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Four ads trying to get women to buy a device that promises to correct their "Bad handwriting" (akuhitsu 悪筆). The first one features teenager's head on a child's body and the headline text says "With handwriting this bad, you'll never become a bride!" The headline for #2 says "A woman's shame; a woman's lament!" The third one seems to be aimed at well-to-do women, and the headline text reads "The lady of the house has bad handwriting; the servant has good handwriting 能筆." Ads 1-3 do not show the machine, and readers of them must have wondered what it could possibly be. Finally, in the fourth ad, we get to see the glorious device the "Bad handwriting correction machine" (click on it or any other image for a larger version). Send off for yours today!