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This page consists primarily of **advertisements and humorous columns** rather than political satire. The content includes: **Advertisements:** Ingram's shaving cream, Mothersill's seasickness remedy, and hair removal products dominate the left side—typical early 20th-century lifestyle ads targeting middle-class readers. **Humorous Columns:** The center features brief jokes and anecdotes, including: - A joke about settling a debt through gambling - A column asking "Where, Oh, Where?" about Robert W. Chambers, once-popular novelist whose work was overshadowed by film adaptations - Anecdotes about "non sequiturs" (illogical statements used for humor) - A quip about composer Sigmund Romberg meeting a dieting circus sword-swallower **Travel Advertisements:** The right side advertises Clark's cruise packages around the world. The page reflects Life magazine's format as a **satirical weekly featuring light humor, social commentary, and consumer advertising**—not focused on political cartooning. The Chambers reference is the closest to social observation, noting how cinema displaced literature.

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7 Cool ON’T start these warm sum- mer days with a burning, smarting skin, Use Ingram’s Therapeutic Shaving Cream and enjoy a quick, cool, comfortable shave. Its refreshing after effect lasts all day long. It takes the wire out of wiry beards and stops shaving irritation. See how much better you'll look and feel when you usc it. If your druggist cannot supply you send 50c for the blue jar that con- tains six months of shaving com- fort. Or send two cent stamp for sample. Frederick F. Ingram Co. Entablished 1885 1238 Tenth St. Detroit, Mich. Also Windsor, Canada Made particularly I - greats for tender skins Therapeutic | eax OOO Twice as Bad “Did Beatem pay you back that five?” “No; he offered to toss me doubles or quits and I won. Now he owes me ten."—Boston Transcript. ‘The positive relief for SEA, TRAIN AND CAR Sickness. Stops the nausea at once. 25 years in use. 73¢., & $1.30 at Drug Stores ‘or dire on receipt of price j]| The Mothersill Remedy Co., New York '* Have a Satin-Smooth Hair-Free Skin Science has solved the problem of removing unwanted hair pleasant- ly. without discomfort to the skin or complexion, This with NEET, a Thalt-removing ercana which ia the ac: tmathod of well women everywhere. ‘at Drug and Department stores or by mail. Money beck If it fallato please you. Buy bow. ANNIBAL PHAR. €0,, €O1 OLIVE ST., ST. LOUIS, m0. OLISH +0G Where, Oh, Where ? at ever became of Robert W. Cham ©. House, in Philadelphia Public When driving automobiles was a torture, And one who drove them swiftly was a “scorcher,” And when there were no parking rules to trouble you— That was the golden age of Robert W. His stories were invariably laden With dapper hero and ncurotic maiden, With husbands emotional than dutiful And wives who were lugubriously beauti- ful. more Then came the the photo And kidnaped Mr. Chambers’ plot in toto, And people learned his lesson (without heeding it), Free from the grim necessity of reading it films, which dramatized But where is Chambers now? question, That finds me without plausible sugges tion, Save a vague folly would Not very likely wander far from Holly- wood.—Spokane Spokesman-Rev A tricky notion that his tales of Ina Pinch, use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE Non Sequitur A friend of mine sends me from Spain an example of the “non sequitur,” that very pleasant form of humor. He was discussing a picce of architecture with an absent-minded architect. Presently the architect said, “Yes, it’s very old for its size,” and relapsed into silence. I once perpetrated a non sequitur myself. I introduced to a man named Caldicott, and having nothing whatever to say to him, I said, “Ab, Caldicott by name, and Caldicott by na- ture.” He looked quite annoyed about it. —“Beachcomber,” in London Express. was Tablespoonful Abbott's Bitters, in sweetened wa! after meaty is great ald to digestion, Sample hitters by Tall, 25 cts. In stampa, C. We Abbott & Cos Balty Md Off His Feed Sigmund Romberg, the composer, tells of meeting a circus sword-swallower one time. He asked him to demonstrate his art and the fellow apparently swallowed some pins and needles. “But,” protested Mr. Romberg, “those aren't swords; they're pins and needles.” “I know it,” replied the circus freak, “but I'm on a diet.” —New York Evening World. “Tue Crawfords pay cash for every- thing, I understand.” “What a monotonous life!"—Anstwers. CLARK’S 6th CRUISE AROUND THE WORLD 128 DAYS, $1250 to $3000 Intluding Hotels, Drives, Guides, Fees, etc. From N. Y. Jan. 20, by specially chartered Cunard new ss ‘‘Laconia,” 20,000 tons. Featuring 25 days Japan and China includin Peking; option 18 days in India; Cairo, Jerusalem, Athens, etc., with Europe stop over, CLARK'S 22nd CRUISE, Jan. 30 re MEDITERRANEAN specially chartered new ss ansylvania,’’ 17,000 tons. Featur- ing 1g 15 days in Egypt and Palestine; Lisbon, nis, Spain, etc. 62 days! cruise, 3600 to $1700 including Hotels, Drives, Guides, Fees, ete. SOUTH AMERICA Wit" Feb, 4 by specially chartered new Cunarder *‘Caledonia,'’17,000tons, 60 days, $550 to $1250; featuring Buenes Aires, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Amazon River, Barbados, Havanaand Nassau. CLARK'S 2nd CRUISE, 1926 NORWAY and WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN New ss ‘‘Lancastria’’ leaves June 30 repeatin ng this summer's Naa cruise; 63 days. $550 to $1300. Originator of Round the World Cruises, Longest experienced cruise management, Established 30 years. FRANKC.CLARK,Times Bidg., NewYork BOW LEGS? Garter (pat' Makes Trousers Hang ‘Stralght If Lees Rend Inor Out if Adjustable ty Molde "Now Cy—shire Rows Form” or“ Harne jo Metal Springs Free Rootiet—Fiain Rented Envelope THE T. GARTER C Dept. 38 NEW LONDON, REW (Ask tor Horlick’s The ORIGINAL Malted Milk 4 Children, Inva Nursing Mothers, etc. Avoid Imitations FADE-OUT “LOOK AT THAT! 1 THOUGHT I WAS HOME—AND I’M IN A Movie!” —Humoristické Listy (Prague). comicbooks.com