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This page is primarily a **book review section** listing new fiction and non-fiction publications, with an **advertisement** for Fatima Turkish Cigarettes as the dominant visual element. The cigarette ad uses the slogan "What a whale of a difference just a few cents make"—a common early 20th-century marketing pitch suggesting premium quality at modest cost. The image shows an overflowing cigarette package, likely emphasizing value. Below this is a **serialized story conclusion** ("The Rover and Over Boys"), a humorous parody of the popular *Rover Boys* adventure series. The joke involves the Class Prophet announcing the future will include "The Rover Boys in Vermont with Coolidge; Or, How Tom Helped the President Make Apple-Sauce"—a absurdist reference to President Coolidge, satirizing the formulaic nature of these adventure stories by imagining them with contemporary political figures in ridiculous scenarios. The page reflects Life's focus on literary satire and topical humor for educated readers.

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Among the New Books Fiction Love. By Elizabeth (Doubleday, faye). The moral being “What price plastic surgery, when you are twenty- wo years older than your husban “The George and the Crown. By Sheila K Smith (Dutton). Desire on the heath, Bigger and Blacker. By Octavus Roy Cohen (Little, Brown). The thor lets some of his characters loose 1 the motion picture game. _ Ethan Quest. By Harry Hervey osmopolitan). The romantic record f another man who wanted to get vay from it all. Unveiled. By Beatrice Kean Sey- mour (Seltser), A well-told tale of a marriage that went upon the rocks, with a little reconnoitering as to the basis of matrimony. The Neglected Clue. By Isabel Ostrander (McBride). The usual in- uredients for a mystery stirred to the boiling point. Moon Harvest. By Giuseppe Cau- tela (The Dial Press). The romance of an Italian immigrant by an Italian ) is now a barber in Pershing e 64—94." By R. H. Mottram (The ial Press). The heroine of the prize- “The Spanish Farm” again, time with a fine English beau. Mockbeggar. By Laurence W. Mey- nell (Appleton). For those who like he epigrammatic conversation of so- sticates, and who, in point of fact, cs not? Arrowsmith, By Sinclair Lewis (Harcourt, Brace). The author's best work to date, with the medical profes- mas protagonist. The Mother’s Recompense. By Edith Wharton (Appleton). The title s terrible, but the text is swell. Day of Atonement. By Louis Golding (Knopf). Splendid study of n orthodox Jew. The Constant Nymph, By Mar- garet Kennedy (Doubleday, Page). Still in the lead for the honors of the The Painted Veil. By W. Somer- set Maugham (Doran). Press work ior fear of God which is also excellent cading. Married Alive. By Ralph Straus (Holt), The amazing metamorphosis of a woman-hater. Face Cards. By (Putnam), Murder? come? Carolyn Wells And if so, how Non-Fiction Auction Bridge Summary. By Wilbur C. Whitehead (Stokes). If your game doesn't improve after you read this, you might as well go back to Mah Jong. Edith Wharton. By Robert Morss Lovett (McBride). The second mono: graph in the Modern American Writers series. How to See Modern Pictures. By Ralph M. Pearson (The Dial Press) First, and very good, aid to the lay- man, With charts, illustrations, and everything. A Player Under Three Reigns. By Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (Little, Brown), The review of a not- able and interesting career. The Life of San Martin. By Anna Schoellkopf (Boni & Liveright). In- troducing many of us to the national hero of Peru, BL, © What a whale of a difference Justa few cents make The Rover and Over Boys (Continued from page 15) student body followed his example, while Captain Putnam led the grateful faculty in a long cheer with the three Rover Boys on the end. “As a fitting conclusion to this Com- mencement,” announced Captain Put- nam, “we shall hear from the Class Prophet.” “Captain Putnam, Members of the Faculty, Fellow-Students, and All My Young Readers,” began Dick Rove and hesitated. “The Class Prophet is at a loss,” put in Tom merrily, just as the shot was fired. “I have a little volume here,” con- tinued Dick, “that contains the future of the Class of 1925. In that volume we shall meet all our old friends again, and in addition we shall Jearn what be- fell our young heroes on the Western Plains, to be entitled: ‘The Rover Boys in Vermont with Coolidge; Or, How Tom Helped the President Make Apple- Sauce.’” And here let us say Good-By. Goop-By. (To be continued next week) Good in Everything First Man: Can you see where this crossword puzzle craze has done any good? Seconp Man: Good? Sure’I can! Half the world knows something now it never knew before—the difference be- tween vertical and horizontal. First Man: Say, what is the differ- ence, anyway? comicbooks.com