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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains three product advertisements from circa 1911: 1. **Crichton Bros.** - A London silversmith offering Old English silver at London prices 2. **Waterman's Ideal Safety Fountain Pen** - The main advertisement features a decorative tree-framed design promoting a leak-proof pen marketed as safe for women to carry in bags/trunks without ink escape. It emphasizes convenience for outdoor activities (golf, automobiles, boating). 3. **Solarclipse Motor Lamp** - An automobile headlight with dual-beam functionality for country and city driving. The "From Our Readers" section contains reader letters on religious/political topics and a humorous advice column segment about unmarried women over fifty. These are editorial content, not cartoons or satire. The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture and gender assumptions (pens marketed specifically for women's safety needs).

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a on RIGHTON BROS.— of London Siversmiths Old English Silver At London Prices The choice of pieces is the largest ever offered in the United States and is constantly being re- plenished by the London House. Corner Sst St. 636 Fifth Avenue New tcrx LONDON : 22 OLD BOND STREET From Our Readers (Continued from page 702) the Catholic sovereigns and primates, past and present? From any such exploitation of our America by religious or political dom- ination, I cry with Brother Stone- street, “Good Lord, deliver us.” Yours very truly, Joun C. Witson, Wraster Groves, Missouri. March 15, 1911. A Word to Priscilla Dear Lire: Once in a great while you meet with a woman who is fifty years old or over. Not very often, I admit, but such beings do exist. These rare creatures may have no children, or their children may be grown up and married, and another visit from the stork would be as unexpected as a gleam of common sense in your Pris- cilla. Now after putting in eight c In the Open The fountain pen you have used for years i style termed Waterman's Ideal Safety Pen, ‘Safety’ princi- pally because it is entirely safe for women to carry in hand. bag cr trunk, in any position, as no ink can escape. The Safety is well termed the ‘‘Out-Door-Pen”’ for, since it ray be carried upside down or any way, it provides the pen which the women folk and children can carry around and use for their vacation writing. The safety feature will be especially appreciated by men, when the belt becomes the only substitute for the convenient pen pocket of the vest and this ready Safety takes its place in the trousers’ pocket. Golfers, autoists, boat people and all present-day lovers of out-of-door life will find this Safety Pen the greatest boon to their convenience that has ever been produced for writing. ‘Waterman's Ideal Safety Pen has all the superior qualities and writing advantages of the universal Waterman's Ideal, in addition to being so made that the cap screws over the ink barrel and corks it. Handsomely finished and strongly made. 14 kt. gold pen (all degrees). Will last for years. Ask Your Dealer. Avoid Substitutes. L. E. Waterman Co., 173 Broadway, N.Y. 8 School St., Boston. New No. 115 So. Clark St., Chicago 17 Stockton St., San Francisco. 6 Rue de Hanovre, Paris L. E, Waterman Company, Limited, Montreal Kingsway, Londor. SOLARCLIPSE The Double-Efficiency Motor Lamp Solarclipse is the lamp with two fields of ight—long and short rays for country and city, The long beams penetrate far into the distance. ‘i The Steet, 5878 ite widespread, al- lowing the driver to practically see arotind corners. You may use both at once, or the short rays alone, the change being made from the driver's seat. Solarclipse tours and convenient in passing through cities and towns where search- light beams are prohibited. {Ve make Solar Lamps for all known motor needs, including electric hts, limousine limps and side and tail lights; combination gas and electric headlights. combination oil ond electric side and tail lights, combination oil and gas motor truck lamps, Write for the book that tells all about them. (124) hours a day in the wife-and-mother or sister or sweetheart business, how are they to employ their leisure? Some of these poor ladies have brains (inherited, of course, entirely from their male parents), and it seems to them that affairs in general are of more interest than bridge. Lassoing a child of twenty-five or thirty years, forcing him into a cradle and rocking him to sleep in order that comicbooks.com