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This page from *Life* magazine (undated but likely early 20th century based on style) contains primarily **advertising and light humor columns**, not political cartoons. The main content includes: **"Luncher to Luncher"** – A humorous column in verse mocking wealthy businessmen's dining habits. The jokes play on class pretension: references to "Charon's ferry" (death), expensive wines ("sherry"), and the satirical suggestion that eating lunch is somehow morally wrong or excessive. The column gently ridicules upper-class affectation and overconsumption. **"Something in It"** – A brief joke about politicians displaying "horse sense," typical period humor about governance. **"Misplaced Precision"** – A domestic humor piece about a mother correcting her daughter Dorothy's speech, mocking overly-fastidious etiquette instruction. The page is otherwise filled with **period advertisements**: Whiting Papers, Calox tooth powder, Hunter Whiskey, and a *Sexology* book—representative of early-1900s marketing to middle and upper-class readers. The satire is mild, class-conscious, and genteel rather than sharp political commentary.

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For Fine Correspondence or General Business Uses Luncher to Luncher Whiting Papers are Standard Ge luncher, do yoH heed 4 Quality counts! The stationery you use con- ow ihe startledidoctors whoop veys a definite impression of your character and That you're giving way to greed? individuality. G h: 1 . [James the soap") individuality. Get whatever appeals most to you in surface and texture, but don’t sacrifice quality. Do you know, my City man, - You are always safe in buying the Whiting Papers. That you're bound for Charon’s ferry? i \ \ They have enjoyed an enviable reputation as the Make your prandial meal less pran. a . [* James, the sherry."I standard in fine writing papers for nearly half a century. Busy men, like you and me, H od When you think of Writing think of Whiting h, Must decline the proffered dish If in ruddy health we'd be, j ‘4 U‘ James, the fish.) i ‘9 03) CNTATMININT. Shall digestion, stung but just, OTTO Sy tnieeoeme _— WHITING PAPER COMPANY {‘ James, the Volnay.”)] NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO wri KA Ca aI a Luncheon is a thing to shun. If you lunch, you ought to stop Ata glass of milk with bun, (James, the chop.”) Practise self-control; and soon A Happy Marriage To the waiter turn your blind You will shame the busy bees Depends largely on @ know) edge of the whole truth ¢, and let your “ Hold: enough" Bey i i 'y your active afternoon. about self and sex and thelr Intimate your strength of mind. (James, the cheese.] relation to life and. bealth, (James, the duff.) This knowledge does not . come intellizently of itself, Caront Bitters. Are stamped with the hall-mark of genuine- Buck up, luncher; don’t be blue. nor correctly from ordinary, ness and origi . Constant users are our best friends. Row to Diet's ruthless will. every-day sources, Oct. C. Blache & Co., 78 Broad $ w York, Gen'l Distrs. Titan do it. You ca, 100, SEXOLOGY —_— (James, the bill."} —The London Globe. . (CUlustrated) by William MH. Walling, A.M., Mf.D. imparts in a clear, ‘ wholesome way in one volume Something In It Ki Should Have. Witte: Paw, what is a stable govern- Have. ment? Paw: When the party in power dis- plays horse sense, my son. —Cincinnati Enquirer. a Allin one volume. Mlustrated, $2, postpald. “ Farmer, did mother accept you the ‘Write for “Other People’s Oplsions” and Tabte of Coatents It’s the Oxygen (in the form of peroxide of hydrogen) in first time you proposed to her?” Calox that renders it so perfect a cleanser and whitener of wy, : A . the teeth. Dentists advise its use. Physicians prescribe it. Yes, my dear, but since then any pro- All Druggists, 25 cents posal that I have ever made she has Sample and Booklet free on request scornfully rejected.” McKESSON & ROBBINS - NEW YORK —Detroit Free Press. Ash for the Calon Tooth Brush, Be. “Oh, I just love cake, and it’s awfully = nice!" cried little Dorothy, regarding her chocolate-frosted dessert with high approval. “You should not say you ‘love cake,"” reproved her mothe! y you ‘like? it and don’t say ‘awfully’; say ‘very Don't say ‘nice,’ but ‘good.’ And, by y, the word ‘just’ should be = omitted, and also the ‘oh.’ Now, my dear, repeat the sentence correctly.” “T like cake; it is very good,” repeated a Doroth: HEALTH “That is much better,” said ber mother. HOSPITALITY But Dorothy was far from being satis- fied. “It sounds as if I was speaking of AND GOOD CHEER bread,” she said, with an air of disgust. —Youth’s Companion. Sold at all frat-ciass cates and by jobbers WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. Sticed Oranges with a dash of Abbott's Bitters are ape tizing and healthful, Sample of bitters by mail, 25 cts, in stamee C.W, Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md. comicbooks.com