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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content is a Palmolive Shaving Cream advertisement promoting "Five Mistakes We corrected for you in a Shaving Cream" by chemist V. K. Cassady. The upper left contains a brief humorous essay titled "Our Friend the Weather Man," gently mocking weather forecasters' tendency to find excitement in any meteorological condition, whether rain or sunshine. Below that is a small cartoon labeled "Pigeon-toed Gentleman," showing a frustrated man claiming "I do not wish to make a scene here, sir, but this is the third and last time I am telling you to get off my foot!"—a simple visual joke about social awkwardness. The page reflects Life magazine's characteristic blend of light humor and commercial content typical of 1920s publications.

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+ ——— Our Friend the Weather Man CH Unusual Expert Puzzled Over I've never met the weather man but I'm sure he must b a refreshing sort er gaa with all his Somethin; his life. If it r poiled you know, and thiul enthusiasm intact s happens to brighten ins, he'll find that it’s the first time since the weather bureau it it started to rain at exactly such a time on such a day was established li it's sunny, he's equally excited Imagine such weather for February 23 or whatever the date may be. Besides. it has directly followed an entire week of sunny weather, and the records clearly show t we haven't had a week of sunny days following two inches of snow on February 14 since—why, good- ess me !—since 1892, and r winter that was, xu all know what a pec lia p comes, he revels in it o relief for the suf- lions for days, perhaps weeks Ii subsequent developments to have been w His attitude s and he makes predic- bility ¢ tions with as much assurance as before li, on the other hand, a warm spell arrives, he seems to feel that-it is the direct result of his own personal influ- ence. Whatever happens, some new record for the weather bureau is broken, and that should be sufficient comfort to What would they find to the public talk abou He always finds something to inter est or puzzle him. Originally, I think, rwise? he came from California, where all weather is “unusual.” TOHOL Junce (in assat What instrument did the plaintiff to this condition? Derespant (proudly) : None your Honor. It was all hand work. TO MAKE A SCENE HERE, SIR, BUT THIS Is THE THIRD AND LAST TIME 1 AM 1 bo NOT Wisit TELLING TO GET OFF MY FooT! you Five Mistakes We corrected for you in a Shaving Cream GENTLEMEN The five main complaints men made about some shaving soaps were these ua $—Skin irritation 1—Lather too scanty The blend of palm and olive oils So we made Palmolive Shaving akes Palmolive Shaving Cream a Cream to multiply itself in lather 250 times. A tiny bit —just one-half gram—suffices for a shave 2—Slow action So we made a Shaving Cre act in one minute. the beard absorbs 15' that makes a hard beard wax-like 3—Dries on face The lather of Palmolive Shavi Cream maintains its creamy fullne for ten minutes on the face. 4—Hairs That is due port the hairs SHAVING CREAM to weak bul Strong bubbles are essential to su for cutti 10 Shaves EREE See Coupon By V. K. Cassady, Chief Chemist discovered that fact, we believe. And Palmolive bubbles are strong in. It brings one fine aft r-effects. Let us prove this We ask your perm these things—to send you to try. We are maste Withinthattime One of of water. And leading tc Irs We have worked hard to excel in aShaving Cream. Wem tested 130 formulas before we at- tained our ideal Palmolive Shaving Cream is asensat lie down of thousa We co PALMOLIVE }1 0 SHAVES FREE) THE PALMOLIVE C&C comicbooks.com