Life, 1926-06-24 · page 34 of 41
Life — June 24, 1926 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page primarily contains **advertisements and a gossip column**, not political satire. **Mrs. Pep's Diary** (center) is a humorous society column where the narrator describes receiving a jury summons that terrified her, discussing trivial upper-class concerns: serving on a jury, theater ticket costs, and club surcharges. The satire is gentle—mocking wealthy people's anxiety over civic duty and their disconnect from real consequences (she notes committees should police ticket speculation rather than police morality in plays). **Advertisements** dominate: Gastrogen Tablets (digestive aid), Forhan's toothpaste, and Boston Garter socks. These are straightforward product pitches typical of 1920s *Life* magazine. The final reference—"Are you a HUNDRED PER CENTER?"—likely references the nativist/patriotic "100% American" movement of the post-WWI era, advertising next week's issue. No significant political cartoons or caricatures appear on this page.
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A digestive aid that permits the stomach to digest! ix. distress caused by a too-rich dinner or a I: is easy to get momentary relief from the late rarebit. There are two ways to do it. Many people take bicarbonate of soda or some preparation containing it. But this method is open to the great objection that alkalies of this class, unless the dosage is exactly correct, leave in the stomach an alkaline residue which interferes with the normal work of digesting food! Gastrogen Tablets work quite differently Then there is a second and a better way. Gastrogen Tablets correct acidity, but after the acidity is corrected they stop their work. Ina few minutes after taking, your stomach will be normal —“in neutrai” as it were, free from the alkalies which prevent the process of digestion. And in a few minutes, nature restores the proper balance of acidity ('s of one percent). With Gastrogen, digestion goes on! So if you are ever troubled with indigestion or similar distress, you will find Gastrogen Tablets the best way to secure the prompt relief you wish. Your indigestion will vanish, your distress will be gone. No matter how any Gastrogen Tablets you may eat, they n leave no bad after-effects. Gastrogen Tablets are mild, safe and effec- tive. They combat digestive disturbances without retarding digestion. They are pleas- | ant to taste. They purify the breath a they are very prompt in the relief they give. Your druggist has them in handy pocket-tins of 15 tablets for 20c, also in cabinet-size bottles of 60 tablets for 60c. If you want to try them before you buy them, send the coupon for free introductory packet of 6 Tablets. E Relat Myers, 1008 | Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Co Lay late, perusal rd from page 9) June 2nd low is my. supply there being many words on the tips of my acq ntances’ tongues which are but names to me. I am not, for instance, quite certain what fundar r te talism is, and do f ask my hush lest he tell) me—at 1. The bell a-rir and my servant Fl did by me a missive with “Office Dis York,” wr of the ict Ai oon City of New i corner of the en jorney, velope, which so rrified me that my teeth chattered, and I did cast about so wildly as to what crime Sam or I might have committed that I cc for al ‘ce open it nee was nought t mons to serve on a jury to the play called n did sed for the purchase of my ticket, propriety of the men! te that I should be re I doubt gravely if the civic committec will stand for the surcharge which Sam's clubs requi order to se ire decent. seat. It were more to the point, methinks, if such committees went into the matter of ticket specula tion instead of into the morality of plays which make the malpractice pos- sible, the latter being usually much more stupid than dangere I did promise, however, to serve on the jury, and de entertainment when Fr some rar Effie: Goings in, had nf bottles heard that ivy will grow in blue glass Madison ainer m: he jurors convene a-twitter her we some bromo-seltzer having Avenue it, And pped mall tailor’s about the pressing of her hust searched a cor tell me how, when lothes, a bookmaker had f come i pn and handed the fellow a roll three thousand dollars won that after hoon at track, and how a man of such sagacity should concern himself over the wrinkles in the wearing ap parel of strangers neither of us could see... This « come news that Jack's is reopened, for which Sam is re- Baird Iconard. Are you a HUNDRED PER CENTER? Next week's LIFE is dedicated to YOU! \ Science proves the danger of bleeding gums OAST defense protectsthelife of a nation gum defense the life of a tooth On the gum line danger lies. If it shrinks through Pyorrhea decay strikes into the heart of the tooth, Beware of gum ten derness that warns of Pyorrhea, Four out flamed bleeding gums ‘act a5 $0 many door ways for disease germs to enter the m—wnfecting the causing other ail ments SPECIALIST. rs it hardens the gus the teeth beco femer, PREPARED OR THE PRESCRIPTION OF THE DENTAL PROFESSION Cleans the teeth Scientifically heeps them white and clean. Hf gum shrinkage thas already ser my start uuing Porhan's fand contult « der tist emmeduately for special treatment. 3c and 60¢ tubes Al Drogas Formate of a2 Poke d.0.8, FORHAN CO. 006th Ave..N.Y. Borkan’s, Ltd. au Montreal Some men are guided solely by a get just garters. pearance and Some are guided by appearance and peice and get just gal led by appear- gets But the wise garter buyer is gu ance, price, quality and const AGRIPPA WEB Bostons with the wrinkle in garter comfort The non-ckidding garter proof pad—the last” word G Frost Company, Boston How Did Your Garters Look This Morning? comicbooks.com