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This page is primarily **advertising and entertainment listings**, not political satire. Key elements: **Advertisements:** - Clark's cruise packages (luxury travel to Mediterranean, around the world) - Barbasol shaving cream (promoting "modern" brushless shaving) - French Line steamship company (advertising transatlantic voyages to Europe) **Editorial Content:** - "Life's Encyclopedia" entry on "Parking Space (obsolete)" — a humorous definition mocking the 1920s urban parking crisis, claiming no one has successfully parked since 1912 except "Elmer Weeks" in Philadelphia - "Recent Developments" — brief film reviews of contemporary movies (*The Merry Widow*, *Siegfried*, *The Gold Rush*) - "Biskra and the Desert" — travel promotion for North African tourism via Renault cars and French steamships **Social Context:** The parking joke reflects genuine 1920s frustrations with automobile congestion in American cities. The luxury travel ads target wealthy readers during the prosperous pre-Depression era.

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Clark’s Famous Cruises | By Cunard line, new oll-burners Jan. 20, Around the World Cruise westward. 128 days, $1250 to $3,000. Jan. 30, Mediterranean Cruise 62 days, $600 to $1700. June 30, 1926, Norway and Western Mediterranean; 53 days, $550|% to $1250. Rates include hotels, drives, guides, fees. Longest experienced cruise management. Established 30 years F.C. CLARK, Times Bldg., New York Lire’s Encyclopedia Parkinc Space (obsolete) —An area, usually contiguous to the side- walk of a street, in which an au- tomobile may be left unattended. While it is still permitted, by law, to “park,” there has been no report of any one’s having found a parking space since 1912, In that year Elmer Weeks, All-American Parker, is said actually to have “parked” on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, though many assert that he left his car in front of a hydrant and in consequence is not en- titled to a clean “park.” Other claims of “parking” have been made by New York business men who left their cars in Canada and completed the trip to the office by train. These claims could not, of course, be allowed; for under the rules cars must be “parked” within United States territorial limits to score a “park.” S. LL. Three Times and a Friend for Life Try Barbasol just three times—accord- ing to directions. You'll never use any- thing elseforshaving. No brush. No rub-in. No after-smart. 35c and 65c tubes. —_— Y rf weal /f Pobe of Barbaro For Modern Shaving BI KRAwADY IRI In the Land of Allah... .atthe other end of “the longest gangplank in the world” 'AMELS graze. Solemn storks stand on stilt-like legs. Nomads pitch their striped tents. Overall....avivid Sahara sky. Itison the edge of the desert. And Biskra faces the great ocean of sand. It flaunts the glorious beauty of the garden of the Villade Benévent. Where tall palms rustle their fronds and soft shades beckon. Inthe native quarter....dingy mudhouses. Withcrazy balconiesfantastically \clutchingthem. Here livetheOuled Nails... dancing girlsfromthe desert. Their heavy dow- ties of gold clasping throats, ankles and arms. In a Renault car of the North African Tours you have motored down fromConstantine.... that ivory citadel perched on a thousand foot tock, the Bou-Regreg cascading below it. And you are making for the heart of the desert along the macadam highways. To Laghouat, the emerald oasis. With the sand storms be- yond. And the devil dances of the mirage. Well equipped caravans go off the beaten path. You strike camp under the low hang- ing desert moon. Orif you preferthe luxuries of a modern hotel, you can always stop at one of the 27 Transatlantique-hotels. Ie is the end of the rainbow .... and twenty-six hours from Europe. And Europe is six days from America . + on the luxurious Paris or France. You are under French Line management during the entire trip... . with everything arranged here, in any French Line local office, before starting, Sreneh Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 19 State Street, New York 0 fave pets Cia Es od the any al Recent Developments (The regular Silent Drama department is omitted this week) The Merry Widow. A_ picture which may best be described with the overworked — adjectiv enchanting.” Superbly rected by Stro- heim and played John Gilbe: The Coast of Pose Gloria Swan- son completed this one and then dashed home to France. Siegfried. A gorgeous and impres- sive transcription of the old Norse saga. The Gold Rush. Typical Chaplin Jaughter and typical Chaplin tears. Sally of the Sawdust. D. W. Griffith used to be a great director. Shore Leave. Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Mackaill in a pleasant, unpretentious love story. The Phantom of the Opera. An- other grand and glorious thriller co- starring Carl Laemmle's bank-roll and Lon Chaney's make-up box. The Wanderer. By ail odds the best of the Biblical pictures. The Trouble with Wives. Exccl- kat light comedy, directed by M alcolm t. Clair. a Slave of Fashion. Norma Shearer and Lew Cody do much with little. Don Q. This marvelous banks picture is now out of the two-dollar theatres and within the reach of all. ¢ Unholy Three. A trio of cir- cus freaks are swept up in the crime ‘wave. R. E. S. comicbooks.com