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This page is primarily **advertising and humor columns** rather than political satire. The content includes: **Humorous dialogues** about everyday situations—a man asking directions in whispers, a woman rejecting a marriage proposal because the suitor won't bet enough money on his love, an uncle expecting his nephew to ask for financial help after bankruptcy. These are gentle social comedies poking fun at human nature and courtship customs. **The poem "When Things Go Wrong"** discusses maintaining composure during hardship—a Victorian moral lesson about character. **Advertisements dominate**: Williams' Shaving Soap, Packer's Tar Soap, Evans Ale, Sohmer Pianos, and testimonials for Grape-Nuts cereal and Postum drink (a caffeine-free coffee substitute). The "Egyptian Deities" tobacco ad features stereotypical orientalist imagery typical of early 1900s marketing. **No significant political commentary** is present. This is a commercial publication showcasing period humor and consumer goods aimed at middle-class readers.

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| WHEN THINGS GO WRONG. ‘When things go right it isn’t hard To keep a pleasant, cheerful face, For other folk to have regard And grant requests with smiling grace. Sometimes fate knocks a man around And scourges him with double thong—| It’s not so easy, | have found, When things go wrong. When things go right we can agree With any one on anything. There's good in all that we can see And joyous are the songs we sing. But leaden grow the dancing feet, We have to sing another song, And trouble sours our little sweet When things go wrong. When things go right we can be good And all the Christian virtues show— Do unto others as we would Be done by—seeds of kindness sow. Still, all my praise I will reserve For him who, battered hard and long, Still keeps his temper and his nerve When things go wrong. eChicage Daily News, AN EXQUISITE FLAVORING for lemonade, water-ices, grape-fruit, sherry and all fancy drinks is Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters. “Lam sorry to hear your unfortunate nephew has been closed out by the sher iff,” said the friend of the family.“ Have you any idea what his liabilities are ?” « Yes; I've an idee he’s liable to call on me fur help about the fust thing he does,” responded Uncle Silas.—Chicago Tribune. Clear complexion indicates pure blood—re- sult from use of Abbott's, the Original Angos- tura Bitters. _ Miss Flannigan— 1 will give yez me} answer in a month, Pat.” He— «That's right, me darlint; tek plinty av time to think it over. But tell me wan thing now—will it be yis or no?” —Mlustrated Bits. When your barber talks “Shampoo” specify Packer's Tar Soap Pure as the Pines Antiseptic—Invigorating The Standard for the Hair. ‘The Packer Mfg. Co., New York. The BEST in the WORLD! Every Bottle Proves It! Munroe (in a whisper)—" Can you tell me where I'll find Mr. Westgate ?” ‘Forkyns (also in a whisper)—" You'll find him in the back office, up three| flights.” Munroe— What do you mean whispering? Don’t you know it’s vulgar Forkyns— 1 whispered because you did. You began it.” ‘Monroe But I can't speak save ina whisper.” Forkyns—“ Then if you had any man- ners you wouldn't speak at all."—Boston Transcript. When you go out fishing a_few bottles of Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne will relieve the monoton; “Till bet a dollar if I should ask you to marry me you'd refuse,” ventured Gussie, | trying to inject a little more spirit into the conversation. “My! but you're a cheap one!” re- sponded the girl. “ Why-y-y-why ?” stammered Gussie. “Because you won't bet more than a dollar on a sure thing."—Baltimore American, “He said he'd die if I didn’t marry him.” “And still you refused 2” “Yes. [wished to find out before prom- ising whether he really loved meas much as that or not. Oh, Harriet, I'm p-p- perfectly miserable! He scems to be wretchedly healthy, and I d-do love him _| three times a day. so much !"—Chicago Record-Herald. DOCTOR SAID QUIT WRONG FOOD AND EAT GRAPE- NUTS.” An Illinoisan who has been through the mill says: “ Last spring I was so bad | with indigestion I could not digest even soft cooked eggs and doctor said 1 must eat predigested food and prescribed Grape-Nuts. I changed for the better before I had used one package, eating it “ My improvement on Grape-Nuts food ‘as so wonderful that I concluded to use your food drink Postum in place of tea, and, to make a long story short, I have not been without Grape-Nuts and Postum since and my present health proves my doctor's wisdom in prescribing Grape- Nuts, I have got strong as a horse and well and I owe it all to your delicious food and Postum.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. In the making of Grape-Nuts food all the indigestible starches of the grain are transformed into Post sugar. Every par- ticle of Grape-Nuts is digestible in the weakest stomach. Physicians have never found a stomach too weak to digest and assimilate it. Look in each package for a copy of |the famous little book, “The Road to | Wellville.” THE “SOHMER” HEADS THE LIST OF THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS SOHMER PIANOS Sohmer Building, Sth Ave., cor 224 St. WHBARKER CO. TROY.NY> Sidrater ew SE LING CUFFS ARE THE BEST From East to West Absolutely the finest tobacco grown in Turkey je up in the Egyptian manner in Feyptian DEITIES. No better Turkish cigarette cen be made, ‘the signature of 8, ANARGY EOS, “I wonder who it.was. that first said «Politeness costs nothing * «I don't know. Why ? “ Because he’s all wrong. It costs me my seat in the crowded trolley-car eve time a lady gets on."— Philadelphia Ledger. Visitor — You haven't got half as nice a cemetery here.as we have in Elmville.” Prominent citizen (of Hawville)— No; I've always heard that the cemetery the only part of your town that holds out any inducement for permanent resi- dents."—Chicago Tribune. 1 WILLIAMS “nr COLLEGE STUDENTS are pretty good judges of «what's what,” and usually manage to have about the best of everything. The fact » that nine out of ten use Wil- liams’ Shaving Soap, is convinc- ing evidence of its superiority. Sold in Sbaving Sticks and Shaving Tabiets tbrougbout the world. THE J. B. WILLIAMS CO., Glastonbury, Conn. rans sane ry BUY THEM. Portland, Oregon—In Four Days from New York or Boston—By New York Central comicbooks.com