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This page is primarily **advertisements and book reviews**, not satirical content. The main elements are: **Left column**: Book reviews listing recent publications on progressive topics (Jane Addams on peace, municipal governance, tariffs) and a humorous short item about "Fastidious Pet Birds"—anecdotes about finicky bird behavior, notably one refusing a conventional bath dish until given a Japanese one instead. **Right side**: Two full-page advertisements—one for Ayala "Magnet" champagne (marketed as the premier champagne for important social events) and one for the Overland Limited train service (Union Pacific–Southern Pacific), emphasizing luxury travel comforts. The bird story appears mildly satirical in its anthropomorphizing of refined tastes. The advertisements reflect early-20th-century American affluence and leisure culture. No political cartoons or significant satire appears on this page.

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= Books Received Newer Ideals oj reace, vy jane Addams, (The Macmillan Company. $1.25.) Ralph Waldo Emerson, by George E. Wood- berry. (The Macmillan Compary.) The Heart of a Woman, by Almon Hensley. (G. P. Putnam’s Sons.) Dangers of Municipal Ownership, by Robert P. Porter. (The Century Company. $1.80.) The New Internationalism, by Harold Bolce. (D. Appleton and Company. $1.50.) Truthjul Jane, by Florence M. Kingsley. (D. Appleton and Company. $1.50.) The Secret of Toni, by Molly Elliott Seawell. (D. Appleton and Company. $r.5o.) The Diamond Ship, by Max Pemberton. (D. Appleton and Company. $1.50.) The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square, by Mrs. Henry de la Pasture. (E. P. Dutton. $1.50.) Captured, by General Charles King. (R. F. Fenno and Company. $1.50.) Whistler, by Elizabeth Luther Cary. (Moffat, Yard and Company. $4.00.) A Sealed Book, by Alice Livingstone. (R. F. Fenno and Company. $1.50.) Federal Power Over Carriers and Corporations, by E. P. Prentice. (The Macmillan Company. | $1.50.) Guenevere, by Stark Young. (The Grafton | Press. $1.25.) The Blind Man at the Window, by Stark Young. (The Grafton Press. $1.25.) The Tariff and the Trusts, by Franklin Pierce. (The Macmillan Company. $1.50.) Fishing and Shooting Sketches, by Grover Cleveland. (Outing Publishing Company. $1.25.) Town and City, by Frances Gulick Jewett (Ginn and Company. 50 cents.) | The Will to Be Well, by C. B. Patterson. (The | Funk & Wagnalls Company. $1.20. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, by A. C. Benson. (Mitchell Kennerley. $1.25.) Lije’s Shop-Window, by (Mitchell Kennerley. $1.50.) Fastidious Pet Birds BiRPS are like human beings, differing greatly in character, likes and dislikes. They are, moreover, extremely whimsical. To train them successfully one must study their dispositions. One feathered pet of my acquaintance refused to sleep at night unless it had a cracker in its cage. This dainty was not to eat, from his lordship’s point of view, but to perch upon. ‘The whim of another was never to bathe in the conventional white dish provided for this purpose. However, as he seemed heartily to enjoy shaking the drops from a wet lettuce-leaf, thus making an im- promptu shower bath for himself, it was not hard to see that the dish was at the root of the objec- tion, not the water itself. One day, instead of the ordinary bath, a Japanese dish was placed in the cage. Immediately the tiny esthete plunged into the gaily colored dish and took a splendid bath.—Cirdle. Victoria Cross. COREY threatens to take a three years’ wed- ding trip, but there are hopes that he may be induced to prolong it.—Philadel phia Ledger. 7 FLORIDA, CUBA, SOUTH, ATLANTIC COAST LINE Office: Cor, Broadway and 30th Street AYALA “MAGNET” The Premier Champagne HE enviable reputation of this, the finest of all Champagnes, is recognized and appreciated by con- noisseurs everywhere. In Europe, as in the United States, it is generally the wine selected for important social events. For sale by Messrs, Blathenthal & Bickert, Atlanta, Georgia. R. L. Christian & Co., Richmond, Virginia. Dellheim & Co., Birmingham, Alabama. Levi & Ottenheimer, Cincinnati, Obio. Chapman & Wilberforce, San Francisco, California. National Importing Company, Memphis, Tennessee, Richards & Sons, Mobile, Alabama, Levy & Lewin Mercantile Co., Denver, Colorado. Steuben County Wine Co., Chicago, Illincis, Edward Biock & Co., Kansas City, Missouri, ACKER, MERRALL & CONDIT COMPANY, NEW YORK, How Luxury Relieves Fatigue When travelling long distances nothing is more essential to comfort than exquisite decorations — elegant woodwork and pleasing color effects in tapestries. All such detail, electric lights, periodicals, pa- pers and the latest books make the trip to California via The Overland Limited a rare pleasure instead of a tiresome journey. The Union Pacific— Southern Pacific is full of wonders. Inquire of EB. L. LOMAX, G. P. Aw Omaha, Neb. comicbooks.com