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This page is primarily **advertising and light humor**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Advertisements** for dental care (Forhan's toothpaste for gum disease), hair removal cream (Neet), a resort (The Molanor), and watches—typical early 20th-century product pitches with health claims. **"Our Foolish Contemporaries"** is a humor section mocking an engineering student who prefers his slide rule to women, preferring its accuracy and reliability over romantic pursuits. This satirizes both academic obsession and contemporary dating culture. **"Saved!"** and **"News Valuation"** are brief jokes: one plays on a cannibal captain's wife losing interest when she mislaid her cookbook; the other uses math equations to suggest scandals (bank embezzlement, actresses) generate headlines while ordinary lives don't. The overall tone reflects 1920s-era assumptions about gender, courtship, and what constitutes "news"—now dated but not deeply political.

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New York Forkan'e, Ltd. c Asheville, N.C, ‘One of those “wholly satislying” places found once in a while and never forgotten; perfect service, concentrated comfort. An “all year” resort for pleasure and Sport exclusively. Fine motor roads. Perfect Golf in a Perfect Climate Write for Booklet “L” Albert H. Ma MM No Hair Offends Where Neet is Used Science has finally solved the prob- Jem of removing hair pleasantly complexion. This with NEET, a mild and daintycream. You merely spread it on and then rinse off with clear water. That's all; the hair will be gone and the ekin left refreshingly cool, smooth and white! Old methods, the om razor and severe chemical preparations, have given way to this remarkable hair-removing cream which is the ac- ‘method of well-groomed women everywhere. ‘and Department Money back if it fails to please you. Buy now. Weat Drog sores or by mal. ag WARERAL PHAR. CO., 601 CLIVE ST., ST. LUIS, m0. 1s LIFE OuRY FOOLISH CONTEMPORARIES > = — ee Love-Life of an Engineering Student Fools may sing of hearts and love And eyes and cheeks and hair— Write sonnets to a woman's glove And swear her wondrous fair. Bah! She's an artificial thing: All powder, paint, and lipstick— But hearken to the song / sing, And hail my love, the slipstick! Women are babbling all the time Of dates and drinks and dresses, Which wouldn't help at all when I’m Computing torques and stresses, It conquers without fear or doubt Whole hosts of sines and surds, And helps me work in peace without An avalanche of words. Slide-rules are always accurate, And women never so; And while they're not affectionate, They never answer “No!” So hence with women’s wanton ways, With eyebrows, lips, and curls: My little log-log polyphase Is worth a dozen girls! —Cornell Widow. In a Pinch, we ALLENS FOOT=EASE—Adv't Saved! The captain was relating his adven- tures. “Just imagine,” he said, “the cannibals had dragged me to the fire and were ty- ing me to a stake, when the chief's wife whispered a few words in his ear and I was released.” “Ah,” breathed a lady of uncertain ‘She had fallen in love with you?” No, she had mislaid her cook book. Long before it was found, I had fled.” —Pica-Pica (Porto Rico.) News Valuation George C. Bastion, whose business in life is editing the news, sums up the job as follows: 1 ordinary man+1 ordinary life 1 ordinary man+1 ordinary wife=o. 1 ordinary mant+i autot: gun+1 quart = News. 1 bank cashier +1 wife+7 children=o. 1 bank cashier—$100,000+1 chorus girl—Headlines.—Collier’s. Wine Jelly when flavored with Abbott's Bitters ts made more delightful and healthful.” Sam; 25 cts, in stampa, C. W. Bitters by mail . Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md, Mr. and Mrs. “You seem to forget, my dear, that the dollar I earn is worth only 65 per cent. of the dollar your father earned.” “Well, why don’t you earn better dol- lars?”—Kansas City Star. “Ler’s match for drinks.” “Awright, what'll you have?” “Let's match first.”"—Virginia Reel, And now 4 shes soslender/" “Did you ever see such a change in any one? Grace used to be positively stout. Now she’s one of the smartest dressed women | know. She must have done something to regain her youthful figure."* She did do something. Realizing that her success and charm depended upon a sleader silhouette, she used Marmola Tablets, Marmola Tablets are the pleasant way to redute, Without dicts or exercises, you can regain your slender healthy figure again. Thousands of men and women each year regain slender figures this way. Socan you. 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