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This page is primarily an **advertisement for Ainslee's Magazine**, disguised as editorial content. It promotes May Edginton's novel "The Man Who Broke the Rule" by contrasting it with her earlier work "The Woman Who Broke the Rule." The ad's satire targets the **sexual double standard** of the era: women who violated sexual morality faced social ruin and ridicule, while men faced no equivalent consequences. The advertisement sarcastically questions this hypocrisy—"Is there no violation of the moral code for which a man must equally suffer?"—then pitches Edginton's new novel as addressing this imbalance. The right column contains typical **humor filler** common to magazines: brief jokes about marriage, bridge, servants, and regional pride (Scottish vs. American rivers). These are disconnected from the main ad and serve as space-filling content. The handwritten signatures appear to be **autographs**, likely added to this particular copy as promotional material.

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MAY EDGINTON | In “The Woman Who Broke the Rule,” pre- sented a strong picture of the inevitable conse- quences to thegirl who violates our double- standard code of mo- rality. Is there no vi- olation of the moral code for which a man must equally suffer? A violation that will bring upon him the scorn of men and women, complete ostracism wherever he goes, while the woman involved meets only with pity, or, at the worst, mild ridicule? Read “The MAN Who , Broke the Rule” You will find this latest novel of May Edginton’s even more significant, even more absorbing, than “The Woman Who Broke the Rule.” G Buy the current number of Al EE’S. Now on sale at all new: Fifteen Cents the copy, C February number of AINSLEE’ “The Magazine That Entertains” player for his opinion about it. In about yp . days the book was returned to the authe| Wi with the following note: “My Dear Sir: Your favor of the 8this accompanied by ei I ha Herald. Wise Bride—“ Now,” said the bride. groom to the bride, when they returned from their honeymoon trip, ‘let us ha clear understanding before we settle do to married life. Are you the p the vice-president of the society? “I want to be neither president nor vice | president,” she answered. ‘‘I will be c- tent with a subordinate position.” | “What position is that, my dear?” “ Treasurer.” —Tit-Bits. | His One Virtue—What sort of 2 bridge player is Flubdub? “T never saw anybody succeed in mane) pp vering the ace of trumps y from hin} a I've seen him fall down in about every othe} ” able way."—Kansas City Journd, *™ > aspara he Not the Same — Mr. Neverwed —Des | eon your wife treat you the same as she didte} 71, fore you were married? peta Mr. Peck—Not exactly. Before we we! “' - beach. married when I displeased her she refused) "SS speak to me.—Boston Globe. } tasbet Had to Obey Orders—An old colorei ly uncle was found by the preacher prowl: Cha in his barnyard late one night. ne “Uncle Calhoun,” said the preache, T sternly, “it can’t be good for your theun-} °F tism to be prowling round here in the radj 5°5, and cold.” or “Doctor's orders, sah,” the old ms], answered. gan “Doctor's orders?” said the preach} ‘" “Did he tell you to go prowling round Z| ' Hal: 'o, sah, not exactly, sah,” said Unc ocder's “but he done ordered me chice|™ ne Wt broth.” —Sacramento Bee. “Be Home-Made—The River Clyde bs} ?"“! been brought up to its present navigatk condition by means of dredging, and tk Glasgow people are very proud of it. day a party of American sightseers turn up their noses at the Clyde. “Call this a river?” they said. “Wh: ditch in comparison with our Mis} g¢ , or St. Lawrence, or Delaware.” | débuta veel, mon,” said a Scotch bystande:} “p,). ‘you've got Providence to thank for yor , but we made this oursel’s.”"—Brookls simple Citizen: A Helpful Mistake—‘What do ye suppose has come over my husband 0} morning, Sophia,” exclaimed a conscientios little bride to the new servant. “TI neve saw him downtown so happy. He whistling a bird!” j “I'm afraid I’m to blame, mum. I F/ the packages mixed this morning and 8) 54 him birdseed instead of his regular bret fast food, mum.”—United Presbyterian. | c dor th: Classified—A Juno is a beauty *} mused | weighs more than 200 pounds.—Kene City Journal.