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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The left side features ads for **Gotham Athletic Underwear** (showing a man in undershirt and long underwear) and a subscription pitch for *Life* magazine itself, emphasizing it as reading for "cultured" people. The right side promotes **chiropractic medicine** as an emerging health profession (approximately 15,000 practitioners by this date), and a hotel advertisement for Cleveland's Hollenden Hotel. The only potentially satirical element is the *Life* magazine ad's claim that readers are "people of culture" whose "opinions are of importance"—a somewhat tongue-in-cheek appeal to vanity aimed at persuading people to subscribe. The magazine positions itself as essential reading for the intellectually refined.

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Lire: Published Weekly by Life Publishing Compuny at 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. Annual Subscription, Five Dollars. Vol. 79. No. 2065. June 1, 1 ‘econd Class Matter June 8, 1883, at the Post Office at ier the act of March 3d, 1879. “Printed in New Yor! nd Class Matter at the Post Omice Department, in the United States, England and the British tern Manager The Underwear Sfe4L Gentleman GOTHAM Underwear is designed to meet the demand for finely tailored, scientifically pro- portioned garments that assure with the utmost in comfort the utmost in services + 6 Athletic Cluett.Pe. r By merit alone— CHIROPRACTIC has grown from an idea in the mind of one man in 1905 to the second largest health profession in the world. There are now approximately 15,000 practitioners, more than a hundred schools and about 10,000 students, Twenty-one state governments have recognized the science as dis- tinct and different from anyt else on earth. This growth in less than seven- teen years has been, not only with- out the aid of other professions engaged in getting the s well, but in spite of their utmost efforts to prevent. Chiropractic has never had a sin- gle dollar of endowment from state or national governments. It has overcome the Prejudice of the public, the opposition of other pro- fessions intent on_ its extermina- tion, and adverse laws in every state in the Union, DEFINITION The practice of Chiropractic con- sists of the adjust- ment, with the hands, of the mov- able segments of the spinal column to normal position for the purpose of releasing the pris- oned impulse Ask Your Chiropractor It has recruited its patients from among those upon whom other for methods failed, and with these “The Last Word” failures of other methods upon which to prove its efficiency it has grown like a green bay tree. Write for information regarding Chircpractors or Schocls to the Universal Chiropractors Association DAVENPORT, IOWA — Why Not Have the World Classify You Properly, as a Person of Culture? rr Te readers are recognized as be- longing to the cultured, well informed class—people whose opinions are of importance in their community— and these appreciate its bright fun and keen criticism. Read a few copies your- self, critically, and see if you don’t enjoy LIFE, particularly the twice-a-month book reviews, or, better yet, subscribe for a year, or try our Special Offer Enclosed find One Dollar (Canadian $1.20, Foreign $1.40). Send Lire for the next ten weeks to Open only to new subscribers; no subscriptions renewed at this rate. LIFE, 598 Madison Avenue, New York One Year $5 Canadian $5.30 Foreign #660 8 Boal fololalsalsal elle. Values ROoM rates and restaur- ant prices at the Hollenden Hotel compare favorably with the rates at any hotel in the world for equal quality and service. A good hotel is more than a place to eat and sleep, and you will find at the Hollen- den the countless auxiliaries of service that mean every- thing for comfort and com- plete satisfaction. THE HOLLENDEN HOTEL CO. CLEVELAND Oa sal sala fatal eral sol» ala SfalSfolaoreo comicbooks.com