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This page mixes advertisements, a society humor column, and public service messaging. **Mrs. Pep's Diary** (upper right): A satirical column mocking upper-class social pretensions. The narrator obsesses over trivial hostess details—correct bread plates, guest psychology, Henry James literary snobbery—while describing mundane domestic life with her husband "Sam." The humor targets the artificial concerns of leisure-class women. **"The Go-Debtor"**: A light verse joke using imperfect rhymes ("ose/suppose") to mock debt collection—likely commenting on post-war financial struggles. **Davey Tree Surgeon advertisement** (right): A legitimate public service notice about tree care, featuring a coupon and company information from Kent, Ohio. **The left side** contains waterway vacation advertisements for Great Lakes steamship lines between Detroit, Chicago, and Buffalo—typical 1920s travel promotion. The page reflects 1920s concerns: leisure travel, consumer debt, and emerging consumer services (professional tree care), balanced against satirical commentary on upper-class social anxiety.

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- LIFE - 4 S al WATERWA Oacatons AN MACKINAG,|St ipod ¢ Summ Yow vacation this summer will not tif Mackinac Island, the summer wonderland. Its Blorious charms can be. iated only by a visit to this land of rest and beauty, Make reservations now. BETWEEN DETROIT and BUFFA- liners, “Greater Buffalo,” fe liners of their type in the world, Lv. 5:30 p. m. and Buffalo 6 p. m. daily, Eastern time. Low rates—$6 one way, $11.50 round trip. I” and “City of Cleveland III” Lv. Detroit and Cleveland daily 11:30 p. m. Eastern time. Fare—$3.60 one way, $6.50 round trip. Daylight trips during July and August, Tues, Thurs, Sat. Lv. 10:30 a. m. Eastern time. BETWEEN DETROIT, MACKI- NAC ISLAND, ST. IGNACE, and CHICAGO—From June 25th to Sept. 7th liners Lv. Detroit Tues., Thurs. and Sat. 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. Lv. Chi- cago Mon., Thurs. and Sat. 12:30 noon, Central time. Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from page 11) mortal one who was absolutely certain about the bread amd butter plates!... A great argument this night with my husband, poor wretch, who is against going out to the Blairs’ for the week- end, on no apparent grounds save that they serve poor salads and have too decp ashtrays in the guest-rooms, but I did finally persuade him, having no mind for summer Saturdays in town, filled as they are with young men bearing suit- cases, all looking as though they were bound for Sea Gate. July Lay late, reading again ii “The Portrait of a Lady, 17th say favorite novel, and re- flecting how tolerant I am growing, for Lord! I once scorned persons who did not like Henry James, whereas now I merely pity them. Refreshed, too, by the character of Mrs. Touchett, with her “My point of view, thank God, is personal!” Then up, making a careful inspection of my house, and marveling at the psychology of guests who think they are doing me a kindness by setting a damp glass down upon a book or magazine and dropping ashes in vases, Sam home for lunchcon, carrying on at finding no limes in the house as though I had broken one of the Com- mandments, but he did finally quict down sufficiently to tell me about a client who had come to him this day and who, albeit a Mormon, had but one wife. Whereto I could but respond that I did luok with greater favor upon a polyga- mist who did not polyg than upon a monogamist who didn't monog. Both of us finally to packing, I greatly shocked, upon taking one of my bags from a shelf, to discover also thereon the Christmas present I meant to give Ann Andrews, all wrapped and_ tied. Add a blue and white ribbon, quoth Sam, and change the card to read, Happy Fourth of July, which I did do, and dispatched the gift to the Rochester theatre where Annie is now playing. ... Beatty Blair by for us at tea time, pausing to quaff two large beakers al- beit he was late, and then all by motor car to Roslyn. Baird Leonard. Celtarette, sideboard or ocean steamer kit Is incom ete without Abbott's Bitters. Aids digestion. Sample Gy'mail, 25 cua. C.W. Abbott & Co, Baltimore, Nid. The Go-Gebtor A> MERCHANT addressing a debtor Remarked in the course of his lebtor That he chose to suppose A man knose what he ose; And the sooner he pays it the bebtor. Derinition of a modernist—a man who has listened to a fundamentalist. Neglect did this This tragic result had its be- ginning in a small, innocent looking open wound on the side of the broken limb. Decay started, as it always does in open wounds, and ate its way until the limb was a mere shell and an inevitable victim of a wind storm. What about your trees? You, as a layman, might easily miss the danger signals that would be apparent to a Davey Tree Surgeon. Neglect is both ex- pensive and dangerous. Take care of these tree troubles in time—save your trees before they are too far gone. The local Davey representative will examine your trees without cost or obligation. Davey Tree Surgeons are near you—anywhere between Boston and Kansas City, be- tween Canada and the Gulf, THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT COMPANY, INC., 185 City Bank Building, Kent, Ohio Attach this coupon to your letterhead and mail today THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT CO., INC. Ane 185 City Bank Bldg., JOHN DAVEY Kent, Ohio Father of Tree Surgery Gentlemen: Without cost or obli- gation on my part, please have your local representative examine my trees and advise me as to their condition and need. comicbooks.com