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This page is primarily **advertising and consumer content** rather than political satire. The main items are: 1. **Boston Garter ad** (top left): Promotes men's garters with three types for different occasions—practical product advertising. 2. **Corbin Car ad** (right, dominant): A testimonial about why the author bought a Corbin automobile, emphasizing reliability, low maintenance costs, and practicality over a competitor's vehicle. This is straightforward automotive marketing. 3. **Minor content**: A cartoon about a husband hiding things in furniture (domestic humor), a book advertisement for "Sexology," and Abbott's Bitters ad (bottom). **No political satire is evident.** The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and gender-specific product marketing (garters, automobiles). The humor is domestic rather than satirical.

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Boston Garter Viet’ is made to suit all tates, both os $0 typeiand syle. isiateral ar higher wade. The webb ote bay and wl ren ti a lasicity, giving maximum service. are stra Fast proof, col eos THESE THREE TYPES cover any man’s needs ‘seasons oF occasions. The “Cord” is the oe fe ace “Bostoh Garter” ; “Needraw”™ for summer wear (no metal next the ad,” a recent type exceliing in comfort and growing in favor. The trade marks “Velvet Crip” and “ Boston Garter” stamped on the loops. 8. , IT GETS ME WOW THAT WORM EVER DUG HIS WAY INTO THIS SOLID STUFF.” A Happy Marriage Depends largely on a know!- edge of the whole truth about self and sex and thelr relation to life and health. ‘This knowledge does not come intelligently of itself, nor correctly from ordinary every-day sources. SEXOLOGY (Uliustratea) liam H, Walling, A.M., M.D., imparts in a clear, me way in one volume : Knowledge Young Man Should Have Kuow ieee 4 SI Knowledge a Young Woman Should Have. Rgcuiedge a Young Wife Should Have. Dow lee jother Should Have. Knowicdee a Mother Shomid Tmpart to Her Daushter. Medicai' Knowledge a Wife Should Ha . All in one volume, IMustrated, $2, postpaid. hoe "Other People's Opinions" and Table ot Cootents. Puritan Pub. Co., 776 Perry Bldg., Phila., Pa. Never Wears Out Why I Bought a Corbin Car Y NEIGHBOR had one. He was a good neighbor, too. He often invited my wife and I 10 *‘take a spin’’ with him and his wife. Occasionally I would ride in town with him in the morning to my office. At the end of the day’s work he sometimes called around and took me home through the boulevard and parks, You know, I always stood pat on the fact that I didn’t want a car—didn’t need one—couldn’t afford it, Yet my income was as much, if not more than Neighbor's. It didn’t take me long however, to discover that the mornings I rode to town with Neighbor I got to my office cleaner, quicker and in a better mood to meet the day’s demands, than when I had been a victim of crowded street cars or hot, dusty trains. Nights when he would call for me, I would arrive home in a different frame of mind than if I had spent twenty minutes or half an hour on the train or hanging to a strap in a street car. Finally, it dawned upon me that an auto would be just the thing for those little week-end trips —that it would keep my family and myself healthy and happy by taking advantage of the open air. Then I woke up to the fact that it was not what J wanted, but what J actually needed—A Cor- bin Car. Of course, I wouldn’t buy anything but a Corbin because of its ability to stand up under every- day, steady, hard use—because its low cost of maintenance, its simple mechanism and ease of handling, abundance of power and strong, durable construction, had been thoroughly proven and tested by Neighbor to my entire satisfaction. Then again, the price $2,000, also included the equipment such as Im- ported Magneto, Prest-O-Lite Gas Tank, Headlights, Side and Tail Lamps, Batteries, Q. D. Rims, full kit of tools, etc. If you have put off buying because you feared the ‘expense of main- tenance”’ or the ‘‘real practical value'’ be sure and write today for their beautifully illustrated catalogue, giving you the facts on all phases of the question of buying an automobile, also the name of the nearest dealer so that you may see and test the Corbin Car, Then you be the judge. CORBIN MOTOR ais, New.-Britain?: Conn. mS Bite The Limit tong he should speak, that witty officer The services in the chapel of a cer- tain Western university are ftom time to time conducted by eminent clergymen of many denominations and from many cities. “There is no limit, Doctor, upon the time you may preach; but I may tell you that there is a tradition here that the most souls are saved during the first twenty-five minutes."—Lippincott's All but That “My present patient,” said the pi On one occasion, when one of these visiting divines asked the president how nurse, “is a peevish old millionair Makes the best cocktail. A pleasing aromatic “Never mind. He may ask you to Wine. spiritand soda beverages. Appetising. health~ marry him.” fut, to use with Grape Frult, Oranges, Wine Jelly. A® y Wine Merchants or Drazgists. Samote by mail, 2 im stamps. CW. ANBOTT & COx. Baltimore, Ma. “Yes, he may. He has about run out of other requests:"—Kansas City Journal. comicbooks.com