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This page is primarily **advertising with satirical commentary**, typical of Judge magazine's format. **The cartoon element** is minimal—mainly illustrations accompanying ads (Egyptian cigarettes with a lounging figure, Sohmer pianos). **The satire** consists of brief joke columns mocking contemporary issues: - A senator dismissively equates philosophical discussion with geopolitical concerns (Panama/Nicaragua), suggesting political distraction from substantive matters - A joke about "isthmus" as political metaphor—connecting conspiracies while separating governments—critiques government dysfunction - A pugilist joke plays on a fighter losing while "going the wrong way," likely satirizing failed strategy or direction **Social references** include: - An "American heiress" marrying for status while showing her wealth (bank book), mocking transatlantic marriages and materialism - Women's "weapons" (hatpins, rolling pins), referencing anxieties about women's public assertiveness in the early 20th century - Endorsement product advertisements dominating the space The page reflects Judge's typical blend of light satire targeting politics, gender relations, and consumerism aimed at educated, affluent readers.

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Barnes—" Howes and 1 have been arguing about the meaning of the word ‘isthmus.’ He says it means a neck of| land separating two bodies of water, and Thold that it is a strip of land connecting two continents. Now, what do you say ?” Shedd—"\ say that neither of you is right. An isthmus is a thing that con nects conspiracies and revolutions and | separates governments."—Boston Tran- script. “Whawhy didn’t you let de fight go on?" sobbed the defeated pugilist after they had brushed the stars out of his eyes and carried him to his corner. Why didn’t you lemme go ahead? I had ‘im "Yes," said his second, who was also his chief backer, “you had him going— but he was going the wrong way—and going too fast for you, son !"—San Fran- cisco Bulletin. When your barber talk: “Shampoo” specify Packers Tar Soap Pure as the Pines Antiseptic—Invigoratin, The Standard for the Hair. Tue Packer Mig. 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He showed me his family tree and I showed him my bank - book."—New York Weekly, A troubled feeling and the blues can gener- ally be traced to indigestion. Chase it away with Abbott's, the Original Angostura Bitters. At druggists’. : She—* Woman's weapon is the pin. It is mightier than the sword. He—* You are right. he hatpin has become almost as formidable in public as the rolling-pin is in the home."—Kansas City Fournal. GIVES “GO.” FOOD THAT CARRIES ONE ALONG. It's nice to know of food that not only tastes delicious but that puts the snap and go into one and supplies staying power for the d A woman says: “I have taken enough medicine in my time to furnish a drug store, but in later and wiser years I have taken none but have depended, for the health I now enjoy, on suitable and sus- taining food of which I keep on hand a tested variety, plain but nourishing. “Of these’ my main dependence is Grape-Nuts, especially if I have before me a day of unusual effort, either mental or physical. In this case I fortify myself | the first thing in the morning with about 4 teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts moistened with cream and not much else for break- fast, and the amount of work I can then carty through successfully without fatigue or exhaustion is a wonder to those about me and even to myself. “Grape-Nuts food is certainly a won- derful strengthener and is not a stimulant, for there is no reaction afterward but it is sustaining and strengthening as I have proved by long experience.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason four teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts and cream will add more strength and carry one further than a plateful of coarse heavy food that is nearly all waste. Grape-Nuts food is condensed, pre-digested and delicious. It contains the parts of the Wheat and Barley grains that supply the rebuilding parts for Brain and Nerve Centres. 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