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This page contains satirical humor pieces and period advertisements from early 20th-century Life magazine. **Satirical Content:** The cartoons mock contemporary figures and issues. "Rip Van Winkle" jokes that nothing has changed in Congress—no legislation passes, no reforms occur. This appears to critique legislative stagnation. "An Ambiguity" recounts a Winston Churchill anecdote about wit at an army officer's expense. Other brief pieces satirize human nature and hypocrisy. **Advertisements:** The dominant feature is a Pabst Extract beer advertisement claiming to cure anemia in pallid young people—a dubious health claim typical of early-1900s patent medicine marketing. Below are ads for Crouch & Fitzgerald trunks and Calix tooth powder. **Historical Context:** These satirical sketches reflect concerns about Congressional ineffectiveness and showcase period humor. The medical advertisements reveal how unregulated product claims were, marketing alcohol as health tonic for young people—practices now considered fraudulent.

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OuR FOOLISH. < GNTEMPORARIE ’ A PHILOSOPHICAL FOWL \n aristocrat rooster of Custer. With hers of luminous luster, Remarked, “It is just, Man returns to h While I evolute to a dust RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip Van Winkt ing fresh as a d Success returned from his long sleep look and made his way to the village barber shop, not only because he needed a and shave, but also because he wished to on the news i ; said he to the barber, after he was} been asleep twenty | safely tucke replied the tonsorialist “Have 1 missed much? | “Nope, we bin standin’ pat.” “Has Congress done anything yet?" “Not a thing. “y one anything?" P Platt resigned? ope.” Canal built? * ‘ope “Bryan been elected?" J, say.” 8a rising up in the chair, | “never mind shaving the other side of my face. I'm | going back to sleep again."-—Suecess. Asueyitne, N. C.: The four-season resort of the ois insor the English-ke Inn of Asheville. AN AMBIGUITY The English Winston Churchill's repatation for wit is well know fon one occasion he made a neat little joke at the expense of a self-opinionated army officer, The incident occurred during a dinner in South Africa, and Mr. Churchill and the officer were seated side by side. Throughout the meal the latter was airing his views, until at last hill could stand it no long: Do you he said quietly, “1 met a man to-day who would gladly for: | feit £50 for the p of being able to kick you sit’ exclaimed the astonished task you to tell me his name at * replied Winston, that.” ton knowing,” demanded the other, | I'm not quite sure that I suppose T must tell you, It was a poor young fellow in the hospital who has lost both shell."—Cleveland his legs by the bi sof Leader STILL SUSCEPTIBLE . fulgety young man, and he looked with ¢ nat the wom next him, covered wit thick veil, 7 ave a a sha ntly tried to suppress. y anxious glances, the young —has that baby any—anything con ze he asked and pity puldin't he for most folks," she said. crying tone, “but maybe ‘twowld for you He's tect Youth's Companion. Eve: What are you thinking about, Adam? Aoam: Twas thinking no matter what kind of a record we make we can't charge much to heredity. | —The News. | AT BEAR SPRING WA “Ita purity bas made it famos Infuse Into Those Wan White Cheeks The Ruddy Glow of Perfect Health Is your complexion pallid and colorless? Are you listless and without vitality or ambition? Pretty sure signs these, that your blood has become impoverished. You are suffering from anaemia. There is nothing fatal about this malady in itself, but unless checked, more serious complications may result. Rapid growth or too much study frequently saddles this dreaded disease on young shoulders, sap- ping the vitality from boys and girls at just the age when it is most needed. Pabst Extract The Best Tonic is a powerful reconstructive agent and ideal nutrient for the anaemic. It contains the rich, tissue building elements of barley malt combined with the tonic properties of choicest hops. It retains all the food values of barley grain in predigested form and carries in it muscle, tissue and blood-making constituents. The nourishment thus offered is readily assimilated by the system and rapidly transformed into rich, red blood, giving men and women strength and energy to fight their daily battles. Pabst Extract, The “Best™ Tonic, being a predigestea liquid food, is wel- comed by the weakest stomach. It relieves insomnia, conquers dyspep- sia, strengthens the weak, builds up the overworked, helps the anaemic, feeds the nerves, assists nursing mothers and invigorates old age. At All Druggists—Insist Upon it Being Pabst Booklet and Picture ‘Baby's First Adventure’ sent free on request. PABST EXTRACT CO. MILWAUKEE, WIS Ask any ten discrimin- ating persons with sound white teeth what dentifrice The woman looked at him with a mixture of scorn they use, and nine out of the ten will tell you Crouch & Fitzgerald TRUNKS, BAGS and CASES 177 Broadway Above Cortlandt. 688 Broadway Below 4th St. 723 Sixth Avenue Below 42d St. QAYGEN TOGTH EQWOER. ALL Dru | eKesaon”a ‘iotting 8ila¥ Puleos here Ne Von, | AUTO and WARDROBE TRUNKS comicbooks.com