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This page is primarily **advertising and light humor content** rather than political satire. The major elements are: **Hotel Chamberlin Advertisement**: Promotes a Virginia resort hotel as an American alternative to European spas, emphasizing its appeal to military and society circles—reflecting early 20th-century leisure culture for the affluent. **"A Christmas Idyl"**: A sentimental romantic poem about a man meeting a young woman while walking through woods, using Victorian pastoral conventions. **"Selecting a Gift for Father"**: Humorous prose satirizing the difficulty of buying meaningful Christmas gifts for fathers. The joke is that fathers need many things (goloshes, comb repairs, coal) but these are either too expensive or too cheap/impractical—poking fun at the commercialization of gift-giving and the challenge of pleasing fathers specifically. **Sexology Book Advertisement**: Promotes a medical/educational text on sexual knowledge, reflecting early 20th-century attitudes toward sex education as a serious health matter. The page reflects genteel middle-class concerns of the era: leisure travel, romantic courtship, gift-giving conventions, and emerging openness about sex education.

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Old Point Comfort. Virgin 7a. bears sa ea cans eee eS BY ed N° European “Cure”? surpasses and few compare with this luxurious American Resort Hotel—so wonder- fully situated in the midst of a happy combination of land and sea diversions, and accessible from every point in the United States. From North and South, East and West, gather the uests of the Hotel Chamberlin to ‘Take ‘The Cure.’” ‘lectric, Nauheim and Radio Baths are prescribed for some—others get well by using Nature’s remedies alone— the Sea,.the Sun, the Salt Sands. Golf, Tennis, Riding and Motoring await the devotees of these sports. The Cuisine of Hotel Chamberlin is famous—the finest sea-foods in the world are found in the waters around Old Point Comfort. But perhaps the most fascinating side of all is the Social Life, for here the Army, the Navy and Society mingle as nowhere else on this continent. For illustrated booklets apply at all Tourist Bureaus or T'ransporta- tion Offices, or address GEO. F. ADAMS Manager FORTRESS MONROE, VA. New Yor Orrice: Tue Bertua Rurener Hoter Bureau, McArin Hote Or Ask Mr, Foster AT ANY OF HIS Information Bureaus SEXOLOGY by Willizm H. Walling, A. M., M.D. imparts in a clear wholesome way, in one volume: Keowledee a Young Mas Should Have Keowledse a Young Hesbaed Should Ha Keowledge a Father Should Have Keowledge a Father Should Impact to His Son Medical Keowledge a Hesband Should Have Write for “Other People’s Opinions’ and Table of Contents N-REF TTLE nS, ptet a AS PURITAN PUB. CO., 792 Perry Bullding, PHILA., PA. A Christmas Idyl $ 1 went down by Holden wood, ‘The ring-dove cooed and cried, For, sooth, the sunlight was as bland As though ‘twere Lammas in the land Instead of Christmastide! As T by Holden wood went down, All in the moming-glow, The holly berries hung o'erhead As they were rubies gleaming red, And there was mistletoe. As down by Holden wood I went, Where oped a long oak aisle, "Twas there I met a winsome maid; I doffed my hat to her, and said, “ An’ will you walk a mile?” As T went down by Holden wood, I saw her blushes burn; Young Cupid lurked within her eye; She paused, she pouted, then, “Tl try— Vill try a little tum!” As I by Holden wood went down, A singing wind cried, “Woo!” And so we wandered side by side Along a pathway that was wide— Just wide enough for two! As down by Holden wood I went, With mistletoe above, And such a maid as she, my friend, Where, prithee, could the journey end But at the port of Love!—Clinton Scaled, Selecting a Gift for Father HE chief business before the house after everyone else has been provided for, is selecting a Christmas gift for Father, Many possibilities at once suggest them- selves. Father could stand a new over. coat. Yes, but who has the price to buy Father a new overcoat? Answer: Nobody, not even Father. Father also needs a new pair of goloshes, a new comb, another mainspring in his watch, 10 tons of coal, a toupee for the top of his head, six or cight new pairs of shoe laces, and a gross of collar-buttons. He also has a sneaking desire for half a dozen celluloid collars that can’t be told from the real thing, because his linen ones always melt when he gets mad at the stenographer. Let us, therefore, consider these articles carefully: Goloshes—goloshes cost _ too much. Cut ‘em off the list. Comba comb’s too cheap. Anyway, there are only seven teeth missing from the comb which Father now has, and the missing teeth just match Father’s missing hairs. New main- spring to watch—this would necessitate asking Father for the watch, and then his Christmas gift wouldn't be a surpris. Coal—Father always buys the coal. Why should we rob him of his pleasures? Tow pee—too unromantic. Shoelaces—undigni- fied. Collar buttons—see shoelaces. Cet luloid collars—a repulsive and roughneck thought. Let's give him a necktie. —K. L. Roberts. All Except One Jess—Did you get any useful presents? Bess—They all were except a gold thim- ble