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This page is primarily **advertising and humor columns** rather than political cartoons. The main satirical content includes: **"Good Government" joke**: Mocks civic incompetence in "Plunkville," where officials have tried a mayor and commission without success, now considering giving city management to a magazine—absurdist commentary on government dysfunction. **"Poor Brown" anecdote**: Dark satire on poverty and insurance—a dying poor man learns he can't afford operations, but the doctor reassures him since his insurance pays *after death*, making the operation acceptable. Bitter commentary on how medical care is inaccessible to working-class people. **"About Time"**: Gentle humor about a young suitor overstaying his welcome; the father uses his daughter as intermediary to hint bedtime, but the suitor politely declines. **"Saying No"**: Linguistic satire featuring Irish-dialect verse showing verbose, repetitive speech patterns common in Irish storytelling. The page is dominated by period **product advertisements** (whiskey, cigarettes, mineral water) typical of early 1900s Life magazine, which combined social commentary with commercial content.

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NED SALAS ASVAL AAS AASV A NAY A PUN I Se ee a SSS ee a Se a aS Se Sok HUNTER BALTIMORE RYE RIPE RICH MELLOW a Beld at all Mrst-ciass cafes and by jobbers. WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. Good Government “What's the trouble in Plunkville?” “We've tried a mayor and we've tried a commission.” “Well?” “Now we're thinking of offering the management of our city to some good magazine."—Louisville Courier-Journal. In a Pinch, use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE. Poor Brown “Sorry, Brown,” said the doctor, after the examination. “You're in a very serious condition. I'm afraid I'll have to operate on you.” “Operate!” gasped Brown. “ Why, I haven't the money for operations. I'm only a poor working man.” “You're insured, are you not?” “Yes, but I don’t get that until after I'm dead. “Oh, that'll be allright,” said the doctor consolingly.—Lippincott's. “ Mary!" Father's voice rolled down the stairs and into the dim and silent parlor. “Yes, papa dear?” “Ask that young man if he has the time.” A moment of silence. “Yes, George has his watch with him.” “Then ask him what is the time.” “ He says it is 11.48, papa.” “Then ask him if he doesn't think it about bedtime.” Another moment of silence. “ He says, papa,” the silvery voice an- nounced, impersonally, “he says that he rarely goes to bed before 1, but it seems to him that it is a matter of personal preference merely, and that if he were in your place he would go now if he felt sleepy !"—Harper’s Bazar. Caron! Ritters—Best Tonic and Appetizer. No home com- plete without It. Sample on receipt of 25 cents Oct. C. Blache & Co., 78 Broad St., N. Y., Gen'l Distrs. Saying No The author of Pat M'Carty, a recent book of verse with a setting of prose, shows how naturally some of the Irish. men of Antrim dilute the wine of nar- rative with the water of verbiage. In the excerpt helow—" The Way We Tell - BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS WATER Guaranteed by Buffalo Lithia Springs Water Co,, under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906, Prescribed by Physicians for URIC ACID, GOUT, RHEUMATISM, DIABETES, ETC. CLUB LINEN AND Ve-LOUR Menatiich and "rug backs patented, ‘ jue, brows, green. (2c per pack. Gol where or seat ‘on receipt of pric yi SBT guest gould on reer price, ‘Ker i tor Cay Dept 1. RADCLIFFE & CO. 164 Pearl 5. Now York a Story"—the diluent is used with particularly free hand: Says I to him, I says, says I, Says I to him, I says, The thing, says I, I says to him, Is just, says I, this ways. I hev, says I, a gret respeck For you and for your breed, And onything I cud, I says, I'd do, I wud indeed. I don’t know any man, I says, I'd do it for, says I, As fast, I says, as for yoursel’, That's tellin’ ye no lie. There's nought, says I, I wudn't do To plase your feyther's son, But this, I says, ye see, says I, I says, it can’t be done. —Youth’s Companion. “The Li Brown Box CAMBRIDGE CXtmescties ZC SADOR ip Mor wae 35C Have the entree to the most exclusive circles. In Cork and Soos after the arrival of the first baby, his ‘wife went upstairs one evening and found him standing by the side of the crib and gazing earnestly at the child. She ‘was touched by the sight and her arms stole softly around his neck as she rubbed her check caressingly against his shoulder. He started slightly at the touch. “ Darling,” he murmured, dream- ily, “it is incomprehensible to me how they get up such a crib as that for 99 cent Argonaut. GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER “ Its purity has made It fame comicbooks.com