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This page is primarily **advertising and light entertainment**, not political satire. The main content includes: 1. **"Rhymed Reviews: Dinner"** — A humorous poem by "Oscar" (attributed to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel) satirizing pretentious New York dining culture. It mocks the affectation of fancy French dish names while confessing preference for humble "finger sandwiches" at five cents. The joke: haute cuisine snobbery contrasted with ordinary taste. 2. **Colorado tourism advertisement** — Promotes the "Rocky Mountain Limited" train with romantic imagery of mountain scenery and leisure travel, typical early-20th-century travel marketing. 3. **Minor advertisements** — For Cape Cod vacations, Sterling Blue Tubes (car tires), and Spilman-Mixture Cigarettes. 4. **"It Proved Fatal"** — A brief humorous anecdote about a child's misunderstanding of medical care, using the phrase "had the doctor dreadfully" as a pun. The page reflects early 1900s American consumer culture and leisure travel rather than containing political commentary or complex satire requiring historical context.

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Send yous vacation onf Quain t Cape ‘ape Cod Heal for vacations—seashore, wos, Soi country, fishing, boating, bathing. Send for free beautifully illustrated book. A., Room 185, New Haven, Conn., mes Ary orin Neve Ha Haven & Hartford R. R. Rhymed Reviews Dinner (By “Oscar.” The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel) This gastronomic jeu d'esprit Is all the rage with true New Yorkers, Both men and maids of high degree; For sundry leading wine-uncorkers “ Sheepshead, Portugaise,” from other Approve its While more commend, viewpoints, The ode to “ Lobster, Mayonnaise,” Or that sweet canzonette on “ Blue- points.” Combined in “ Salmon, Polignac,” Are dreams of culinary scholars: And kindly note that “ Canvasback ” Is worth the sum of five whole dol- lars. Ah, quaintly-tinted “ Artichoke,” Thy name alone implies a ballad! And what fair fancies love to cloak "Neath thy green leaves, O “ Endive Salad”! However, while the author means But well, no doubt, our temper ruffles To find plebeian “ Pork and Beans” Near “Fresh Goose Livers, Served with Truffles.” Still, all acclaim his genius, where He boldly features such devices As flaming “ Péches au feu d’Enfer” With “Coupe St. Jacques” or “Fancy Ices.” Let this the “ Terrapin” extol, And that the praise of “Sweet- bread” utter; Let Croesus prize the “ English Sole,” Or “Stripéd Bass, sauté, with But- ter"; But I, amid all aliments From Yorkshire Buck to Canned-Witch Will choose (it only costs five cents!), ” The timid, shrinking “ Finger Sand- wich.” Salem Arthur Guiterman One life you have to live. Live it gloriously this summer in COLORA There the very air has life in it, and gladness. Sunshine penetrates your heart; the strength of the rock-ribbed hills, your limbs; the crystal purity of lakes and streams, your mind. Nature flings before you her mightiest trappings; you feel like singing all the time. You don't know what life means until you've been in Colorado. And you don’t know what traveling means until you step aboard the de luxe Rocky Mountain Limited —daily from Chicago to Colorado Springs and Denver direct— This unrivaled train is ready for you The utmost in luxury and rest. Only oe one Colorado, only one fy, 7 Rock Island to the Rockiee —in all the world. Other good trainsevery day from Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha and MempbhisforColo- rado, Yellowstone Park and the Pacific Coast. You'll find our profusely illustrated book ‘‘Under the Turquoise Sky’’ and other booklets of great in- terest. Write today. Pass. Traffic Mer. 6 La Salle Station Chic: UL Box of 10, 2Sets : $2, $1.25; 100, dealers we Sead prepaid upon rect E Holtman’ Company. alive. GC Yet eat Cegabelaso Different from All Others Pints of cork oped. HW nce at your | 2179 Madison St. Chicsao_| Sterling Blue Tubes give more Service than any other. teri ct and price list on request. They are the strongest tubes made,| Ere Never porous and do not oxidize and grow brittle when not in use. erling Tires they cut your tire troubles to a minimum. Combined with Dealers everywhere. Book-| Sterling Rubber Works, Rutherford, N. J. 1 17 Russia leads the way in planting for ests and America in devastating them.— Wall Street Journal. It Proved Fatal Little Ethel came running into. the house one day with a very sad face. “ Mamma," she cried, “my dolly. has been dreadful sick and died and gone down to God.”” “What was the matter with dolly?"" her mother asked “Te had the doctor dreadfully,” replied. —National Magazine. your Ethel