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This page contains two distinct elements: **"Glamour" Poem (by A.W.C.):** A satirical poem about a young woman whose simple domestic aspirations are upended after theatrical players visit her town. She initially wanted quiet domesticity—"to bake, to brew, to wash, to mend"—but witnessing glamorous performers "dressed in gold" awakens desires for luxury: a splendid house, coach, servants, fine clothes, and urban excitement. The satire critiques how easily modest contentment is corrupted by exposure to theatrical glamour and materialism. The rhetorical question "Where shall I find content again?" underscores her lost innocence. **Supporting Content:** "The Apostles Renamed" and "At the Zoo" are brief humorous anecdotes. The page is otherwise dominated by a **Pepsodent toothpaste advertisement**—a full-page scientific pitch claiming the product fights tooth film through new dental science, featuring testimonials about "millions" of users. The ad exemplifies early 20th-century marketing's blend of pseudo-scientific authority and aspirational messaging. The juxtaposition suggests Life's dual purpose: literary satire alongside consumer advertising culture.

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can the ind car pre- new ight yrry me- who his li hott tums Glamour WANTED just to be in love, To have a lad to love me, To have a hearth to call my own, To have a roof above me. | wanted just a quiet life In pleasant, happy ways; To bake, to brew, to wash, to mend, Through busy, peaceful days. But now—the players came last night With torches and a drum, With lovely ladies dressed in gold— Why did they have to come? Things cannot be the same again, \nd | am not the same— I do not want the things I did Before the players came. I want to have a splendid house, [ want a coach and pair, \ serving maid to do my work, \nd heavy silks to wear. | want to go down splendid streets With people gazing after; I want to live where music is \nd pretty things and laughter! Where shall I find content again? Why did the players come To steal my happiness away With torches and a drum? A. W.C. The Apostles Renamed “Wir is your favorite chapter in the Bible, Uncle Ajax?” an old darkey was asked, Unele \jax smacked his lips. one whar’ “Dat tell about de twelve opos- | sums, suh!” he replied. AT THE ZOO Ist Owl: What's the matter with him —gone off his feed? 2nd Owl: Oh no, it’s just his side— he was hatched in a Cathedral belfry. —London Opinion. | your tongue. | crevices and stays. | ferments and forms acids. The Price You Pay For dingy film on teeth Let us show you by a ten-day test how combating film in this new way beautifies the teeth. Now your teeth are coated with a viscous film. You can feel it with It clings to teeth, enters It forms the basis of fixed cloudy coats. That film resists the tooth brush. No ordinary tooth paste can effec- tively combat it. That is why so many well-brushed teeth discolor and decay. Keeps teeth dingy Film absorbs stains, making the teeth look dingy. Film is the basis of tartar. It holds food substance which It holds the acids in contact with the teeth to cause decay. Millions of germs breed in it. They, | with tartar, are the chief cause of pyor- rhea. Thus most tooth troubles are now traced to film. And, despite the tooth brush, they have constantly in- creased. Attack it daily Careful people have this film re- moved twice yearly by their dentists. But the need is for a daily film com- batant. Now dental science, after long re- Pepsadént The New-Day Dentifrice Endorsed by modern authorities and now advised by leading den- tists nearly all the world over. All druggists supply the large tubes. search, has found two ways to fight film. Able authorities have proved their efficiency. A new type tooth paste has been perfected to comply with modern requirements. The name is Pepsodent. These two film combat- ants are embodied in it, to fight the film twice daily. Two other effects Pepsodent also multiplies the starch digestant in saliva. That is there to digest starch deposits which otherwise may cling and form acids. It multiplies the alkalinity of the saliva. That is Nature’s neutralizer for acids which cause decay. Thus every use gives multiplied effect to Nature’s tooth-protecting agents in the mouth. Modern authori- ties consider that essential. Millions employ it Millions of people now use Pepso- dent, largely by dental advice. The results are seen everywhere—in glis- tening teeth. Once see its effects and you will adopt it too. You will always want the whiter, cleaner, safer teeth you see. Make this test and watch the changes that it brings. Cut out the coupon now. 830 10-Day Tube Free THE PEPSODENT COMPANY, Dept. 985, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill, Mail 10-day tube of Pepsodent to ONLY ONE TUBE TO A FAMILY comicbooks.com