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The cartoon titled "Fashion's Dilemma" satirizes women's fashion practicality: a woman carries something at her waist but doesn't know where to put it—the joke being that modern women's clothing has no functional pockets, forcing them to carry items awkwardly. This reflects early 20th-century frustration with restrictive, impractical women's fashion. Below are humorous anecdotes about relationships and class. "Sure Symptom" jokes that a man must be in love if his car repeatedly tries to escape (climb trees/jump fences) when near his date—absurdist humor mocking romantic behavior. "Mrs. Belmont's Irony" quotes the famous suffragist O.H.P. Belmont making a sardonic point about gender: men claim superiority over women, yet women can detect men's love, while men often fail to recognize women's feelings—even false ones. Her subtle smile suggests satisfaction in this logical reversal of male superiority claims. The remainder is advertising for Crane's stationery and Club Cocktails.

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