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This page is primarily **advertisements and literary content**, not political cartoons. The main text discusses "The Literary Zoo," a satirical essay about magazine publishing by W.T. Larned. It mocks the literary magazine industry as a "Potter's field" where unsuccessful writers publish, comparing it to a burial ground for creative corpses. The piece critiques how magazines easily recruit writers from the "literary bread-line" and notes the irony that while talented contributors exist, the magazines themselves mysteriously fail. A small humor piece, "A Law-Abiding Child," quotes a parent informing a health officer their infant has measles "as required by act of Parliament"—mocking British legal bureaucracy through absurdist humor. The page is otherwise dominated by **product advertisements** (Ly-O-Durk hair tonic, Hunyadi Janos water) and promotional material for **Country Life in America** magazine and art catalogues. Three landscape paintings are featured as illustrations. There are no political cartoons per se on this page.

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FOR THE HAIR - LY-O-DURK Alcohol destroys the oil cells and dries up the roots of the hair. A hair tonic contaiaing alcohol does not promote growth or prevent hair from falling. Instead it retards the natural processes. Crude oil is acknowledged to contain properties that make it unequaled as a scalp food and hair tonic. Its use pro- duces new growth and absolutely pre- vents falling hair and dandruff. LY-0-DURK contains no alcohol— itis crude oil. in the form of a reflped tonic which nourishes and stimulates the hair and heals the scalp. Crade oil or LY-0-DURK feeds the roots and destroys the injurious dand- ruff germs that clog the scalp and cause suspension of natural nourishment. LY-0-DURK Is healing and acts on ali heads with equal advantage. Not greasy —dries quickly—not inflammable—makes the hair light aad fluffy. Send one dollar, If the first bottle does not cure, we will send you a second tree of cost of refund the money. Write for interesting booklet and guarantee. CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS CO. PITTSBURGH, PA. to see the Lounger of The Critic and Putnam’s lay down her pen. (We feel sure it was a pen and not a type ma- chine.) And we are glad that Putnam's is not passing without benefit of Perry. A Law-Abiding Child. A health officer recently received the following note from one of the residents nally, we extend our compliments to the Bookman—legal descendant of Low- ell, sole survivor ina field on which the yellow leaves of frost-nipped literature are forever falling of his district: “Dear sir: I beg to inform you that my child, aged eight months, is suffer- ing from measles as required by act of Parliament.”"—Tit-Bits W. T. Larned. The Literary Zoo (Continued from page 699) actually it is a Potter's field, in which the infant corpses outnumber the adult At the outset the new enterprise seems promising. A staff of brilliant writers is easily rallied from the literary bread- line ever patiently waiting for its laurel and rolls. The essayists of Easy Street y respond to the call. An apprecia- n of no-matter-whom from the pen of Mabie, a depreciation by Professor ck, a filler sequence by Mr. Clinton Scollard, a topical verse or two dashed Miss Carolyn Wells’ dependable ion in psychol- e women’s clubs sit up and the looks as easy as lo; in And it generally is Neither Grub nor Not the authors who have ir best for the photographs in. dispensable to all real literary mag zines. Who then and what then? An embarrassing interrogation. We sympa thize with the bishop who was asked “ Why did the angels walk up and down der if they had wings?"" To which he shrewdly rejoined: “Is there any little girl in the class who would like to answer that question? '’ Jacob's Seriously and sincerely, we are sorry For BILIOUSNESS Try Hunyadi Janos NATURAL APERIENT WATER. Avoid Substitutes A SUMMER NIGHT. THE BIRCH. ROWAN AND PINE BY JOUN MACWHIRTER, R.A. EIN AMERICA Country Life in America is the maya- tine without equal for the bome. Its title defines it. [tis of surpassing inter- est to those interested in building, pl live stock, poultry, sports,’ dogs, nautics, automobiles, motor boat interior decoration, decorative gardening or anything that conduces to making home a more perfect and delightful place to live in and life itself more worth living: _ The articles in Country Lie a merica are by people who know. The illustrations are large and beautiful about 2,050 of them each year and every. ‘one of them interesting. You should know Country Life in Ameria, BY ALBERT MOORE. VENICE. BY J. M. W. TUR! OF INTEREST—TO YOU A large importation of the world famous BURLINGTON PROOFS has just been made. It is the intention of the importers to make a very special offer on this shipment just arrived. In order to bring The Burlington Proofs to the notice of every picture lover in America, an offer is outlined below which we believe will be of surpassing inte For years The Burlington Proofs have reigned supreme in Europe as the pict ar excellence {or the decoration of the home, and they should grace the walls of every picture loving home in America, There are three things necessary to the wide popularity of pictures: Ist—The subjects must be carefully chosen. 2nd—The pictures must be reproduced in the most perfect method. 3rd, and very important~Such pictures should sell at a reasonable price. The Burlington Proofs comprise forty of the most beautiful pictures painted in Europe and America in the last one hundred and fifty years. They represent all phases of art : portraiture, genre, sacred, legendary, landscape * seascape; many examples of the choicest work of such great artists as Frans Hals, Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gaiusborough, James McNeil Whistler, J. M. W. Turner, Sir Edward Burne-Jones. George Frederick Watts, J. B. C. Corot, Jean Francois Millet, J. L. E. Meissonier, Josef Israels, and others of equal importance. They are large size, measuring approximately 34 x 25 inches, mounted complete ready for the frame, and each picture has an engraved surface of from 20 to 24 inches, greatest dimension. They surpass in richness and beauty engravings for which we here in America have been in the habit of paying from $10.00 to $25.00 each, ‘The special introductory prices on The Burlington Proofs bowever, are but a very small fraction of the lesser amount, ABEAUTIFUL FINE ART CATALOGUE—FREE A. perfect little catalogue showing the full series of The Burlington Proofs has been sent us from London by the publishers. This little catalogue is a genuine work of art. Itcontains all of The Burlington Proofs in a perfect mezzogravure miniature. Sir Martin Conway, the great English critic, has contributed the introductory article to the catalogue, entitled “The Purpose of Pictures in the Home,” which is full of attractive ideas to those who love genuinely good art. Each miniature in the catalogue is accompanied by ahandred word description of the picture and of the art of the painter by one of the leading art writers of England. This little catalogue isa thing of beauty. You should have a copy. A REMARKABLE OFFER In order to introduce The Burlington Proofs widely, a special offer is now made that is undoubtedly the most remarkable one ever proffered the American public. An arrangement has been made with the publishers of “Country Life in America” to issue a Combination Offer that will bring you your choice of the beautiful pictures and “Country ife in America’ for one year at terms never before heard of. This offer is so remark- ably liberal that it will be necessary to limit it in time, and we would request, therefore, that everyune interested, primarily, in good pictures for the decoration of the home and, secondarily, in " Country Life in America,” the accepted leader of magazines in its field, send in at once for the beautiful Fine Art Mezzogravure Catalogue and for full particulars of our Special Combination Offer. It will please you, Send today, Send Coupon Today for Mezzogravure Catalogue pres Sie) 1 on Interested ie FREE Life in & t Doubleday, Page Art Co. 133 E. 16th Street New York City 2] Oe) MAIL TODAY............ Doubleday, Page Art Company 1) FAST teh ST, NEW YORK CITY. # speclal offer of ** Country mich purchase of Marling stve and full Information. Name jn full... 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