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This page is primarily **advertising** interspersed with short humorous stories typical of Life magazine's format. The notable content includes: **"A Cat Climbs a Church Steeple"** — a sentimental anecdote about a cat stranded on a church spire that crowds gather to watch. Rescuers lower a basket to save it, demonstrating Victorian-era sentimentality about animal welfare. **"Alice in Peter's-Land"** — a brief literary reference playing on *Alice in Wonderland*, used to advertise Peter's Swiss Milk Chocolate, suggesting the product is as magical/desirable as Carroll's fictional realm. **"A Life Saver"** — a joke story with heavy ethnic dialect humor (the "Sing Loo" character speaking broken English), where a Chinese doctor's absence paradoxically saves an Englishman's life by preventing harmful medical intervention. This reflects period attitudes toward non-Western medicine and ethnic stereotyping common in early 1900s American humor. The remainder consists of advertisements for bonds, chocolate, whiskey, and travel guides — standard commercial content for the magazine.

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ERESES \ A Cat Climbs a Church Steeple. beautiful summer evening, th ere thronged with people on th Ata corner, several pers zing ap air, Oth- ined them until so large a crowd rently into the Soon 1, er of persons were seen on the tops thered that the way was blocked idows along the street were thre nani iouses in the neig orhood. Clinging near the hiat do you think they saw? to a jutting ornament, jon everyone asked, and “How will wn 2” was the next. a The poor thin and at frequent inter king down, cry he red a ling to crowd below for help. ( pped and fell 1 distance down the sloping side of the ne from n exclamation of pity ea vd, now intensely interested in its fate. 1 cil’s paws ¢ nt on another pro- jee und fi looker-on suggested. that the moment it was safe. it be dreadful shot ler to save it from the more that 1 to await it; but no one was willing 10 fire the shot. Ere long, a. little window some distan ¢ the place where was clinging, was seen to open. Two had determined to save it; they had nd ted the stairs to where the bell hu dder reached the window, The e seen to be lowering a basket down the side of the steeple. red it intently as it slowly came When it was within re and took hol carefully re- nearer, lly put out one paw, basket, with the le of the then a 1 the action other paw, then 1 violent eff herself over the mo the bottom of the basket. She was y drawn to the window s below.—St. Nicholas. irom the spect Investments. Wo offer selected liet of HIGH GRADE BONDS and guar- anteed STOCKS paying from 3% to 6%. The securities are on band for tmmedi- ato delivery. nd full particulars upon application. Redmond & Co., BANKERS. 607 Chostnut St., 4 Wall Street, PHILADELPHIA. NEW YORK tall church steeple that pointed 1p into the soft evening air, was a 1. “How did it get there?” was the amid loud cheers | Alice i in PETER’S-Land said the Fish Footman, m_ to the Duchess to the PETER’s Cnocotate luncheon.” “TL be there, too,” said Alice, “That big cake he has in his hand simply makes my mouth water, PETER'S =o CHOCOLATE Pure and Delicious as the Breath of Spring Flowers It is a Revelation to the Chocolate Lover FREE SAMPLE and illustrated booklet, “An Ascent of Mont Blanc," n request LAMONT, CORLISS @ CO., Sole importers, Dept. P, 78 HUDSON STREET, NEW YORK, “ From the Queen,” “An invit A Life STORY is told of an Englishman who on for a doctor while staying Saver. “Me callee in another doctor. He givee me medicine; me velly, velly bad. Me another doctor. He come and give me more medicine, make vell, velly, badder. Me callee in Sing Loo, He no come. He savee my. life.” y allee in had oc in Peking his servar “he savee “Really?” queried the “Yes, me tellible awfu TRAVEL in LUXURY PROCURE AND CAREFULLY READ THE CHARMING NEW WORK ‘“‘Historic Sites and Scenes of England” WESTERN A Beautiful Souvenir Before planning your Tour in England RAILWAY (OF ENGLAND) Original, concise, reliable and useful. Over 120 choice and original illustrations. Exclusive information, routes, maps, &c., of great interest to all classes of Travellers, ‘Can be seen at the principal Libraries and Hotels, and obtained at a cost of 25c. at the various Bookstalls. Also at: International Sleeping Car Co.’s Office, 281, Fifth Ave., New York Messrs. Cook and Son’s Office, 261 and 262, Broadway, New York Mr, Frank C. Clark’s Office, 113, Broadway, New York ©LD CROW RY E = os WH I Ss K EY SOLE BOTTLERS, NEW YORK, H. B. KIRK & CO., comicbooks.com