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This page is primarily **advertising and financial announcements**, not political satire. The top features a Morton Trust Company advertisement listing officers and financial details. The main content consists of brief humorous anecdotes typical of Life magazine's satirical style: **"Realism"** mocks newspaper editors who write grandly about topics (like bridge engineering) without practical knowledge—a jab at armchair journalism. **"A Slight Gap"** satirizes genealogy snobbery: a young woman claims perfect lineage back to seventeenth-century England but cannot connect one eighteenth-century ancestor, making her ineligible for exclusive hereditary societies. The joke targets both genealogical pretension and the arbitrary gatekeeping of elite organizations. The page's dominant feature is a **Great Northern Railway advertisement** promoting Western vacation travel to Montana, Idaho, and Washington, emphasizing mountain climbing and fishing as restorative activities. A secondary advertisement promotes "The Keeley Cure," a medical treatment for alcohol and drug addiction. No identifiable political figures or cartoons appear on this page.

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MORTON TRUST COMPANY 38 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK Capital, . - - = $2,000,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits, $8,201 ,262.72 OFFICERS: Leet p. Morton, Preshient Thomas: Ryap, Vice Pres Chases I Alten, Vice Pres. James K-Contire, Vice Pres, LAL. Franc, secretary, Pact D. Cravath, Counsel EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Morton Paul D. Cravath F. Rvan G.G, Maven Charles 1. Allen James N. Jarvie dward J. Berwind Jacob U. Schitt Harry Payne Whitney Realism P IN the tower of the Times Building the city editor was dashing off his leading editorial,’ vs Arthur Train in a “realistic” magazine story newspaper life. When Mr, Train tackles a sea- sry he will probably m i bridge and oil the engine. SAUERREDSYES, Natural, palin, obemnin, For stomach aieetio, be Lasting Hrothers, Agents, 8. Ye manager of a shipyard is reported to have sembled his men together in the time office told them to vote in a municipal election as they sed, “In fact, I shan’t tell you how Iam going ," he said, “but after it is all over I shall have x barrel of beer brought into the yard.” (Hear, wart” shouted the men.) “But I shan’t tap it un- + Mr. Blank gets in.” Argonaut Y DARLING George, I have received your nice letter, and I hope you will send me a check by return, You wouldn't believe it, dearie, vat for the life of me Tcan’t think of anything else write about!" —Sporting Times A Slight Gap EALOGIST, like a poet, must be born, made. The naive statements offered by sans whose one desire is to show a lineage which secure them admittance to some exclusive zation drive the genealogist to rage or “L don’t see why I can’t join the ‘Daughters of Early Founders," said an indignant young olan to a friend. “My line is perfectly clear xcept in one place, It’s so absurd!"” ‘What is the troublesome place?” asked the it’s in the eighteenth century,” said the ny woman, with much irritation. | “They just » the records, of course. Of all foolish I can remember back to grand- , and mother remembers two more "re perfectly sure our ancestors over from England in the seventeenth centur: «© name is spelled a little different, but, of course, hey, because they must have come. And just I haven't been able to connect them with at-great-grandfather in the ciehteenth , they won't let me in, It’s so—so paltry!” Youth's Companion. STATE of frenzy—almost any country south of Mexico.—Harvard Lampoon. REAT NEA SPRING WATER te purity has made tt famou The Call of the West Is in the lure of the mountains, woods and lakes in the glorious summertime. Nature demands that we leave our tasks to recuperate our energies. For your vacation trip why not go to the mountains of Montana, Idaho, Washington? Climbing the glacial peaks of the Rockies, fishing in the Kootenai, or traversing the canyons of the Cascades are better tonics than ever druggist compounded. Lowrates every day this summer. To Spokane, The Koo- To Wenatchee, Eastern Return. Te Gr a F Ms, Helens, To Seattle, Tacoma, Port- pci; Belton tLeke McDonald), Whitefish and Return. Westminster, Victoi From St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and Superior. Return limit October 31. Liberal stop-overs. Proportionately low rates from Chicago and all eastern points. lickets are first class and good on the “Oriental Limited” or “Fast Mail” Write or call for information regarding routes and rates from your city. cel M_ LOWRIE Ghitekco Rew oR GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY for Liquor and Drug Using A scientific remedy which has been skilfully and successfully administered by medical specialists for the past twenty-seven years. At the following Keeley Institutes: Yortand, Ste. Grand Rapids, Mich. s i 365 So. College Ave. N. Lenin, comicbooks.com