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This page contains several distinct pieces of satirical content: **"In the Corn Pone"** uses dialect verse to satirize racial stereotypes while addressing a genuine public health crisis. The poem, written in exaggerated African American vernacular, discusses pellagra—a real disease caused by niacin deficiency linked to corn-based diets. The satire appears to mock both the disease's prevalence among poor populations and contemporary attitudes toward it. **"To Buffalo Bill"** is an elegiac poem celebrating Buffalo Bill's farewell performance, sarcastically praising his showmanship while mocking his legendary status and suggesting his achievements are ultimately shallow. **"The College Lion"** satirizes recent college graduates as pompous and unemployable—they emerge with degrees and inflated self-regard but cannot find work, eventually turning to politics and "talking bunk." The page also contains vintage advertisements for Karo corn syrup and Liqueur Pères Chartreuse, typical of the era's commercial magazine content. The overall tone reflects turn-of-the-century American attitudes: racial caricature alongside genuine social concern, celebrity mockery, and generational skepticism about education's practical value.

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ios) ee vO ANS oP a“ Fd mM. “Ash-cake”’ and ‘muffins, ““Bops’” and ‘‘dabs’? and ‘‘crisps,”” “Batter bread’ and “mush bread,” “Corn sticks"’ and ‘wisps’; IF To hear of dis pellagra “Johnny cake’ IE | SSP Matha Young. DEATH hide in de corn pone, What's a nigger gwine to do? Gives me de ague, too. “Corn pone’” and “hoe cake,’* “‘Dumplin’s”’ in de pot, and ‘aig bread,” | “Spoon bread,” fire hot; Iv. “Meal mush” and ‘grits,”” “Lye hominy” and ‘“gruel"’- Say dat us mus’ give up dese? Lawdy! Ain’t it cruel? ve If death hide in de corn pone, What a nigger'll hatter do Is die of old starvation And new pellagra, too! SKEPTICAL ABOUT HALLEY. Old lady there is one. jbor (to old lady not up in as- tronomy)—‘* Have you seen the comet?” “No, and I don’t believe What This Mr. Halley is put- THE COLLEGE LION. By NED VAN HORSES | T TPON the platform, brave and bold, The college ‘‘ grad" he stands; seems to trouble him the most Is where to put his hands, ting all this stuff in the newspapers While down in front sit female friends, just to keep his name before the pub- lie”” TO BUFFALO BILL. Not a Comet. but a Spectacular Star. By WILLIAM J. LAMPTON. ‘ALE, Bill, The only Bill, The real Bill who stands Pre-eminenty the truly Bill In this and foreign lands! Compared with you, all others are 4s sputtering candles to a star, You've topped the line For years and years, You've had the whole world’s Yells and cheers, You've been the publi And now You make your final, graceful bow. 0b, say, Bill, Of the wild Western thrill, What man may come to future men, We ne'er shall see your like again, And here is hoping, When you die, You'll hav So, vale, Bill! Good-by, good-by P.S. And please, for any more. Yes? No? What? 's pet; the greatest show on high. |, don’t come back Who grin and wave their fans. Day in, day out, for four long years, In spite of weal or woe, He's stndied, plugged, and tried to grasp All things that one should know To sally forth and buck the world And gather in the dough. And now he stands with chest thrown out— His daily grind is o'er— All ologies and isms are | To him an open door; And simple folk to him, of course, Are just an awful bore. He takes his parchment with a bow, | Then packs his little trunk And sallies forth into the world |_ Of wealth, to snatch a hunk. The weeks roll on, no job he grabs, He's in a pesky funk, And bosses laugh at him and say, | “Your A. B.’s so much junk.’" Till finally, when self-esteem Perceptibly has shrunk, He plunges into politics And lives by talking ‘‘ bunk.’’ ‘ALF the married men do not half appreciate their better half. Most Fitting Finale to the Festive Feast Liqueur Peres Chartreux creex AxD yettow— Serve the Daintiest Last At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafés, Bitjer & Co., 45 Uroadway, New Vork, N. Y., Sole Agents for United States, Fork Home Baked Beans & Boston Brown Bread, as in all cooking where sweetening is required, aro CORN SYRUP Karo is a pure sweet that blends naturally with other foods. A tablespoonfal to every half-pint beans, poured over after cook- ing and before baking, gives a rich brown and a delicious flavor. Use Kare for Eat Karo on Ginger Bread Griddle Cakes Cookies Waffles Fadge and Taffy Hot Biscuit Send a post card forthe Karo Cook Book—filty paces incloding thirty perfectrecigeater make ing. Weite today the book ifree. Corn Products Refining Co. Dept V.¥. SEW YORK P.O. Bex 101 ON THE STAIRS. Phyllis—"* Vave you ever been disappointed in love ?"" “Yes; two and a half times."” How 's that?” Doris Phyllis Doris Been married twice, and once my lover went off with another gitl."” CAP AND GOWN SMILES. “Madam Palladino knows how to get her name in the papers all right."” “Yes, she is a good advertising me Columbia Jester. “Are you going abroad on a fellow- ship?” “No; Lampoon, dium." on a cattleship."’—Harvard I wonder."* *What?"’ Binks—"Why no one ever wrote a sonnet toacactus. It could surely be made pointed enough.""—Un Minnesota Minnehaha, In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. Here's to the maidens we sometime have kissed, Vowing for life to be true! Here's to the ones we unfortunately missed! Which pretty maiden are you? —University of Minnesota Minnehaha. 's Soothing Syrup the ‘a bottle. understand your pa- tient is dead.”” Doctor—‘Yes, The operation was very successful, but she died of the shock.""—University of Michigan Gar- goyle. . comicbooks.com