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This page is primarily **advertisements and humor content**, not political cartoons. The main elements are: **Advertisements:** Liqueur Pères Chartreux (French liqueur), Philip Morris cigarettes, Club Cocktails, and Great Bear Spring Water dominate the layout. **Humor Section ("Our Foolish Contemporaries"):** Three brief anecdotes satirizing everyday absurdities: 1. A child asks why the orchestra conductor "hits" the soprano with his stick 2. A jury member admits he convicts defendants simply because they're on trial ("if he ain't done nothing, why's he there?") 3. A man moving houses sarcastically tells an overly-obvious acquaintance he's taking his furniture "for a ride" **The cartoon** (lower right) shows two well-dressed men—one gesturing dramatically—with caption "A Misty Night" referencing Sixth Avenue locations, likely depicting a comedic urban encounter. The page reflects early 20th-century Life magazine's mix of product promotion and gentle social satire about human foibles and miscommunication.

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YELLOW EDEL The original and genuine Chartreuse has always been and still {s made by the Carthusian Monks (Pores Chartreux), who, singe thelr, expulsion rom France, have been’ located at Tarragona, Spain ; and, although the old labels and insignia originated by the Monks havo been adjudged by the Federal Courts of this country to be stilt the exclusive property of the Monks, their world nowned product {s nowadays known as * Liqueur Peres Chartreux.”” At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafés. Baer & Co., 45 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Sole Agents for United States. SORE OEOME b Unnecessary Noises The celebrated soprano was in the middle of her solo when little Johnny said to his mother, referring to the conductor of the orchestra, “Why does that man hit at the woman with his stick?" “He is not hitting at her,’’ replied his mother. “ Keep quiet. “Well, thei Success. what is she hollerin’ so for? ’’— A Lawyer once asked a man who had at various times sat on several juries, “ Who in- fluenced you most, the lawyers, the witnesses, or the judge? '’ This was the man’s reply: “I tell yer, sir, ‘ow I makes up my mind. I'ma plain man, and a reasonin’ man, and I ain’t in- fluenced by anything the ers say, nor by what the witnesses say—no, nor by what the judge sa I just looks at the man in the dock, and I says, ‘If he ain't done nothing, why’s he there?’ And I brings ‘em all in guilty.”"—Bell- man, GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER “It's purity has made it famous” -LIFE: Different from All Others 1.28: 100, $2.25: Phun ot cork tipped. M nctat your Mrs. Nicwotas Loxcwortm, at a dinner in incinnati, told a quaint story about a pre- cocious boy. “They are very precocious, deed,” she said, “those little chaps from E or Rugby, with their round, sober their quiet air. A very pretty American girl was talking one evening in London to one of these urchins, ‘And have you got a swecthe yet, Tommy?? she said, playfully. * s Tommy; ‘still, I'm game enough for a bit of spooning, if that's what you're after.’ ""—Sctur- day Evening Post. Asurvittr, N. C.: The four-season resort of the South, Tue Manon, the English-like Inn of Asheville. His Object Most of us are acquainted with the person who asks obvious questions—the sort of man who stops you in the middle of a headlong rush and asks you if you are in a hurry. Mr. E is one of the pests and during a walk abroad the other morning he paused in astonishment outside a friend's house. Before it stood three huge mov- ing vans; the lawn was almost covered with articles of furniture of wardrobes and china ious sorts—pictures, And there was his old friend B., begrimed, weary and ill-tempered, di- recting operations in his shirt-sleeves. “What, B."’ exclaimed Mr. E., “sare you mov- ing? “Not at all—not at al elaborate sarcasm, “I'm for a ride! ""—Independe snapped B., with king my furniture out Good Jubrication is essential to the life of an Automobile. Use PANHARD OIL. It's standard. PHILIP MORRIS ORIGINAL LONDON | CIGARETTES Anywhere and everywhere, they’re always the proper thing to smoke. CASBRIDG! the retwlar size AMBASSADOR after-dinner size In Little Brown Boxes A Club Cocktail Is A Bottled Delight -a_mixed-to-measure blend of fine old liquors aged tp a wonderful’ mellowness. Once drink CLuB COCk- TAILS and you'll never want the guess-work kind again. Martini (gin base) and Manhattan (whisky base) are the most popular. Get a bottle from your dealer. HARTFORD NEW YORK LONDON The Automobile in Minnesota We took a spin with Johnson the other day aboard his automobile. it is a powerful beast with four pairs of battle lanterns and a turtle shaped deck, a voice like a wild gander, and darts along the road with a sound of an ap- proaching downpour. There is the strength of twenty-five horses in the engines, and a ride on one of its cushions does not remind us of any- thing, for we never had one like it before. Its brazen entrails give out a vicious hiss as if ready to burst with power. It gives the feeling that man has gone beyond his rights and created a brazen monster to annihilate time and distance. —Bronson Budget. A MISTY NICHT “WHERE AM 127" “SIXTH AVENUE.’” “AH MEAN, WHAT TOWN? '? Poli All AM co ‘TH comicbooks.com