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This page contains two distinct elements: **Left side:** A Remington Portable typewriter advertisement featuring four photographs of men at desks. The ad emphasizes the typewriter's usefulness "for every age and station—for men, women, and children." **Right side:** Two articles—"Thoughts of a Floorwalker" (humorous verse about exercise trends) and "My Husband Says" (a satirical domestic humor column). The latter mocks a wife's morbid desire to buy an ostrich feather accessory, with her husband's skeptical commentary on women's impulsive shopping and entertaining birds as pets. The content reflects 1920s American concerns: modern technology adoption, health fads, consumer culture, and gender dynamics in marriage. The satire targets both spousal arguments and women's consumer behavior.

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It makes life's writing easier~ OR every age and every station—for men, women, and children—the New Remington Portable is an invaluable helper. For the child it is an inspiration which facilitates compo- sition and hastens the writing age. For the student it saves valuable time for athletics and other school activities. Then too, typewritten work brings better marks, and correspondence has no burdens. For the ¢raveler it has extreme lightness; for the pro- fessional man it combines every advantage; and for all it is a time-saving convenience, possessing in compact form all the writing merits of a larger machine. Our NEW model has several mechanical improvements that give it an efficiency never before equaled in a portable typewriter. It is the lightest and most portable Portable with 4-row standard keyboard; it is the most compact portable; it has the longest writing line of any Portable; it accommodates full width paper and long envelopes; it has the finest touch and action; it does beautiful work; its durability has been proved; and all the writing is always visible. Be sure to examine the New Remington Portable, or write for our illustrated “For You—For Everybody.” Address Dept. 149. The New Model Now Available ‘The new Remington Portable is sold by Remingtonofficesand dealers everywhere. It is backed by a ser- vice that isuniversal, REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY 374 Broadway, New York—Branches Everywhere Remington Typewriter Company of Canada, Limited t King Street, West, Toronto Remington Portable Webclicve wemake the best typenriter ribbon in the world — and its name is PARAGON Thoughts of a Floorwalker Putysictans one and all advise That walking’s healthful exercise. That's why no doctor's ever found Driving a motor car around. see Perhaps what doctors say is true And walking’s good for me and you. Well, you may think it’s pretty slick, But as for me, it makes me sick! eee ‘Tis sport, the golfer thinks he thinks, To drill five miles around a links, The mountain climbers love, they s To scramble up high cliffs each day. Still others like to run and leap— And this when Packards are so cheap see Some can’t resist the lure that jazz To prance about a ballroom has. A radio and a couch, for me, And Mister Massenet's El eee Hiking suits, madam? Up one flight The elevator’s on the right. tee That famous war song, Tramp! Tramp!" Was written in a prison camp The author starts his well-known hit With, “In the prison cell I sit " And then his cogitations roam fo thoughts of mother and of home, Entirely forgetting that At least, the lucky stiff, he sat Baron Ireland. “Tramp! My Husband Says Tutat it seemed incredible that I could devote so much morbid thought to the hang of a bunch of ostrich feath- ers attached to a yard of chiffon when going to see and hear two humans pledging themse' quite some time. s to each other for But I really felt awfully discouraged. I could have had a lovely new gown if we hadn't had to buy so many wed- ding presents, and I went through so much while selecting that last one that it seemed a real luxury to worry about my own feathers. I looked at simply seas of things and decided on a huge silver pheasant, but you can't get a very large one for thirty-five dollars. Personally, I'd much prefer a parrot but my husband said maybe the bride would be so busy getting settled that she wouldn't have time to take care of a parrot. He says they are worse than hens, but I think they are ever so entertain- ing and one gets so tired of talking to just a man all the time. So I bought a stunning French mir- ror with silhouettes on gold at the top. My husband said he hoped the sil- houettes would get by the censor and, anyhow, when the bride looked in the mirror she would be sure to see some- thing she liked. L. B.S. comicbooks.com