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This page contains primarily **advertisements and reader correspondence**, not political satire. The main content includes: 1. **Product ads** for Resinol (skin treatment), Cortez Cigars, and Moquin's Vermouth—typical 1920s marketing with illustrated figures in fashionable dress. 2. **"Mrs. Pep's Diary"**—a humorous column satirizing upper-class women's complaints: tedious nature outings, pretentious dinner parties with games like "Guggenheim," and name-dropping (mentioning opera singer Ganna Walska). 3. **A notice about Charles Dana Gibson's "Lindbergh cartoon**"—promoting reproductions of a patriotic illustration about aviator Charles Lindbergh, available by mail order. 4. **"A Pipe Smoker in Australia Speaks Up"**—reader testimonial praising Edgeworth pipe tobacco, presented as authentic correspondence from South Australia (dated November 1926). The page reflects 1920s consumer culture and leisure-class humor rather than political commentary.

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Life Cortes Gortez (GARS F KEY WEST-— |RRITATING RASHES For quick, lasting relief from itching and burning, doctors prescribe MVrEU ? “Here is la supreme SOLF remede for thirst, M’sieu—Vermouth Mouquin with orange juice, cracked ice and~ whatever you have, ch? . Pay Oieeuquiy's makes"what you have” last longer—and taste better, too. Made as of old—burt with five ounces of pure alcohol removed from eac bortle for use in this country. French style (dry) of Italian (sweet). At qual- ity grocers everywhere or—see what the cou- pon below says. MGouquity 464 West Broadway French Name Address Dealer's Name Mrs. Pep’s Diary Continued from page 12) from page 12) Dinner this night en famille, and we did think up this and that law which we should like to have passed, decid- ing the best one to be a statute pro- hibiting mustard pickle manufactur- ers from putting up anything but cauliflower. June The telephone early, and i 15th Steen wanting me to go motoring in the country, but I would not, for that Lucy does point out things along the way, and call my attention to this tree and that blue- bird until T am well-nigh distraught. And this does bring me to something which I should like to set down on the subject of nature in general, to the effect that I am capable of ap- preciating a magnificent view as well as the next one and without having it first pointed out to me, and I do take just great pleasure in gar- dens as if I knew the Latin names of everything planted therein and the length of time and weather condi- tions most expedient for develop- nt, but comes to the lower in’ the crannied — wall” angle, then am I to be counted out, and I have always held that Words- worth was a little hard on Peter Bell through insinuating that a primrose by the river's brim should have been considerably more to him an exactly what it was. This day spent in putting my in order against the arrival of dreary business, to the Bannings’, diversion called G like to the old “ did cause a-ringing was Lucy when it house summer, a and then for dinner they had a ggenheim, a game Categories,” and Sam considerable mirthful as- whilst doing the word listing Ganna Walska or its W. Baird Leonard. where tonishment “Wheat” by as the opera singer The Lindbergh Cartoon Charles Dana Gibson's beau- tiful cartoon, “Our Boy,” with Oliver Herford’s inspiring poem, was published in the June VG6th issue of Lire. then we have received many re- quests for copies of this car toon from admirers of Colonel Lindbergh (as isn’t 2), We have accordingly made spe- Since who cial reproductions of the car- and verse, on, paper, suitable These may be obtained, for toon handsome for framing. fifty cents apiece, by mail or- der from Larr, 598 Madison Avenue, New York City. A Pipe Smoker in Australia Speaks Up It cannot help but give us a thrill to have someone on the other side of the world write to us in the same pipe- smoker’s language that we hear at home. Hear what the gentleman in South Australia says: Mount Barker Road or Crafers P.O. Sterling West uth Austr wember 18, 1926 Larus & Bro. Co. Richmond, Va. Gentlemen: Having been a smoker for the past years I have never come y tobacco to compare with your It is a pleasure to smoke, way colin and e in conversation with Lalways e your Edgeworth and if possible r them a pipeful, Once more I say it is anyone to # a tobacco fit for urs faithfully, W.'A. Jones Pipe smokers prefer Edgeworth for various reasons. Some like it because its quality never changes. Some like it because of its flavor. Others smoke it because they can buy it wherever and whenever they like. Perhaps after you try Edgeworth you will discover still another reason for the popularity of this tobacco. To those who have never tried Edge- worth we make this offer: Let us send you free samples of Edgeworth so that you may put it to the pipe test. If you like the samples, you'll lik Edgeworth wherever and whenever you buy it, for it never changes in quality. Write your Larus & Brother Company, 16 S. 21st Street, Richmond, We'll be atcha tor the name and address of your tobacco dealer, too, if you care to add them. Edgeworth is sold in various sizes to suit the needs and means of all purcha ers. Both Edgeworth Plug Slice 4 Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed are packed in small, pocket-size packages, in hand- some humidors holding a pound, and also in several handy in-between sizes. To Retail Tobacco Merchants: If your jobber cannot supply you with Edge- worth, Larus & Brother Company will gladly send you prepaid by parcel post a one- or two-dozen carton of any size of Edgeworth Plug Slice or Edge- worth Ready-Rubbed for the same price you would pay the jobber. [iz your radio—tune inon WRVA, i} Richmond, Va.— the Edgeworth tation. ‘Ware length 256 metere.. comicbooks.com