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This page combines humor pieces with period advertisements. The main cartoon shows a Baltimore schoolteacher questioning a boy about whether George Washington was a soldier—the joke being the boy's ignorance (he thinks Washington "crossed the Delaware" while standing up in a boat, contradicting basic sailor knowledge). Other brief jokes mock common social anxieties: a woman wishing theatrical performances would literally take her breath away; a ship's mate hoisting bedsheets; business dullness solved by "changing the emblem" (replacing Teddy Roosevelt imagery, likely referencing Theodore Roosevelt's popularity in early 1900s advertising). The advertisements reflect contemporary concerns: Bromo-Seltzer for headaches, life insurance benefits, resort vacations. A "Binder for Judge" suggests this magazine was collectible. The humor is genteel and moralistic—mocking ignorance, laziness, and poor manners rather than punching at political targets.

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BROMO~ SELTZER CURES 0 EADACHES #504 & $129 Bottles. A SOLDIER. | ‘*How do you know?" asked the weary BALTIMORE school teacher had | teacher. | use I seen a picture of him) encountered such a degree of | ‘*Be i ignorance and mental obtuse- crossin’ the Delaware,"’ explained the | ness on the part of one of| boy. ‘‘Any sailor’d know enough not to} her boys that she became |stand up in a boat."—Ezchange, disheartened. So it was wit) considerable sarcasm that she said | HER HOPE. to te youngster, “This play, in its intensity,” anid the| wonder if you could tell me whether |go-out-between-the-acts young man, Washington was a soldier or a “fairly takes my breath away.” _ “Lonly wish it would!” gloomily re- id grinned. ‘He was a soldier, | marked the Indy in the nextaeat.--Lon. Tere me a it," was the reply. don Tit-Bits, | Who slept while the ship lay at anchor. | She awoke in dismay THOUSAND When she heard the mate say, “Now hoist up the top sheet and mate ISLAND HOUSE —Master, Mate and Pilot. BY THE PRUDENTIAL. Great Life Insurance Company Voluntarily Adds over $20,000,000 in Additional Benefits to Industrial Policies. \JOLUNTARY concessions aggregat- THE VENICE OF AMERICA ing over $20,000,000 additional ALEXANDRIA BAY NEW YORK benefits to industrial policies already in Opens June 20th. Fish- force and increasing the amount of bene- i is m. | fits to all similar policies issued after ing, boating, golf, etc. July Ist, briefly states the effect of an ent important and far-reaching announce- : ment just made by The Prudential In- t surance Company, through President Send for booklet to John F. Dryden. For years it has been the practice of The Prudential to add to the benefits al- 0. G. STAPLES | ready granted to policy-holders, giving Owner and Proprietor ae | more insurance than the contracts called | for, whenever experience has demon- strated that it could safely be done. ‘The | — rat constant aim of the officers of The Pru- a Chewing thre unr prot grow te tse nen) for the least. “Close and earful study i HOTEL, a ; very feature of the company’s|] EA RLINGTON | The knight (regarding his shirt of mail)—"* Moths, for- sooth! "Lis thy vicious chemicals !’—London Punch For You, ‘ | Mr. Business Man business. Tre gains made in different 55 West 27th Street departments each year, the earning power of the company’s assets, decrease Broadway, New iv eek, in mortality, etc., as compared with what was expec! are all carefully scrutinized. In this way the Prudential is able from time to time to grant in- creased benefits to policy-holders, giving IMPORTANT OMISSIONS. “Shall we go to this particular re- sort “Well, I don’t know. The booklet plays up strongly on the sunsets, the bend rainbows, and the cloud effects, but con- oe | | tains very few specifications as to the e im the sdventege Couey through ae | dames Hoate-nory Mace beds, the bath, and the fodder.""—Louis- these savings, even though no legal ol gation so todo exists under the policy contracts, CHANGING THE EMBLEM. According to the announcement just | Bacon—'*Business pretty dull in your | Made, on all industrial policies issued department store, isn't it?” after July Ist the benefits will be i Eghert—-“"No, indeed; we're very,| creased by an amount averaging more | very busy. |than ten per cent, thus giving all new | Bacon—Doing what?” industrial policy-holders more insurance Eqghert—“Taking the heads off Teddy |for less money than ever hitherto SA ANTA Ll d putt! um heads on the | ranted, bears and putting, possum heads on the / Err) furtherance of this liberal practice CAPSULES The Prudential has also made these con- ur | ville Courier r-Journal, SING. cessions retroactive—that pplicable | Sing a song of motors, to similar policies issued since the be- | Whizzing a la mode; | ginning of the year 1907 and in force on | Four and twenty victims the first of July of this year, thus e Killed on the road. abling holders of old policies to share in| ~ = When the copper hails him, the increased benefits granted to the| ROMEIKE’S fits Cutting Ber oil | ‘The chauffeur speeds his pace; | new. Tce - Isn't that a pretty way | It is to be remembered that The Pru- “AWAITING YOUR REPLY” | To treat the human race? I issued these policies upon the rticipating plan and that there| 10 notices, Hiway Romeny, 110-112 was no obligatioy whatever to pay one|~ Ja Soest sine;119t6 Inches: ae eS T° — | dollar of benefit in excess of the amounts HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS In $1.00 size, 14°4220 inches you going to | called for under the contracts, and that PAPER WAREHOUSE ‘ [et this small boy shave me these concessions have been entirely eo iia eke oe Barber—‘Let the boy have his fun voluntary and were extended by the Branch Warchocnes 2) Beekman Street, New York. —Metropolitan Magazine. . : for once. It is his birthday, sir."’"— company in its usual spirit of liberality ALL SINGS CY; PAPER: MADE:T0/ ORDER . A unique print for your Fliegende Blaetter. | and fairness to policy-holders. home—on heavy plate The Prudential has already made vol- : PROV IDEN TIAL ., |untary concessions to its industrial B I N D E R Paper. Mother—Why should we make Wil-| "0 .oders amounting to more ti lie a doctor when there are so many new | P0,'¢¥ ning ° FOR 52 WEEKS OF Ms zi y $11,000,000, and this retroactive fea- octors every year ure of ‘its new liberal benefits will add | Father—*But think of all the new | over $90,000,000 more to this remark- JUDGE ailments! Meggendorfer Blaetter. jable sum, not to speak of the many, JUDGE COMPANY any millions more that will ensue to $1.25 225 Fifth Avenue © NEW YORK | Maes to Me Wie 1 Soning srr the | Prospective policy-holders. It will be appreciated. In answering advertisements please mention Junar. comicbooks.com