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This page is primarily **advertising for Krementz jewelry** (cufflinks, studs, and formal wear accessories), occupying the left two-thirds. The ads showcase various formal dress jewelry sets with prices around $11-$13. The right side contains three short literary/humorous pieces: 1. **"A Painful Meeting"** - A poem by Gordon Carruth about a Victorian ghost encountering modern theatrical women, satirizing period costume drama. 2. **"What Indeed!"** - A brief anecdote about Children's Day in rural Oregon, where a young minister is moved by children's innocence. 3. **"Business Is Good"** - A short dialogue joke where "Jake Klogg" repeatedly fails financially, but this apparent failure is reframed as economic prosperity—likely satirizing optimistic business rhetoric or absurd reasoning during economically uncertain times.

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2 KREMENTZ CORRECT EVENING JEWELRY Ss F i Life The boy is away 4 vest buttons. . In box $11.50 No. 2185, Krementz y rolled platinum plate rims, white moth cr-ol-pearl centers. Pair links, 3 studs, 4 vest but tons’. . Inbox $20.00 2061, Kre quality rolled whit plate rims, smo mother-of-pearl centers. Pair links, 3 studs, 4 vest buttons . In box $15.00 OW do you like to think of him best? In the fury of the game when he gives everything he has for the good of the team? ~ Or do you think of him most when happiness dominates— when he is well-dressed, sure of his appearance and concerned with nothing more serious than enjoyment? ~ You can contribute much to his feeling of perfect ease in full dress or tuxedo. You can make sure that on the occasions re- quiring evening clothes your thoughtfulness will have assured him of correct evening jewelry. Give hima Krementz Full DressandaKrementz Tuxedo Set.<» The prescribed form is white mother-of-pearl for full dress, dark mother-of- pearl or black enamel for tuxedo. Vest buttons must always match studs and links. «» Ask your dealer to show you Krementz Full Dress and Tuxedo Sets. There are many designs. Address us at Newark, New Jersey, for booklet with Correct Dress Chart. rement Studs and vest buttons are fitted with the easily serted, sure hol ing bodkin-clutch hack. Each set in beautiful blue leatherette gift case. The name “Krementz” is stamped on the back ofeach piece. A Painful Meeting GHOST of a sweet Victorian tale, A feminine ghost, demure and pale, Whose flowing petticoats still were fragrant With scent of lavender and of rose, Encountered a ghost of modern looks In the dim Valhalla of plays and books— A. sister spirit who seemed a vagrant From a life that a lady never knows. , For her cheeks were red with a doubtful red, And her hair was clipped on her saucy head, And her clothes were scanty, oh, so scanty That almost nothing was out of sight. She puffed on a ghostly cigarette And winked in a way that you don't forget, And airily uttered, “Ah, there, Auntie! You look as if you had had a fright.” “Be off!" the Victorian spirit cried. “T have, thank Heaven, a proper pride! I won't be seen with a lussy painted And dressed as a lady never could.” “Ah, say,” said the stranger, “ain't you mean? Why, I was you as wrote for the sereen, So don't—" but the other had promptly fainted, As every Victorian lady should. Gorton Carruth. What Indeed! I" was Children’s Day in a small country community in Orexon. The very young and inexperienced minister med to be somewhat dis- concerted by the row of little bors and girls in their starched best who sat in front of him. After several starts, which seemed to get him no- where, he suddenly stopped, clasped his hands, raised his eyes to heaven, and with a beatific smile said: “And what is so sweet as the face of a little upturned child?” Business Is Good LUGG: Did you hear the news? Jake Klugg failed again for ten cents on the dollar! Guivca: Whew! — That's _ pretty high for Jake. That shows the country is prosperous. comicbooks.com