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This page is primarily **advertising and light humor** rather than political satire. The main content includes: 1. **"The Fringe of Art"** and **"The Pickle Look"** — two brief anecdotal humor columns featuring socialites and European nobility (Elibu Vedder, Prince Wilhelm of Sweden) in comedic situations. These mock bohemian artists and aristocratic pretension. 2. **Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne ad** — a cartoon showing a man declaring he wants "what I want when I want it" at "none better at any price," satirizing consumer desire and brand loyalty. 3. **Studebaker automobile advertisement** — the dominant ad, praising American vehicles as superior to European standards. 4. Small ads for Guyot Suspenders and a bread/stone substitute comparison (questioning inferior substitutes). The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and light social comedy rather than serious political commentary.

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The Fringe of Art LIHU VEDDER, the painter, lives in Rome, where he has a beautiful apartment, and in ri, where his white villa looks down on the sea. “Elihu Vedder,” said a y York illustrator the her day, “tis as bohemian as ever. Fame has not viled him. I visited him last year, and his bohe- n ways were delightful. “You know they tell a story of a visit that he once sid to Alma Tadema, in London, in that glittering se which Mrs. A. T.’s money, made in grateful, vforting cocoa, bought. ““The morning after his arrival, very carly, before ven the servants were up, Vedder began a thunder- s knocking on his host’s sandalwood door, “Alma Tadema turned in his gold bed, threw ck the lace coverlet, sat up. “‘Who's there? What is it?’ he cried, in a startled | “1 say, Tadema,’ shouted Vedder, ‘where do y ep the scissors that you trim your cuffs with 2” sshington Star. cn, told a New The Pickle Look PRINCE WILHELM, of Sw York reporter that Americans al] worked hard d looked happy. “In my country, ird, too, but we have not your happy ps it is the climate, At any Sweden that is typical, a stor ca of our national expre: { our national character. “A Frenchman visite the prince went on, “we work look. Pet that will give you some yn, though not, I’m sure, Swede in Stockholm, and morning the two friends set out for a walk. Sud- deoly the Frenchman exclaimed impatiently “You look as sour as a pickle. Why don’t you 2? Why don’t you have a pleasant, ed air when you are out of doors “What!? "growled the Swede, And have ev pping me for a match, or asking me hov Times. Jew Vou re plenty of books telling | aiting for the doctor. Bocker: Yes. What we need is one telling the sung doctor how to save his life while waiting for © patient.—Harper’s Bazar. CHAMPAGNE Jy what I want.” None better et any price. ate, we tell a story in| good- | |Studebaker has reversed the condition once e) sary for the particular purchaser to turn to European markets. private vehicle. OT the least con- spicuous advances in American Country Clubs et TEDESCO CLUB SWAMPSCOTT MASS. standards are in those relating to the It is due to two in- fluences—that of the ever-increasing requirements of fine vehicles for both city and suburban use, and the ideals held before the public by the leading maker. Asa result there has come to be none more appreciative of the finer points of vehicle excellence than our own people, who realize that In reaching the height of perfection in design and equipment mastered by these vehicles, Studebaker has en- joyed the invaluable stimulus of the appreciation of the most critical among owners of choice American stables. The same impetus to producing the very best has likewise aided in establishing the standard of Studebaker harness and accessories, found in great variety at every Studebaker re- pository and in so large a proportion of the country’s perfectly equipped stables. STUDEBAKER BROS. MFG. CO., SOUTH BEND, IND. Largest Vehicle Manufacturers in the World REPOSITORIES NEW YORK CITY—Studebaker Co. of New York, Broadway and 48th S CHICAGO, ILL.—Studebaker Bros, Mi Co., 378 and KANSAS CITY MO; —Studebaker Bros. Co. of California, Market and ‘388 Wabash Avenue, . 13th and Hickory Streets. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.—Studebaket Bros, PORTLAND, ORE.—Studebaker Bros. Co., Northwest, 330 and 336 East Morrison Street. ing, when is was neces- SEATTLE, WASH.—Studebaker Bros, Co., Northwest, so8 1st Avenue, S. co! Studebaker Bros, 1sth and Blake Streets, S, TEXAS—Studebaker Bros., Mig Co., 317 and 310 Elm Street. roth Streets, ‘GENUINE GUYOT IF YOU ASKED FOR BREAD AND A STONE WERE OFFERED INSTEAD USPENDERS Webbing Inimitable Buttonholes Indestructible for the name CHGUYOT on wouldn't you laugh a and shake off the dust of that shop from your feet? What, then, do you think about any other substitute offeredas “JUST AS GOOD” OR “CHEAPER?” comicbooks.com