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This page is primarily **advertising and commercial content** with minimal satirical elements. The main features include: **"A Club Cocktail"** - A humorous piece mocking elaborate homemade cocktail recipes, popular during Prohibition era (when commercial alcohol was banned). The joke emphasizes that complex preparations still cannot replicate professional bartenders' skill. **"His Trouble"** - A comic dialogue between a motorist and a repair mechanic, satirizing the era's unreliable automobiles and the proliferation of mechanical problems—a common frustration as cars became widespread. The page is otherwise dominated by product advertisements (Ford automobiles, Pyranol Sauce, hay fever remedies) typical of 1920s magazine layouts. The satirical content reflects contemporary concerns: Prohibition, automobile reliability, and domestic inconveniences.

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Dut urist sto ica- » C, Ww ssyl- rR AClub.Cocktail TSAROTTLED DELIGHT “THOUSANDS 3 have discarded the idea of making their own cocktails,—all will after giving the CLUB COCKTAILS a fair trial, Scientifically blended from the choicest old liquors and mellowed with age make them the perfect cocktails that they are. Seven kinds, most popular of which are Martini (Gin base), Manhattan (Whiskey base). ‘The following label appears on every bottle + Guaranteed under the National Pure Food and Drugs Act. Approved June 30th, 1906. Serial No. 1707. F, HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sole Props Hartford New York London Sold merit ia « pyramid foundation BRIDGE WHIST SCORES Regitere 0 Fat OR | Lencn res, Or You cam stir your coffee with a pewter spoon; but do you? Lithographing bears the same relation to printing that silver bears to pewter. You can keep score on a printed pad ;-but will you? We lithograph scores by the million and charge no more than you pay for printed stuff. 36 original styles for every sort of play or player. Ask for “RAD-BRIDGE” the universal standard. Of Dealers eoerywhere or the Manufacturers RADCLIFFE & COMPANY Lonpon: 3 Alderagate Bidgs.,.C, NEW TORE: 144 Pearl 2t. His Trouble A SMALL, quict-looking man, smoking a large cigar, sat by the side of a medium-sized auto- mobile that was drawn out of the road as a large touring-car came along, driven by a man with an interrogatory aspect. ‘The man in the touring-car slowed up and leaned over. “ How long you been here?” “About two hours.” “Can't you find out what the matter is ?”” “Ne “Inlet-valve all right?” “Yes.” “Trouble with spark-plug?” “Think not “How are your batteries ?”” “oO, “Haven't got a short-circuit, have you?” “Oh, no.” “How's your commutator?” “Great.” “Perhaps your worm-gear is clogged ?” “No—all clear.” “Got any gasoline in your tank ?” “Plent “How about your circulation; cylinder isn't bound, is it?” “No, sir.” “Tires seem all right?” “Never better.” “Well, maybe your vibrator isn’t adjusted.” “That's all right.” “Have you Jooked at your carbureter?” “Ve “How about the cam-shaft ?"”” “Grand.” “Have you tightened your connecting-rode, examined your clutches, and gone over the differ ‘The man in the touring-car paused a moment, and then looking at the stranger by the roadside said at last: “Would you mind telling me, sir, inatter with that machine of you In answer, the man pointed to a large red farm- house in.the distance. ce that house out there ?”” just what's the he asked. r, there isn’t anything the matter with this machine, but since noon my wife has been in that house kissing her sister’s first baby good-by. When she gets through, if you are not over a thou- sand miles away, and will leave your address, I will telegraph or cable you the glad news at my cwn expense." —Collier's Weekly. Monetary ONEY is the root of all evil.” “Yes, and it grows best by the grafting process."’—Baltimore American. But He Meant Well ALLER: So sorry to hear of your motor ac- cident. THUSIASTIC Motorist: Oh, thanks; it’s noth- ing. Expect to live through many more. “Oh, but I trust not.”—Home Magazine. YOUNG mother in Spokane had engaged a new nurse for her baby. The nurse came to her and said: “I don’t know what's the matter, madam, but the little one cries and cries. I can do nothing to quiet it.” The mother thought a moment. Then, brightening up, she said: “I remember now. Baby's last nurse was a Southern mammy, You will find the stove polish on the third shelf of the kitchen closet.” —Exchange. FORD Time is the friend of Fords— it proves that in peionnaee, endurance, reliability and economy these cars have no rivals, no peers. And Fords increase in value while others deteriorate by comparison. To-day there are over 9,000 Ford Runabouts on the road— every car is running every day and fect owner is happy—ask ‘em. “Watch the Fords go by.” $600 Model “N,” 4 cyl, 15H. P. Write for catalog and address of ypur nearest Ford agent of branch. Ford Motor Company 263 PIQUETTE AVENUE, DETROIT, MICH. DON'T SUPFER FROM HAY FEVER THIS SEASON the COMFORT NASALYILTER, practically Invisible, i satay S pollen, dust asd other foreiye substances fro: reed arta of the nasal covlty by thtering’ the it ioe linen We guarantee beneficial results. ‘The COMFORT NASALFILTER 1f you want 10 Keep teced us $e 50) ‘one cent stamp vill cover cost of return. Universal SupplyCo. Central and 4th St., SE, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. comicbooks.com