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This page is primarily **advertising**, with one small editorial cartoon. The main narrative centers on a testimonial letter to **The Prudential Insurance Company**, cleverly framed as being misdirected to "Gibraltar" due to Americans' association of Prudential with strength and stability—a marketing play on the famous Rock of Gibraltar. The one **cartoon** (attributed to Punch) satirizes class attitudes: a poor mother tells a Victorian-era doctor she intends to make her young son a butcher, explaining he's "so fond of animals" they "can hardly keep him out of the slaughter-house." The joke mocks working-class parents' limited ambitions for their children and uses dark irony about child labor. The remainder consists of product advertisements: Williams Shaving Soap (featuring customer testimonials), Wayne Knit Hosiery, Sohmer pianos, and Barker's Collars. The page reflects early 20th-century advertising strategy emphasizing brand loyalty and social respectability.

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STRENGTH OF GIBRALTAR thus addressed has been received at the Home Office of The Prudential. So deeply im- pressed upon the minds of all Americans is the habit of ascribing to The Prudential the chief characteristic of the great Rock, STRENGTH, that thc letter had been forwarded without question or delay by the postal author- ities. Another evidence of the fame of THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA Home Office: Newark, N. J. Write for information. JOHN F. DRYDEN, President Vintace pocror—"And what do you intend to make of this little man, Mrs: Brisket?” __ Peoup Motier—" Butcher, sir. "E's bound to bea butcher. Why, ‘e’s that fond © animals we can ‘ardly keep ‘im out o” the slaughter-’ouse.” —Punch. Nye Feng HOSIERY For MEN, LADIES, CHILDREN Fits Like a Glove. Never Loses ite Shape, Out wears several pairs oalery. Colors id Everywh guaranteed. . 25 CENTS A PAIR Trade-Mark Stamped on Each Pair 1f your dealer does not sell it send us his name and 2% gents for sample pair, postpaid. Booklet, which tells why Wayne Knit Matchless Hosiery is superior to all other kinds, sent FREE. (ILLIAMS®S ‘Tux J.B. Witttams Co., Glastonbury Conn, Dear Sirs — {Eacione a picture taken by me in one of the leading barber shops in this city yemerday. While awaiting "my tra,” the old gentleman in the chair entered and Sse Hit he could be shaved. Being told that he could, he asked. what soap they used, and said i they didn’t use, WILLIAMS! Soap he would ko elsewhere, Ie stated that he was nine ‘old, and had uscd Goiming but, WILLIAMS for more than balf of his life. ‘That many years ago his face had been badly poisoned in a shop, where one of the so-called cheap soa wed, and he had suffered agonics. Tie at ouce quit that shop WILLIAMS: Soap was always used. “Since then he bad fought eby 0 did not use WILLIAMS ectiate ‘Very Respectfully, QUART, Detroit, Mich, MORAL: Protect yourself by insisting that your barber uses WILLIAMS SHAVING SOAP. Accept no substitute from deal- ers if you shave yourself. Williams’ Soaps are sold all over the all barbers wh ‘The Sohmer piano is a wonderful instru- ment, and will undoubtedly take the lead throughout the musical world. Its princi qualities, which have so excited the admiration of musical people, are its strength, richness and fullness of tone, possessing a light action, delightfully flexible to the touch, suitable for| either the concert-room or parlor. With these combined qualities its destiny to become the most popular instrament in the world is as- sured. BARKER'S BRANDS WILLIAM BARKER: COMPANY, PLAYS sect: A COLLECTION OF a Pictures of the American Girl, artistically printed on plate paper and tastefully bound in an illu- minated cover. Sold by your bookseller, by all hotel news-stands, and by the boy on the train. YOU WANT IT. COLLARS ano CUFFS ‘WEST TROY, SPECIALIST IN ADVERTISING Desionina ANO Wamna HARLAN PAGE HUBBARD ues Bi : | : WAYNE KNITTING MILLS, Fort Wayne, Ind. || Toa will more prompt attention and beter servicn by mentic ad lng advertisements. ‘Jupen when anewertt comicbooks.com