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This satirical piece mocks the moral contradictions of 1920s American businessmen. Written as a mock-biblical "commandment" list, it exposes hypocrisy in business culture: The satire targets entrepreneurs who claim "Service" and "equal opportunity" while actually prioritizing profit above ethics. Key targets include: bribing bosses ("Honor thy Boss"), spreading damaging rumors ("Dirty Dig"), theft disguised as "Putting Something Over," and murderous business practices presented as "commendable." The piece ridicules the masculine posturing of executives ("genuine He-man considers it effeminate...to be anything remotely resembling a purist") and the performative success culture where debt-fueled appearances matter more than actual achievement. Author Sterling Patterson uses religious language to highlight the gap between stated American values and actual business conduct—a common satirical technique in 1920s *Life* magazine, which frequently critiqued corporate greed and hypocrisy.

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36 Life Gastrogen Tablets never stop digestion by going too far! great objection which can be urged against so many digestive remedies. They vei omptly relieve indigestion, “heareburn’” an pay They correct acidity, but there they stop. They do not interfere with the normal, healthy process of digestion itself. There they differ radically from bicarbonate of soda and preparations containing it. For with alkalies of this class, your stomach is often bur- dened with an alkaline residue which prevents it from digesting your food. Gras Tablets are free from the one Gastrogen Tablets work in a different way! once hyper-acidity is overcome, once the distress is gone, the stomach remains ‘‘in neutral."” Na- ture quickly restores the correct amount of mild acidity (1-5 of one per cent) and any amount of Gastrogen remaining rests inert and passes through the system unchanged. Your indigestion vanishes quickly, your “heartburn” and distress are rapidly overcome, | and your stomach gocs on in its normal work of | digesting food without interference. Gastrogen Tablets are pleasant and harmless Gastrogen Tablets are mild, safe and effective. ey combat digestive disturbances without re- tarding digestion, They are pleasant to taste. They purify the breath and 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. GASTROGEN Mablets The peculiar virtue of Gastrogen Tablets is that | 4 The Hundred-Percenter’s Decalogue I PROFITS is the Lord, thy God; * thou shalt have no other gods before thee, provided thou dost hide the fact behind the magic word Service. II. Honor thy Boss and thy Job that thy days may be long upon .the Job thou hast secured for thyself and thy hours upon it increasingly short. III. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor, but a Dirty Dig that may help thine own game is something else again. IV. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but the seventh day shall be devoted to the Sunday newspapers and Golf. V. Thou shalt not take the name of thy Business in vain, for the Boss will not hold him guiltless that tak- eth the name of his Company in vain. VI. Thou shalt not steal—but don’t Ict that interfere with Putting Something Over. VII. Envy not thy neighbor, neither his house nor his car, his butler nor his cook, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s—but go out and Hustle and procure the same things for thyself. Remember that every man has an equal opportunity to “‘make good” in this country. VIII. Thou shalt not kill—but bear in mind that the gentle art of Getting Away with Murder is com- mendable. IX. Thou shalt not be gram- matical, for the genuine He-man considers it effeminate to be anything remotely resembling a purist. X. Thou shalt appear to be a Success, even if thou hast to go into debt to achieve it. Sterling Patterson. How to Keep That Fly Out of the Sugar Bowl LECTURE fly on rights of prop- erty. Fly will leave. Will work hard. Get bowl of its own. Die respected, rich, Put good real-estate proposition up to fly. Fly will lose money. Die of shame. Give fly tips on stock market. Fly will get rich. Will leave sugar bowl. Run for Senate. Tell fly it is getting fat. try to reduce. Persuade fly to fight war to end war. Fly will give its all. Be buried with honors as Unknown Fly. Put up “Free Beach” sign in sugar bowl. Fly won't associate with hoi polloi. Will go home. Good rid- dance! W. W. 8. 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