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This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political satire. The dominant feature is a subscription promotion for *House & Garden* magazine, capitalizing on wartime economic anxiety. The context: America had entered World War I in 1917. The advertisement explicitly invokes financial conservation: "This year, you must get every penny of value from every dollar you spend." This frames home improvement as patriotic thrift rather than luxury. The page includes minor humorous pieces: "The Wardrobe Bag" (a woman's poem celebrating a travel-friendly knitting bag), "The Gentle Sentry" (a joke about forgetful military guards), and "Careless" (about a drafted soldier). These appear designed to appeal to wartime audiences—the military reference and emphasis on practicality align with the publication's broader commercial message about responsible spending. The overall pitch: subscribe to *House & Garden* to make economical domestic decisions during wartime. It's **commercial messaging dressed in patriotic language**, not political commentary.

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CE February 2, 1918 The Wardrobe Bag N° more am { the helpless prey and Of baggage-smashers who Dissect my trunk and scatter round rman My finery to view; No more the ink is spilled upon esn't My powder, gloves, and hats, gerie all tangled up stion With brushes, combs, and spats. When T upon a journey go, bore I watch with calm disdain ‘The trunk-assassinator seck ssas f His victims through the train, No longer for my costly gowns eu I feel the least alarm, I carry (in a knitting-bag), My wardrobe on my arm! ener —Minna Irving. : ‘low The Gentle Sentry Sentry—Advance and give the counter- Won fo ga” ‘Challenged Party—I've forgotten it. ence Sentry—Pass on. I've forgotten it myself. i The Original Source pea Examiner—You are quite sure that < ; this is a purely original composition bag you have handed in? I must say the wording sounds strangely familiar Plagiarist—Possibly you have run across some of the words in the dictionary. Careless Soir! Amy—I'm sorry my beau was drafted. a Mamie—Why? the Amy—He's not particular now how he dresses. Instead of one of those cute caps take he wears a slouch hat and he didn’t have sled the tailor put any bars on his shoulder. y it “The mission of this paper is to preach the gospel of happiness” Washington Representa Wyatt Building, Washing! deka A. Sleicher, President Perri AE. Rollauer, Treasures Grant E dron, Literary Editor. Lawton Mackall, © Edlitor.| how x to will cing re pro e ted by copyright in both the tain ; -annot be found st any’ newsstand, the publishers will paid . ations if that fact be promptly reported o postal oe er. less. BAC BERS: Present year, 10 cents per copy; 1917, Weeots: 1916, 20 cents, ete. Postage free in the United States, its dependencies, and Mexico. vel. To Canadian Provinces ‘30 cents a year for postage; to all og countries add $1.00 st w IN ADVERTISING OFFICE, las Marquette Building = = Chicago, Tinos 7 N’ LAND ADVERTISING OFFICE ‘Tremont Building - - ton, Mass. Judge is printed by the Schweialer Press. In other seasons, perhaps, you could waste some money experimenting on your house, your garden. Not now! This year, you must get every penny of value from every dollar you spend. Save yourself money; insure yourself. against costly mistakes, by consulting these two important spring numbers— Spring Garden Guide March with beautiful thing: homes where it has been done. and one and the every house. Consider, then, that by the simple act of mailing the coupon below, and at your convenience for- warding $2, you insure’ your having expert advice on all your house and garden problems, just at the time when you make your most im- portant expenditures of the year. Special Offer—9 Issues $2 & Ten, if you mail the coupon now x House Building Number Feb Spring Garden Guide Mar Interior Decoration Number Ape Spring Furnishing Number May Garden Furnishing Number Jun Small House Number Jul Nature Number Aug Autumn Decoration Number Sep Fall Planting Number Oct House Planning Number Nov Interior Decoration House & Garden and the numbers that follow them. They are crammed with lovely rooms, exquisite gar- dens, the finest work of skilled craftsmen and artists in, furniture, fabrics, papers, china, fountains; with everything that goes to make up the gracious and charming home. They show you just what to do, and how to do it, and— best of all, perhaps—just how it looks in other charming House & Garden is a practical help to the homemaker; a scientific economist on house expenditures, a final authority on the thousand proplems of house building, furnishing, gardening, sanitation ike, which at one time or another puzzle the owner of $2 Invested in House & Garden fraction of your loss on a single ill-ehosea chair Will Save You $200