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This page contains several satirical pieces mocking contemporary social issues, particularly women's strikes and emerging feminism. **"Strike News"** ridicules wealthy "society women" striking for a 10% raise in pin money (allowance) from husbands. The satire intensifies when working-class East Side women (Sadie McGuire and Carrie Makesjeansky) join the strike—presented as absurdly helping the cause because these women are known "strike leaders." The joke: privileged women demanding pin money while actual laborers struggle. **"When Up in the Air"** humorously advises female aviators on dress, with puns about balloon sleeves, fly-paper flowers, and self-raising flour in hats. The closing joke plays on lightning safety—a dark quip suggesting female aviators are expendable. The smaller quips mock marriage dynamics and gender relations: husbands frustrated by wives' incompetence, a college graduate's romantic overture reduced to salary negotiation, and wives attempting to remake their husbands. The overall tone: skeptical mockery of women's liberation movements and their perceived superficiality among the wealthy.

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RN at A CHANGE DESIRED. Mr. Grouch—"' These biscuits of yours are like rocks! What do you take me for, an ostrich ? Mrs ch—" 1 wish you were, my dear; then maybe I could get some feathers for my new spring hat !"" WHEN UP IN THE AIR By FP ricer E HAVE frequently been asked to suggest some form of dress for women airshippers, some sort of aerial costume for lady aeronauts, and it is only after continual persuasion that we offer the fol- lowing advice regarding raiment for female balloon- ists: 1, Dress very plainly—aeroplanely, in fact. 2. Your hat must contain a flower—self-raising flour is most appropriate, as it will help the machine to rise. 3. If you wear any flowers at your breast, they must be made of paper—fly-paper. 4. You should wear a dress with old-fashioned balloon sleeves. 5. Do not wear long hatpins, as they tend to at- tract lightning, and when you are up in an airship lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place—it a Yep! JUDGE doesn’t have to, as there isn’t anything left to strike the second time. We would suggest fastening your hat to your hair with clothes-pins. STRIKE NEWS Py ELLIS 0, JONES HE developments of the past week have given a decidedly picturesque turn to the affairs of the ‘‘society women"’ who are out on strike to force from their husbands a ten per cent. raise in pin tones. On Tuesday Sadie McGuire and Carrie Makesjeansky, two of the most hard- working East Side women, took pity on the plight of the strikers who were struggling so gallantly in the cause of independence, and offered their sym- pathy. The ‘society women"’ received these accessions to their ranks with open arms, and believe that this will help them in their struggle. The husbanc!s are apparently worried, recognizing as they do the great experience in these matters of Misses McGuire and Make jeansky, who have long been known as. strike leaders of the first water. On Thursday evening Miss McGuire addressed a meeting at her home. Among other things, she said it was a perfect shame how little spending money some society women received, adding that she actually knew of a case where a society woman was unable to clothe her dog properly on her meager allow- ance. FROM A COLLEGE GRADUATE TO THE HEAD OF THE FIRM OSS of mine, oh, boss of mine, Will you be my valentine? er Twill be my salary. IN CACKLEBUKG. 1 see where eggs are fifty cents a dozen her case of woman's rights NOT WHAT HE ORDERED. “You boomin’ idiot! I never s:d rat trap. Isaid a trap! trap! trap! to ride in."” RESULT OF A FAD. OVERTY came in at the door. Love immediately flew out of the window. “Ab,"’ said those who observed, ‘‘this is what comes of being fresh-air faddists!" WIFE will declare she got the best man living, and then try to make a new man out of him. comicbooks.com