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Life — January 18, 1929 — page 40: Life, 1929-01-18

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This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** rather than political satire. The main advertisements include: 1. **Hodgson Houses** — prefabricated kit homes marketed as easy-to-assemble vacation properties, emphasizing speed and convenience without skilled labor. 2. **Panama Pacific Line** — a cruise company promoting eight-day voyages through the Panama Canal as a luxury ocean voyage destination. 3. **Liquid Arvon** — a dandruff treatment product claiming to dissolve dandruff completely with simple application. The page also contains light humor pieces: a poem about missing classical goddesses (by George Mitchell) suggesting they're now found in Broadway revues, and "The Toastmaster" — a humorous take on tedious, circular introductory speeches at formal events. There are no significant political cartoons or social satire requiring historical context — this appears to be typical 1920s-era magazine filler mixing advertisements with mild entertainment content.

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YOU CAN WAVE A WAND... and the summer home of your dreams will spring up overnight! You'd almost think there was some sleight-of-hand about it—the ease and speed with which your Hodgson House springs up... into complete archi- tectural harmony with its surroundings —seaside, lake or mountains. Without benefit of contractors, estimates, litter and fuss, the Hodgson House is finished almost before it's begun. We build Hodgson Houses in sections, carefully, sturdily. These sections are shipped to you finished, ready to erect. Without the aid of skilled labor you can have your home finished in a few days. Or, if you prefer, we will send a construction foreman who will super- vise all details of erecting. Whether you're considering a spa- cious living-room with open fireplace, HODGSON Houses | lo q fonama facific fine NTEANAT NAL MERCANTILE MARINE PANY several bedrooms, two baths—or a simple bungalow to use as a shoot- ing lodge—you're sure to find a plan in the Hodgson booklet that realizes your mental picture. And whenever you want, you can quickly enlarge your house without spoiling the plan. Our free booklet L will show you many of the Hodgson Houses now in use at exclusive vacation resorts, to- gether with prices and complete infor- mation, Send for booklet L today. It also pictures and prices furnishings and lawn and garden equipment—bird houses, dog kennels, arbors, poultry houses, etc. Write to E. F. Hodgson Co., 1108 Commonwealth Ave., Boston; 6 East 39th St., New York City. Also a branch at Bradenton, Florida. DANDRUFF A Sure Way to End It ‘There is one sure way that never fails to re- move dandruff completely, and that is todissolve it. Then you destroy it entirely. To do this, just apply a little Liquid Arvon at night before Tetiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and two or three more applications will completely dissolve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of it, no matter how much dandruff you may have. You will find, too, that all itching of the scalp will stop instantly and your hair will be lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and look and feel a hun- times better. You can get Liquid Arvon at any drug store, and a four ounce bottle is all you ‘will need. t ahi simple remedy has never been known to ail A Fair Question and a Fair Enser Wuar is wrong with the World today? Where are the girls like Salome, Cleopatra, Pompadour, Du Barry, the kid with the regal lure? And Echo answers with surprise: “They're all about you. Open your eyes,” Where have the Goddesses gone, old boy? Venus, Minerva, Helen of Troy, Ladies that snatched the cradles of Greece; Made Rome howl for a moment of peace? Spend ten dollars some night and you Will find them all in a B'way Revue. George Mitchell. The Toastmaster “Laptes and gentlemen, the next speaker needs no introduction. We are all of us only too familiar with his name and his good deeds. He comes to us this evening to tell us about his great work in a cause | with which we are all of us only too familiar. I am sure I speak the thought that is in all our hearts when I say that I feel—er—that it is a very great honor |to have so distinguished a man with ws here this evening and that—er—his sub- ject will be one very close to the hears of all of us who are so greatly interested in the progression of humane enterprise. So—er—without further introductioa, ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honor and privilege to—er—introduce to you at this time Mr.—er— (he leans over to ask the speaker his name) Mr. Oscar Blum, who has done us the great honor to come here tonight to speak to us on— er— (he leans over to ask the speaker what he is going to speak about) who is going to speak to us this evening on—e —Civic Pride!"!” “Don't come out here in your bare feet, you'll catch your death of cold.” comicbooks.com