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This page combines humor and advertising. The main cartoon features **Diogenes**, the ancient Greek philosopher famous for searching with a lantern for an honest man. The satire plays on his legend: after finally finding an honest man at Durham-Duplex razor blade company, he's now unemployed. So Life humorously recruits him to form a "Diogenes Club" promoting honest shaving—a tongue-in-cheek advertisement suggesting the razors appeal to morally upright men. The page also contains several brief comic anecdotes under "Our Foolish Contemporaries," including jokes about a debt-dodging Spanish writer and a London comedian's interrupted story—typical Light satirical fare mocking human foibles. The bottom half features a earnest advertisement from Martin L. Davey of the Davey Tree Expert Company, touting the reliability and quality of his tree surgeons. This contrasts sharply with the humorous satire above, representing the magazine's mixed editorial-advertising format typical of 1920s publications.

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Take a last look at his whiskers. T last, after searching the earth for centu- ties, Diogenes found his honest man making the famous Durham-Duplex Blades. But then he was out of a job. So we asked him to take hislantern and look for men who want an Honest Shave. And now the old philosopher is form- ing an organization called the Diogenes Club composed of more than 13,000,000 Men Swear By Diogenes is offering you membership in his club for only a quarter. Join now and receive your credentials consisting of a handsome Durham-Duplex Razor—the same razor that is packed in the $1.50 sets —and one Durham-Duplex Blade, Be honest with your shaving career and join the Diogenes Club at your dealers or send the coupon today. NEW DURHAM-DUPLEX SETS Including two 50¢ packages of 5 Durham-Duplex Blades $0 $ Taterchangsobia Blades — joe fr package o! J JOIN THE DIOGENES CLUB FOR DURHAM-DUPLEX RAZOR CO.., Jersey City, N. J. sey City: Shefheld, Eng.; Paris, France; in. Sales Representatives in All Conntries. OOLISH ARIES Fm Polite Interest A celebrated Spanish writer with an aversion to things English tries to avoid acquaintances of that nationality. day, however, he stopped in the street’ by an’ Englishman’ to whom’ he One owed money. The creditor wasted no words. “Rascal!” he shouted. “When are you going to pay me? I've been waiting four nd won't stand it any longer. Haven't you any sense of shame?” It was a difficult writer, and his reply, when it came, was for the benefit of the crowd that had col- lected. “And you,” said he, with affected non- chalance, “what did you reply to all that?"—Buen Humor (Madrid). months situ: In a Pinch, use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE The Wipe A famous London comedian who need not be named was invited to a peer’s house during the festive season. After ner he was reciting few of his best yarns, and in the midst of one of the choicest was interrupted by a guest, said to him kerchief pocket.” “Thank you very much,” gravely, as he adjusted it. the company so much better th who “Excuse me, but your hand- is hanging half out of your the actor —Sporting and Dramatic News. No Cause for Worry Keith, a first-grader, had been sent to superintendent's office for some mild misdemeanor, and his mother was upset bout it “Oh, Sonny,” she exclaimed, don’t know how grieved | am to think had to go to see the superintend- the little fe “he wasn’t in. York Sun. Aw, don't replied, comfortingly ; worry,” —New No tonle better than Abbott's Ritters. sample by mall, 28 eta. —C. W. Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md. Is Somebody Kidding Somebody? From the Marlboro (Mass.) Enter- prise: “Paul Strattzero, proprietor of the City lunch, is on a deep sca fishing trip in the Maine woods with a big butter- and-egg man from the West.” —American Legion W. “Do you understand the traffic sig- the girl who was driving with an out-of-town license tag. “When the car ahead of me starts, I do the same.”—Washington Star. answered Apvertisement in the Tampa Tele- graph: “For sale, two-door sedan, one- half casb, balance down.” —Florida Times-Union, Martin L. Davey President of The Davey Tree Expert Company, Inc., Kent, Ohio A personal message to the tree owners of America In 1925 nearly 600 Davey Tree Surgeons gave expert care to the trees of 13,000 clients, from Bos- ton to Kansas City, and from Canada to the Gulf. A large per cent of these clients last year, and in the preceding years, have sent voluntary letters of commenda- tion, in every case speaking in high praise of the men who had served them. Davey Tree Surgeons are certainly unusual men, of a uni- formly high type. They are in- telligent, industrious and consci- entious. They are reliable. They are expert because they have been thoroughly trained, both practi- cally and scientifically. This uniform high quality of men is not an accident. It is the result of a deliberate policy of selection and elimination, that has been carried on over a consider- able period of years. We neither employ nor keep men who are lazy or dishonest or careless. If one of the wrong kind slips in, we get rid of him as soon as he is discovered. Those who are left with us, after the process of elimination has done its effective work, are an inspiring group of young American manhood who love their work, and who do it with rare skill, industry and devotion. THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT Co., Inc. 424 City Bank Building Kent, Ohio : i comicbooks.com b