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This page is primarily **advertisements and humor filler**, not political satire. The content includes: **Main advertisements**: Behning Player Piano, Allen's Foot-Ease powder, Danda Leather Key-Purse, and a rupture truss (60-day trial offer). **"Stories with Smiles" section**: Three brief jokes: 1. A racist "joke" about a Black laundress named Ellen with multiracial children, playing on stereotypes about Black women and interracial relationships 2. A pun about civil service employment (you can't be fired unless they want to fire you) 3. An incomplete anecdote about a farmer with a stubborn horse **Bottom advertisements**: Old Overholt Rye whiskey, Pears' Soap, Corlez Cigars, Schultz Ginger Ale, and a help-wanted notice. There is **no political cartoon visible**. The page reflects early 20th-century advertising and humor conventions, including period racial stereotyping considered acceptable in mainstream publications at that time.
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It's Clothe Automatic Massacing Truss— made on an absolutely new princirle —has 18 patented features. ‘elf-adjusting. Does the misery of wearing belts. leg-straps rings anteed to hold at all times—ineloding when you are worl ing, taking a bath, etc. Has relieved in case after case that seemed Explains the Taste and wesay Feet riahiog » peoey, Box 126—Cluthe Co, 125 E. 23rd St, New York City a a Stories ‘with Smifes The Newest Shade.—In answer to the lady’s advertisement for a laundress, Ellen, a darky, black as the ace of spades, applied for the work. With her was a group of small darkies, some black, some brown and some yellow. Her employer asked if all these children were Ellen's. The latter replied, ‘‘Yas’m, they’s all mine."’ “But, Ellen,’’ said the lady, *‘they are all different colors.’’ & m. You see, it’s like dis: My first husband was black like me, my secon’ was brown, an‘ the one I got now he belongs to the fair sex.’’—San Fran- cisco Argonaut. Explained.—‘‘ What is this civil service business that they are always talking about?’’ asked the Boob. ‘What good does it do?’” “It’s like this,’’ replied the Cheerful Idiot. “If you have a job and you are not under civil service, they can fire you any time they want to, But if you have a job under civil service, they can’t fire you unless they want to.’’—Cincinnati Enquirer. On the Anxious Seat.—A traveler in In- diana noticed that a farmer was having trouble with his horse. It would start, go slowly for a short distance, and then stop again. Thereupon, the farmer would have great difficulty in getting it started. Finally, the traveler approached and asked solic- itously, “Is your horse sick?"" “Not that I know of. “Is he balky?”” “No. But he is so afraid that I'll say whoa and he won't hear me, that he stops every once in a while to listen.""—Every- body’s Magazine. The Only Way—to Pat.—A solemn- looking man entered a business house, and, walking up to one of the men em- ployed on the lower floor, inquired, “Ig there anny chanst fer a mon t’ get a job aw wur-rk here?” “*T don’t know,’’ said the man. ‘* You'll have to see Mr. Mills.’" “An’ phwere is he?” “Up in the second floor,’’ was the an- swer. “*Shall I walk up an’ talk to him?” “No need of that. Just whistle in that tube and he'll speak to you’’—pointing to the speaking tube. The man walked over to the tube and blew a mighty blast in it. Hearing the whistle, Mr. Mills came to the tube and inquired, ‘‘What’s wanted down there?’’ i “’'Tis Oi, Paddy O'Flynn. Are ye th" oss?"" am,"’ said Mr. Mills. “Well, thin,”’ yelled O'Flynn, ‘‘sthick yer head out av th’ second-story windy while Oi shteps out on th’ soidwalk—Oi want to talk t’ ye!’’"—National Monthly. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. 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