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This page contains three separate humorous anecdotes plus advertisements. **"Embarrassing Moments"** depicts a social anxiety joke: a man claims he's never visited a supper club, but the hostess greets him by name ("hello, Al"), exposing his lie to his wife. The solution is to light a Murad cigarette to appear composed. The humor relies on 1920s social embarrassment about infidelity or secret entertainment venues. **"The Ideal Juror"** satirizes rural legal proceedings: a judge praises an illiterate prospective juror who admits knowing nothing about a case as "ideal"—mocking both rural justice systems and the absurdity of selecting uninformed jurors. **Other brief items** mock limitations of education (kindergarten teachers), celebrity culture (mistaking an attendant for aviation celebrities), and Prohibition-era bootleg liquor quality. The advertisements include cigarettes (Murad), a musical decanter, and Marmola weight-loss tablets—typical 1920s consumer products with dubious health claims presented as scientific.

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© P. Lorillard Co., Ine., Eat, 1760 EMBARRASSING MOMENTS When you tell the wife that you've never been in this supper club before and the host- ess greets you with a friendly “hello, Al” .... be nonchalant . . . light a MURAD Cigarette. The Ideal Juror Jupce Cartes Catviro of Clinton was holding court in one of the rural coun- ties of his circuit. He was listening jp. tently while a prospective juror was questioned by a lawyer in the case. “Do you know anything about this case?” was asked. “No.” “Have you heard anything about it? “No.” “Have you read anything about it? “No. T can’t read.” The prospective juror, losing his pa- tience, turned to the Judge: “Judge, I don't know nothing.” “Keep your seat; you are an ideal juror,” Judge Calvird replied. —Kansas City Star, A saivor arrested in an Eastern port speaks a language which none of the in- terpreters recognizes. Possibly that Easy French in 15 Lessons.—Detroit News. Limitations A youxc woman who is attending the kindergarten school of Western Reserve University was asked by a friend: “Will you get a degree when you are graduated?” “No,” was the reply, “not for kinder- garten work.” “Isn't that too bad!” the friend ex- claimed. “Now you will not be able to teach kindergarten in high school.” —Youngstown Telegram. 1. How Dry I Am! 2. Have Another Drink! DUTCH PORCELAIN DECANTER, Qt. Size It plays above tu: it irkittrom Table. Other Handsome Musical Novelties. Free Catalog No. 19. MERMOD & CO. V4 16 East 23rd St., New York Celebrity A crovy of men distinguished in their connection with aviation were in serious discussion at Mitchel Field the other day —Giuseppe Bellanca, Mr. Martine, backer of Chambe' 's recent endurance flight, Chamberlin himself, and several others—when an automobile arrived and delivered a large gentleman who wore glasses. The newcomer provoked startled exclamations from a crowd of newspa- per photographers who were standing about and they all rushed to his side, They shook his hand and made much of him, and after a few minutes one of them escorted him across the field toward the group of aviation experts. “Gentlemen,” he said, “I thought you would like to meet Mr. Heenan, Peaches Browning’s father.”—New Yorker. Tue Orrice Boy (advising on bootleg liquor): Lean off it. It makes ya act the way ya ain't—G@olden Book. THE DEVINNE-MALLENBECK COMPANY, UNC, PRINTERS, NEW YORK Easy to Banish. Fat Try This Modern Way Not elways by abnormal exercise or diet. That is and slow. Most people who try it lack the patience to continue. Another method has in late years at- tained enormous use. Itis easy, pleasant, scientific, based on modern research. The slender figures now so common are largely due to that. method is embodied in Marmola prescription tablets. People have used them for 20 years—millions of boxes of them.They have told the results to others. Now in almost every circle there are people who can show you what they do. Marmola contains a substance which, in the ly, turns food into fuel and energy rather than into fat. The com- plete iPrescription is stated in every box. Also the reasons for results, This to ban- ish any fear of harm and to let you know just w y you get the penne 74 come. try Marmola, as myriads of people for two decades have done. Not only Tor new beauty, but new health and vitality. Simply take four tablets daily until you get the results desired. Then, in kind- ness to your friends, tell them what Marmola does. Go order before you forget it and watch the delightful change. Marmola. pre: tablets are old by all dcvggiots ett per bor, If your druggist is out, he will get ‘at drice from his jobber. MARM comicbooks.com