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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire. The dominant content features two Santa Fe Railway ads: the "Santa Fe de-Luxe" train advertisement (top left) prominently advertises luxury rail travel between Chicago and Los Angeles, emphasizing first-class service and dining cars managed by Fred Harvey. The "California Limited" ad (bottom left) similarly promotes southwestern travel, including Grand Canyon tours. The right side contains unrelated content: a "Mum" deodorant ad, a short story titled "The Fool's Request" (medieval in setting), another story fragment called "Misunderstood," and an "Overholt Rye" whiskey advertisement. There is no political cartoon or satire visible on this page—it represents typical early 20th-century magazine content mixing editorial material with paid advertising.

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“Mum” cs sure of your comfort and enjoyment in theatre or ball-room— Prevents odors such as that of perspiration by neutralizing ther | cause without injury to the skin or clothin od depart i jum," sead us his name and 25 cents and we will seod ‘a Jar postpaid, Mum Mfa¢Co 1106 Chestnut St Philadelphia The Fool's Request There is a story of a fool at a conti- nental court, in carly days, who stirred vp-all the wrath that could be contained the heart of the lord chamberlain t exact an imitation of his voice and so reastic a description of his character as to excite roars of laughter in every soul in the banqueting room, from the sovereign beneath the dais to the seul- lion at the door, waiting for the dirty plates. The angry chamberlain encount cred Sir Fool an hour afterwards, when he communicated to the later his inten tion, at fitting opportunity, to see if a few inches of his poniard could not stop the loquacious folly of the other forever The merry-andrew flew to his princely aster and sought protection for his life. “ Be of good heart, merry cock!” said the prince. “If the chamberlain dares run his dagger into your throat fis throat alter the day after. I will h as high as Ha ter promise of sorry con solation in it. He may thrust his knife between my ribs to-morrow—and couldn't q you hang him the day before? we — Aw Indian sage © said: “ There ees = 2 are six things which abide not: The } The dining-cars are under management Ww ay >| ae shadow of a cloud, the friendship of ie ” fools, the love of women, overflowing ea rea cape iit . Wealth; the bg wha opséesecthi. and rs lying pra ug Grand Canyon of Arizona On request will send our booklets felling about a delightful journey to winterless California, throu: the Southwest Land of Enchantment. W.J Black,Pass. Traffic Mgr. AT§SFRy System 1062 Railwny Exchange. Chicago e | @liforniaimifed. ee Exdusively for first-class travel Theyear round s : A Old . Overholt Rye years’ sponded to what he thought was a cur- Misunderstood In the fall there was presented at a w York theatre a historical drama ! a new dramatist—a play so bad. that even the critics didn’t have the heart next morning to tell the whole tr about it. At the end of the third when the suffering spectators were writh- ing in their scats, a stout man sitting well down in front began to utter loud crics. A number of kindly disposed per- sons took up the chorus and in another minute the misguided playwright had re- tain call and was standing before the footlights bowing his appreciation and mumbling inarticulate words of thanks When the author had withdrawn him- self the stout man's companion turned upon him angrily. “What in the world did you mean,” demanded the friend—“‘ yelling for Author! Author! like that? “I wasn’t yelling. fog Rit,” answered the fat man with much indiination. “1 ing for ether.” —Saturday Evening Post. Keen, warm, vital—cap- tured from the hot sun it that vitalized the rye. i A stimulant are fu, ty—a dependable, Gal) pure rye whiskey | bottled in bond. A. Overholt & Co. Pittsburgh, Pa comicbooks.com