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This page consists primarily of **advertising and diary content**, not political satire. **Main Content:** The dominant feature is a **Fougere Royale Shaving Cream advertisement**, which humorously frames men's shaving concerns as practical rather than philosophical—"Men are asking how! —not why." This reflects 1920s consumer marketing emphasizing convenience and comfort. **"Mrs. Pep's Diary"** (continued from page 16) is a satirical society column chronicling upper-class domestic absurdities: a guest bringing goldfish as a wedding gift, servants requesting money for rug cleaning, marital mishaps with cocktail shakers. The satire targets wealthy Manhattan social circles' pretensions and their casual inconsistencies (complaining about bootleggers while lavishly spending). **Travel Advertisement:** A Hawaii Tourist Bureau ad romanticizes tropical escape, positioned as relief from harsh winters—reflecting post-WWI leisure culture. **Context:** This represents Life's dual function as both satirical commentary on society *and* commercial venue. The diary's dry humor mocks the era's upper class; the advertisements target the same demographic seeking modern conveniences and exotic travel.

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34 Life a are asking how/ ~not why OW toshave quicker, easier and more comfortably —that's what men want to know. An essay could be written about the magic lather of Fougere Royale (Royal Fern) Shaving Cream, but two or three Fougere Royale shaves will tell you all you willever need to know about shaving comfort. Fougere Royale never leaves a soapy odor; cools and benefits the skin. Most any druggist can help you to dozens of these better shaves in the economical 50-cent tube. Or a ten- shave sample tube will come to you promptly if you will use the coupon below. Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from page 16) lieve the most expedient thing which can be done by those who are de- sirous of forgetting some unpleas- antness or tragedy is to wear boots which are a size too small. To luncheon at the Lafayette with Dot | Smith, making a fine meal on clams, eggs Sardou and potatoes allumette (which,God knows, I have no business to touch), and D. did tell me about a Scotchman who could not brook the idea of attending a fifticth wedding anniversary until he happily hit upon taking a pair of goldfish as a present, and it did remind me of the time when Sam, having done himself too well at a class dinner, did bring home in a milk bottle some of the infini- | tesimal goldfish which had swum in | the centerpiece and, somewhat sobered and at a loss to dispose of | them or account for them on the morrow, had dumped them into our own aquarium of the moment, and how the next morning the parlour- maid had credited Park and Tilford, our own brace of goldfish, with noc- turnal reproduction. For the stretch | of a week, too, I did stand out for a | miracle, in spite of everything that Mr. Holden and William Beebe said, forasmuch as Sam did keep mum until he heard that the newspapers | were about to make inquiries. | | | October Slept late, awakened 28th finally by my servant Florence’s request for twenty-eight dollars, and inasmuch as it was to pay for the cleaning of s le | some rugs, I did part with the money ougere OYA C | reluctantly, albeit I daresay I should | Shaving Cream Pronounced Foo-Zhaire Royal HOUBIGANT, INC. Dept. L-4 539 West 45th Street, New York City I want to try Fougere Royale Shaving Cream. Here is my dime. Name -.-—————---__--— Address not have given the matter a second thought had it been demanded of me | by a bootlegger. Which does show the inconsistency to which certain phases of our civilization have re- duced us. With Amy Dickson to look for upholstering material, and was impressed by her choosing the stout, | smooth-finish stuff which is now be- ing used on yachts and verandahs, | and did say so, whereupon she re- torted, After this, when they come | and lift their glasses up to Williams or Amherst or Princeton, I shall be perfectly safe if they happen to tilt or drop them. Thence home, finding Sam in a great rage for that he could not remove the top from a shaker of special cocktayles he had mixed, and arriving just in time to stay him from cleaving a hole in it with a hatchet. | Moreover, the refractory top re- sponded to my first gentle twist of it, which caused my husband to regard me more reverently than is his wont. Baird Leonard. time to go The South Sea breeze is whispering in your ear. HEN you sight your first flying- fish from the promenade deck —a gliding streak of silver on a sea of flashing blue— you'll know Hawaii's near! At home when footsteps crunch chill on snowy streets, here in Honolulu’s bay diving boys sport about your ship. Tropical vines blaze with fragrant blos- soms over your outdoor table. $400 to $500—that's enough for a leisurely four of five weeks" round trip from the Pacific Coast — including first-class passage each way and all hotels, sight-seeing and incidental expen- ses for two or three weeks in this island para- dise, Another vast hotel at Waikiki; another great liner now building. Sail dire€t from any Pacific Coast port—San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver — return by another, if you like. Your local rail- road, steamship or travel agent can book you right from your own home. See him. And write today for illustrated booklet in colors, HAWAII TOURIST BUREAU 227 McCann Bipo., Saw Franctsco, Cauir. on 355 Fort Sr., Honotutu, Hawatt, v. 8. A. comicbooks.com i a a a