Pulp Fiction, 1922 · page 18 of 126
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# Analysis This is a **full-page advertisement**, not pulp fiction content. The page features a photograph of delicate silk lace stockings being worn, along with ornamental decorative borders typical of early 20th-century magazine design. The advertisement promotes Ivory Soap Flakes, claiming the product can clean and preserve fine silk garments without damage. The text describes how a Kentucky man's gift of silk stockings to his wife has remained in excellent condition for fifteen years through careful washing with Ivory Soap Flakes. The ad emphasizes that the soap flakes are gentle enough for delicate fabrics, removing dirt without harsh chemicals or rubbing that might damage silk fibers.
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~ * ’ . ‘ ° , ' : . Actual photograph of frail milk lace stockingy after 15 years of weer and the cere that Ivory Soup Flakes gives. There le not @ hole in toe, heel, lace or garter top. Silk Lace Stockings 15 Years Old! Kept unbroken and lovely by the purity that 1s in’ Ivory Soap Flakes . ~ agi. . : had >, Yt. fie a at going through the more tedious process of preparing PrFreen years ago,in Paris, France,a Kentucky the suds with cake Ivory Soap. man purchased the pair of delicate, hand--m- broidered silk lace stockings shown in the photograph, as a gift for his wife. During the years that followed she wore them occasionally,dipping them into Ivory Mother and daughter both attribute the wonderful wear from these stockings to the fact that they never have been touched with anything but Ivory Soap. Soap suds after each wearing, to rid them of the per spiration which always, though perhaps unnoticeably, clings to a stocking which has been worn, and which rots the silk if permitted to dry into it. In the past year and a half the daughter of the orig- inal owner has worn these same stockings at least twenty times, continuing to wash them after each wearing. The only change in method was that the daughter made the washing suds with Ivory Flakes, which sudses and cleanses almost instantly, instead of Bend for Free Sample of Ivory Fiakes with instruction book om the care of delicate garments of silk, wool, and all Sine fabrics. Address Section 45-EF, partment of Home Economics, The Procter & Gamble » Cinannani, Ohio. They never have been subjected to the chemicals in harsh soaps, which are as harmful as perspiration acids to sik fibre. They never have been rubbed—the rich Ivory suds remove dirt simply by dissolving it so that rinsing carries it away. To rinse out a pair of silk stockings with Ivory Flakes takes just a few minutes in the bathroom washbowl. It is as casy as washing your hands, and you will find there is nothing quite 90 satisfactory for giving you long wear from silk hose and other dainty finery too delicate for the family wash. Ask your dealer for [VORY sor FLAKES Snowlike Flakes of Genuine Inory Soap MAKES PRETTY CLOTHES LAST LONGER bool (E(0)