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This page contains advertisements and satirical content from an early 1900s *Life* magazine. The main cartoon humorously deconstructs the famous (fabricated) anecdote of young George Washington confessing to chopping down his father's cherry tree—a myth used to teach honesty. The joke mocks how the story gets muddled in retelling, with characters confused about whose tree was cut and by whom. The larger feature advertises Charles Edward Russell's articles in *Success Magazine*, pitching them to businessmen frustrated by political interference: tariff manipulation by manufacturers, Standard Oil monopoly concerns, the Ballinger scandal, and labor/vice issues. Russell apparently offered business-friendly solutions to Progressive Era problems. The advertisement's tone is somewhat patronizing, dismissing "stupid" citizens while appealing to "intelligent" ones who feel overwhelmed by corruption. This reflects early 1900s concerns about corporate influence and reform, before major antitrust action.

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ee a | U OXYGEN TOOTH POWDER Most refreshing to the mouth. Whitens the teeth and prevents decay. Mixed with water, it produces peroxide of hydrogen. Dentists advise its use. prescribe it. Droggiats sell it — "50 Sample and Booklet free on request. McKESSON & ROBBINS - NEW YORK Sparks From Old Anvils (Continued from page 299) “But his father came home and saw first thing, and. ” w the hatche “No, saw the apple-tree. And he said, ‘Who has cut down my favorite apple-tree??” “What apple-tree?” “George's father’s. And everybody said they didn’t know anything about it, and——" “Anything about what?” “The apple-tree.” “Oh!” “And George came up and heard them talking about it——” “Heard who talking about it “Heard his father and the men.” “ What were they talking about?” “ About this apple-tree.” “What apple-tree?” “The favorite tree that George cut down.” “George who?” “George Washington.” “Oh!” “So George came up and heard them talking about it, and he——” “What did he cut it down for?” “Just to try his little hatchet.” “Whose little hatchet?” “Why, his own, the one his father gave him.” “Gave who?” “Why, George Washington.” “Ohl” “So George came up, and he said, her, I cannot tell a “Who couldn't tell a lie? George Washington. He ather, I cannot tell a lie. It “ His father couldn't “Why, no; George couldn't.” “Oh George? oh, yes!” LIVER UPSET? Try Hunyadi Janos NATURAL APERIENT WATER Avoid Unscrupulous Druggists “*Tt was I cut down your apples tree; I did——'” “His father did?” “No, no; it was George said this.” “Said he cut his father?” “No, no, no; said he cut down his apple-tree?” “No, no; his father's.” “Ont” “He said—” “His father said?” “No, no, no; George said, ‘Father, (Continued on page 301) Sy “Wwity DID YoU CHOP DOWN THIS LIT- TLE CHERRY TREE?’’ “BECAUSE IT WAS TOO MUCH OF A JOR TO TACKLE THE BIG APPLE TREE.” A Talk with Thoughtful Business Men of America Are the Politicians Meddling in your Business ? Are you puzzled over the rising cost of living, the Sugar ‘Trust scandals, railway regu- lation, the relation between the white slave. traffic and our municipal governments, the Bal- linger muddle, the Standard Oil decision? Surely Business Men are not All Bad—You Think? With the Customs Service debauched by the big importers, with the tariff forced up by the big manufacturers, with our national resources looted by the financial pirates, do you sometimes wonder what this country is coming to? Down in your Secret Heart of Hearts— : Do you sometimes feel that the problem— the nation-building problem—will never, neoer, be settled by sentimental reformers. Sometimes does your Head Just Ache with It All? Sometimes do you Feel like Letting It All Slide—and Going Fishing? THEN LISTEN! One Thoughtful Man has Solved the Problem He has worked his way through the tangle which is puzzling all America, and has found the truth, His name is Charlee Edward Russell. In a Series of Epoch-making Articles in Success Magazine Russell is Setting Forth the First Intelligent Analysis of the Problem. The Power Behind the Republic AND NOW— If you are a Stupid, Self-satisfied itizen— stop right here. If you are an intelligent—but puzzled— citizen you have simply got to read these articles. You won't be able to evade them, ‘The ideas they contain will seek you out and hammer themselves into your brain. Simple as truth, clear as light, Russell has here formulated the only proposition ever offered for reforming our business and political structure which business men can take seriously —as business men FOR EXAMPLE—READ THIS “What Business Wants It Will Have” —because, in the present condition of society, ¢ first necessity ov ing ail else is that Business + on; a great, J, resistless univerta keeps driving it on.” Ic will trample over its way as a great herd of butlalo on the p trample over a wayfarer— without the } sciously, unintentionally, and mer Nothing must be allowed to stop “ Business is the Nation’ 's Heart!” These Articles—Every One a Foundation Stone in the New America—are Appearing Monthly in SUCCESS MAGAZINE 10c. A COPY $1.00 A YEAR comicbooks.com