OR ope W.L.DOUGLAS PRODUCT IS GUARANTEED FOR MEN AND WOMEN YOU CAN ALWAYS SAVE MONEY BY WEARING W.L,DOUGLAS SHOES SOLD DIRECT FROM FACTORY TO YOU AT ONE PROFIT STAMPING THE RETAIL PRICE [— ‘AT THE FACTORY ‘THE STAMPED PRICE 1S YOUR PROTECTION AGAINST UNREASONABLE PROFITS BY MORE THAN FORTY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MAKING FINE SHOES 4 wee Douglas shoes are made of the and finest selected leathers the market affords. We employ the high- est paid, skilled shoemakers, all work- ing with an honest determination to make the best shoes for the price that money can buy. When you need shoes look for a W.L. Douglas store. We own 107 stores lo- cated in the principal cities. You will find in our stores many kindsand styles of high-class, fine shoes that webelieve are better shoe values for the money than you can buy elsewhere. Our $7.00 and $8.00 shoes are excep- tionally good values. There is one point we wish to impress upon you that is worth dollars for you to reraember. W. L. Douglas shoes are put into all of our stores at factory cost. We do not make one cent of profit until the shoes are sold to you. When you buy shoes at any one of our stores you pay only one small retail profit. No matter where you live, shoe dealers cansupply youwithW.L.Douglasshoes. They cost no more in San Francisco than they doin New York. Insist upon having W. L. Douglas shoes with the name and retail price stamped on the sole. Do not takea substitute and pay one or two extra profits. Order direct from the factory and save money. 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. The intrinsic value of a Trade Mark lies in giving to the con- sumer the equiva: lent of the price paid for the goods. Catalog Free. President Douglas Shoe Co., 147 Spark St., Brockton, Mass. Ga Aspirin Always say “*Bayer”’ Unless you see the name “Bayer” uine Aspirin prescribed by physi- | cians for 21 years and proved safe by millions. Directions in package. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manu- facture of Monoacetiacidester of Salicylicacid, | on tablets, you are not getting gen- | Why Not Combine And Let the Theatrical Master- pieces Come On Two by Two? Bomso, The Bat. The Chocolate Tangerine. Anna Christie, The Blue Kitten. The Wild Cat, Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife. Lilies of the Field, Just Married. The Music Box Revue, Lawful Lar- ceny. He Who Gets Slapped, The Squaw Man. The Married Woman, Drifting. Danger, Bulldog Drummond. Kiki, The Claw (Klaw). Sally, The White Peacock. Six-Cylinder Love, A Bill of vorcement. Greenwich Village Follies, mate Strangers. The Grand Duke, Nature’s Noble- Di- The Inti- | man. The Dream Maker, Up in the Clouds. Dulcy, The Perfect Fool. Permanent Now will that clever dispenser of joy, Who gave Mother a permanent wave, Give us a permanent bath for the Boy And Father a permanent shave? comicbooks.com