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Life — November 2, 1922 — page 36: Life, 1922-11-02

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This page is primarily **advertising and book listings**, not political satire or comics. The main advertisements are: **W.L. Douglas Shoes**: A manufacturer's ad emphasizing value—claiming their $5-8 shoes outsell competitors because they're stamped with price and factory cost, ensuring "YOU PAY ONLY ONE PROFIT." This reflects early 20th-century consumer messaging about fair pricing and transparency. **Bayer Aspirin**: An ad insisting consumers say "Bayer" specifically, as aspirin was Bayer's trademarked product. This addresses the common problem of generic knockoffs and emphasizes the importance of brand recognition. **American Doughboy Studios**: Offers a free book about WWI soldiers, capitalizing on post-war sentiment. The "Books Received" section lists contemporary 1920s literature, including F. Scott Fitzgerald's *Tales of the Jazz Age*. There is a small cartoon titled "Auntie Chloe Ain't Skeerd" depicting dialect humor (African American vernacular), which reflects period conventions but lacks clear satirical purpose beyond entertainment.

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LIFE .- WL. DOUGLAS $5 $6 $7 &§8 SHOES FOR MEN AND WOMEN are actually demanded year after year by more people than any other shoe in the world BECAUSE: they are unequaled. For style, material and workmanship Protection a against unreasonable profits is guaranteed by the price stamned on every pair. Years of satisfactory service have given them confi- dence in the shoes and in the protection afforded by the W. L. Douglas Trade Mark. W. L. DOUGLAS shoes are put into all of our 110 stores at — factory cost. We do not make one cent of profit until the shoes are sold to you. It is worth dollars for you to remember that when you buy shoes at our stores YOU PAY ONLY ONE PROFIT. No matter where you live, shoe dealers can supply you with L. Douglas shoes. They cost no more in San Francisco than they do in New England. our $7.00 and $8.00 shoes with any $10.00 or $12.00 shoes made. COMP ARE Boys Shoes ®4.00 & 4.50 W. L. Douglas name and portrait 1s the best known shoe Trade Mark in the world. It stands fer the highest standard] ‘of quality at the lowest possible cost. The name and price is plainly stamped on the sole. If not for sale In your vicinity, send for free catalog. TO MERCHANTS: It no dealer In your town handles W. L. Douglas Shoes, write today for exclusive rights to handle this quick selling, quick turn-over line. eins Boe @ at apans Seen “7 Aspirin — Say “Bayer” and Insist! Unless you see the name “Bayer” on package or on tablets you are not gel- ting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physicians over twenty-two years and proved safe by millions for Colds ‘Toothache Earache Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” only. Each unbroken package contains proper directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid. without F REE obligztion a large, gold-embossed 13-page book with turquoise cover and many page Illustrations, telling the grip- ping story of the ‘Spirit of the ‘American Doughboy” and carrying reprints of the poem ‘In Flanders Fields” and companion poem. No ‘obligation to buy anything, altho the book contains interesting sug- gestions for moderately priced Christmas presents that are different. Write AMERICAN DOUGHBOY STUDIOS, Suite Headache Lumbago 300, Atlanta, Ga. Sax Rohmer Wodehouse Gittings Ames by Christopher by Harvey Books Received Slings end Pain by Edwin Francis Ed- gett J, Brimme, Boston), Tis 'Wates of the Dogs, by Leonid Andreyev (Macmillan), Broken. Barriers, by Meredith Nicholson (Scribner). Tales of the Jazz Age, by F. Scott Fitz- gerald (Scribner). Bill the Bachelor, by Denis Mackail (Hough+ ton Mifflin), Just Nerves, by Austen Fox Riggs (Hough- ton Mifflin). Tales of Chinatown, by (Doubleday, Page). Shouts and Murmurs, by Alexander Wool cott (Century). Atolls of the Sun, by Frederick O’Brien (Century). The White Feather, by P. G. (Macmillan). The Three Fires, by Amelia Josephine Burr (Macmillan), When Kansas Was Young, by T. A. McNeal (Macmillan). : Florence Nightingale, by Edith Reid (Macmillan), Real Property and Other Pocms, by Harold Monro (Macmillan). . Laughter Limited, by Nina Wilcox Putnam (Doran). The Wind Bloweth, by Donn Byrne (Cen- tury). Cross Currents in Europe To-day, by Charles ‘A. Beard (Marshall Jones, Boston). The Moth Decides,” by ' Edward Alden Jewell (Knopf). . Black Pawl, by Ben Williams (Dutton). The Fruit of the Tree, by Hamilton Fyfe (Thomas Seltzer). Where the Blue Begins, Morley (Doubleday, Page). Some Distinguished ‘Americans, O'Higgins (Harper). Nights and Days on the Gypsy Trail, by ‘Irving Brown Harper) Fielding Sargent, by Elsa’ Barker (Dutton). What Prohibition Has Done to America, by Fabian Franklin (Harcourt, Brace). The Best Plays of 1921-1922, by Burns Mantle (Small, Maynard). David the Dreamerg by Ralph Bergengren (Atlantic Monthly Press). The Next-to-Nothing House, by Alice Van Leer. Carrick (Atlantic ‘Monthly Press). Memories of a Hostess, by M. A. DeWolfe Howe (Atlantic Monthly Press). The Fun of Being a Fat Man, by William Johnston (Little, Brown). Peregrine’s Progress, by Jeffery Farnol (Lit- tle, Brown). Neither Here Nor There, by Oliver Her- ford (Doran). The Three Lovers, (Doran). The Trail of Con‘ -t, by (Penn Publishing Co.). Across. the Mesa, by jarvis Publishing Co) The Driver, v, The Things e Murry (Dutton). by Frank Swinnerton Emilie Loring Hall (Penn (Dntton). Middleton Garet Are, Garrett. by John Auntie Chloe Ain’t Skeerey INTER am comin’, Comin’ fas’, But I got yams ‘Nuff to las’. Wolf, why yo’ howlin’ Roun’ my do’? I got twenty washin’s— Could git mo’— "Nuff to buy hog-meat An’ apples fer pies; Go way, wolf, I advertise! CLIENT: cessive? Lawyer: Not at all. it would be if we'd won! Isn't your fee pretty ex. Think what A minute saved isa minute gained Le _ “A FOR MEN ONLY SHOE LACING HOOKS ® LACING HOOKS CAN BE OBTAINED ON EX. | CLUSIVE MODELS OF QUALITY FOOTWEAR. INSIST ON HAVING WHAT YOU WANT. I cured myself after being afflicted fifteenyear. E. S. GIVENS, 225 Chemical Bidg.,.Kansas City Me VANDERBILT West 48th St. Evgs. 31830 | Mats. WED. & SAT.230 “COMEDY IS THE GREATEST LAUGHING HIT IN YEARS" FOR OF BRAINS IGARS ~MADE AT KEY WEST~ comicbooks.com TUUVTOLTLIELT LLL ELE