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This page is primarily **advertising**, dominated by Hamburg-American Line cruise promotions for 1914-1915 (notable timing—just as World War I began, affecting transatlantic travel). The literary and illustrated content consists of three separate pieces: 1. **"The Mistake"** - A short poem about inadvertently giving a love poem meant for someone else to the wrong person. 2. **"The Bluebird"** - A sentimental short story depicting a white Southern lady's kind interaction with a Black child ("Chocolate Drop") she allows to take watermelon from her refrigerator when he lacks money for milk. The story portrays this as touching benevolence. 3. **Right column advertisements** for Cook's Champagne, Pittsburgh Stogies cigars, and other products. **Context for modern readers**: "The Bluebird" reflects early 20th-century racial attitudes—the story presents a patronizing, stereotypical portrayal of a Black child as worthy of sympathy and gentle treatment, positioning the white woman's small kindness as noteworthy virtue. The language ("Yady," "de ain't") uses dialect stereotyping. This exemplifies how mainstream publications normalized racial hierarchies through sentimental narratives.

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CRUISES During 1914 by the Hamburg-American Line New Cruise—ORIENT-INDIA By the S. S. CLEVELAND, 17,000 tons From New York January 15th, 1914. the Mediterranean, Suez Canal, Red Sea and Indian Ocean to Bomba and Colombo, including side trips ihroegh INDIA, THE HOLY LAND and EGYPT, stopping at interesting points in Esrope, Ania and Africa. Duration about 3 months. Cost $700 up fededing shore excursions and necenery expenses, Nile Service By superb steamers of the Hi and ylang iaioany hey bal Cruises to West Indies, Venezuela, and the Panama Canal by the largest ships visiting theCaribbean Sea S.S. AMERIKA and VICTORIA LUISE jnvary—February—March—April Daration 16 to 29 days. Cost $145.$175 up Two 15-day Cruises {rom New Orleans durig January and February. Shore ipa 1915 Around the World, Through the Panama Canal From New York January 27th, 1915 By 17,000-tea S. S. CLEVELAND Duration 135 days. Rates $900 op including shore trips and necessary expenses. Atlas Service Weekly sailings to Cuba, Jamaica, and the Panama Canal, Hayti, Colombia, Costa Nicaragua, by new fast Twin-Serew Low rates until October. Ovr Tourist Department, with experience Qfover £5 vears, arrances Tours by Rail or 7 to.all parts of the World. ‘Write for Information. HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE 41-43 Broadway, New York The Mistake I MADE a man happy, one day, With a love poem, simply confessed, His joyousness, none could gainsay, As he hid it away in his breast. And thas not the heart to say it was lent, As he hurried away in the throng, Or that for another, the poem was meant, And another had wakened the song. —Emma Playter Seabury. The Bluebird A/SMALL Chocolate Drop toiled up the wide front steps and rang the door- bell. To its ragged bosom it clasped two bottles—one filled with milk and the other empty. The door was opened by a lady. The scene of this narrative lies in the South where it is a common occurrence for the mistress of a household to permit both her cook and her ‘‘boy’’ to go off in an afternoon, and for the lady to an- swer her own door bell. It is a well known fact that ladies do things in the South that they don’t dare do in other places, “*Yady,’’ deponed the Chocolate Drop, “de ain’t no titet in de botty.”” The Lady laughed aloud in surprise and sheer delight that any living, human creature could be so little and so black. Then, in the tone that any normal woman employs to any baby thing, she said: “No, I hadn’t any tickets, today. You must bring me some tomorrow!” “*A dollar wort’?"" “Yes."" That was all, of conrse! The small Chocolate Drop should have hastened away, but something in the Lady's blue eyes caused him to linger. “T have no milk tickets,’’ repeated the Lady, thoughtfully. ‘‘But—In my re- frigerator there’s a piece of water melon that nobody’s using.’” She gazed inquiringly at her visitor. The Chocolate Drop was, quite suddenly, horizontally divided by a red fissure in which there appeared little white seeds. The two understood each other. “‘Run around to the back, then!"’ The Lady disappeared and two little black feet pit-patted down the steps and along the hot, white walk. When the back door was opened—there stood the Chocolate Drop. The Lady—she was a wonderful Lady, who did not hesitate to confer perfect happiness whenever it lay in her power —disposed a large piece of watermelon and an empty milk bottle so that one very small black person could manage both, And the Chocolate Drep slowly disap- peared around the corner of the house. What need to hasten when perfect joy lies within your grasp? All unknowing, the Chocolate Drop, on & summer afternoon, put to rout the casuists. Happiness doee exist. across it any time. We may ran fi e e That Little Dinner Give it the final touch of ele- gance—prove a claim to con- noisseurship in wines, (devoid of the poor snobbery of money waste without gaining in quality), by serving LE cauts Intarreate Dry Ihamn PAGMe Purest of the pure, IPS over with life, fragrant of the essence of the grape, rich with deliciousness, mellow with age. Its price is less than foreign champagnes in just the sum that they must pay in duty and ocean freight. Cook’s makes a banquet of a mere meal. American Wise, Con, St. Louis, Mo, 10a i > If not completely satisfied re- turn balance and get your money back. Send today for ‘a box of the famous PITTSBURGH SMILE STOGIES at greatly reduced price. 50 6-INCH STOGIES FOR $1.00 | sent prepald by parcel post. A sweet, cool smoke. M aires and workmen alike smoke fe enjoy them. Buy your tobies direct from us and save money. Put a dollar bill in_an envelope and send for these delightful smokes today. Pittsburgh Stogie Distributing Co. P.O, Box 733 Pittsburgh, Pa. In answering advertisemcnts please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. 1 comicbooks.com