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This page is primarily **advertising** interspersed with brief jokes and anecdotes typical of Judge's format. The main feature is a **Miller High Life beer advertisement** (top half), which uses decorative Art Nouveau-style figures and makes claims about the product's exclusive brewing process, purity, and superior quality—standard advertising language for the era. Below are smaller **paid advertisements** for Evans Ale, Packer's Tar Soap, and Sohmer & Co. pianos, along with **humorous filler content**: short jokes about a child wanting escalating prayers ("golden stairs"), a boarding-house cook taking lessons, a piano being "upright" (moral pun), and a testimonial from an Oklahoma editor praising Grape-Nuts food for restoring his health. The page also includes jokes about the cost of living versus dying, and a married man's chess analogy for life. There are **no political cartoons or caricatures**—this is a standard commercial/entertainment page from an early 20th-century humor magazine, showing how such publications funded themselves through advertising.

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HG ‘The Champagne of Bottle BEE is made by a process exclusively our own, with the result that it is different and better than ordinary beer. The absolute purity of raw materials—the art of keeping the materials pure and wholesome in the making—the per- fect barley and hops which we buy on the field—the yeast which we make ourselves, and our under- WX” HIGH LIFE BEER superiority of quality and flavor. You can’t help but like it. Henry C. Botjer, Distributor, 353 Broadway, Long Island City, New York. ILWAUKEE WANTED IT EASY. When Johnny was told of the ++ golden stairs” That led to the + golden gate,” He said, * Mamma, when you say your| | prayers, Just ask if they escalate."—New York Sun, TOUGH. Yeast—Our boarding-house lady has been taking cooking lessons, and she says next week she is going to try her hand in her own kitchen.” Gimsonbdeak—*'Is that a threat or a promise ?""— Yonkers Statesman. THE RESULT of intelligent, paoeaing axe of the scalp healthy hair Packer's Tar Soap Pure as the Pines for over a third of a century has been rec- ognized as an ideal soap for sampoane. It not only cleans the Teale, but imparts | Vigor to toes crinel soci ne wae are intimate concemed wit and vitality of th Its use oeaos | a "on healthy scalp, and lustrous, luxuriant hair. ‘The Packer Mfg. Co., New York City. PERFECTLY CORRECT. con was hard to convince. leclared he, “I'll have no such Pianners are The d contraption in my house. things of evil.” “Oh, but, pa,” protested his lovely daughter, “this is an upright piano.” — | Pittsburg Post. The wheelwright is more likely to be wrong if he has wheels.— x. AN OLD EDITOR FOUND $2,000 WORTH OF FOOD. The editor of a paper out in Oklahoma Yes, it is true when I got hold of Grape-Nuts food, it was worth more than a $2,000 doctor bill to me, for it made me a well man, I have gained 25 pounds in weight, my strength has re- turned tenfold, my brain power has been given back te me, and that is an absolute essential, for I am an editor and have been for 35 years. “My pen shall always be ready to speak a good word for this powerful nu- tritive food. I had of course often read the advertisements regarding Grape-Nuts, but never thought to apply the food to | my own use, until, in my extremity and sickness, the thought came to me that it might fit my case. The statements in re- |gard to the food are absolutely correct, |as I have proven in my own case. One very fortunate thing about the food is that while it is the most scientifically- made and highly-nourishing concentrated food I have ever known, it has so deli- cious a taste that it wins and holds friends.” “There's a Reason.” Read “The Road to Wellville,” in packages. THE IDEAL BEVERAGE For Fishing For Camping For Sailing For Motoring For Golfing For Traveling For Country Life Evans Ale Easy Easy to Serve, Any dealer anywhere. STILL REASONABLE. Hicks—« Isn't the cost of living getting to be just frightful nowadays ?” Wicks— It is pretty bad, that's a fact. But it's a good deal lower than the cost of dying."—Somerville Journal. Sohmer & Co., the great Piano-makers. fur- nish every variety of instruments—square, up- right and grand—and are constantly striving to meet every demand. Their success has been phenomenal. LIFE. “* Life," remarked the sententious bach- elor, “is like a game of cards.” “It’s more like a game of chess from my point of view,” rejoined the married man. “I invariably move once a year.” | Chicago News. ground ageing process, are all responsible for the DIPLOMACY. John,” she said, ++I notice that almost everybody is wearing earrings now. “+ But, my dear,” replied John, «it they |had such small and shell-like ears as | yours they wouldn't clutter them up that way.” Thus did diplomacy, at least for the moment, stave off a contemplated touch.” —Philadelphia Ledger. The day after, you need Abbott's Bitters. Braces the nerves ; sustains you throughout the day, and makes you feel bright and cheerful. At druggists’. STUNG. The horsefly sat by the side of the road And watched the autos go whizzing by ; He disapproved of the modern mode, And “Stung !" was the cry of the equine fly. For a horseless fly's like a wireless wire, And there's not much food in the tireless tire! —Cleveland Leader. Mothers will find Mrs. W' ing Syrup the best remedy for their c ONLY A TRACE. Grumbling boarder —“ Mrs, Sandys, Iam going to write to the town cler Mrs. Sandys —“ Indeed, sir! What about ?” Grumbling boarder —“ About the qual- ity of the water, It's disgraceful. Why, I detected a distinct favor of coffee in it this morning." —Philadelphia Inquirer The miller may beat the florist making | floury speeches. Ex @ “LAKE SHORE LIMITED”: Leaves New York 5:30 every afternoon via NEW YORK CENTRAL. * Arrives Chicago 4:00 next afternoon via LAKE SHORE. comicbooks.com