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This page is primarily **advertising and literary content** rather than political satire. The main elements are: **"Cheap Exercise" anecdote**: A brief humorous Scottish story about a stranger attending a funeral solely for the free carriage ride his doctor recommended—satirizing penny-pinching practicality disguised as medical advice. **"Rhymed Review"**: A lighthearted verse summary of Edith Wharton's novel *The Reef*, mocking romantic melodrama through exaggerated plot complications (love triangles, governesses, moral dilemmas). The reviewer pokes fun at Wharton's earnest portrayal of "feminine emotion." **Advertisements**: The page features vintage product ads—Jaeger wool underwear, Panama Canal cruises, Allen's Foot-Ease powder, and a Battle Creek electric light bath—typical early 20th-century marketing emphasizing health and leisure. **No political cartoons appear** on this page. The humor is social/literary rather than political, targeting Victorian sentimentality and commercial consumer culture.

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LIFE- Sanitary Underwear oi worse: Chills and colds are practically eliminated by the use of Jaeger Pure Wool Underwear. Seven weights to choose from. Recommended by leading physicians everywhere. Samples and explan- atory booklet on pplication Breoklya: $04 Falow H] Pores Sekesewee St. Chagos 128 N State Se Agents in all Principal Cities Cheap Exere’se At a funeral in Scotland a stranger ise- ky, clad in solemn black had taken a place for | in one of the carriages. His presence of | had attracted the curiosity of one of wn, i the other three occupants, who thus ad- i P| dressed him: “he 4 “Ye'll be a brither o’ the dead?” | “No,” replied the gloomy stranger, | “I'm no brither 0” the dead.” ey : “Well, then,” pursued the curious 7 mourner, “ye'll be his cousin?” My ] “No, I'm not that,” was the reply. my | “No?” went on the insatiate querant sot j “Then ye'll be a friend?” ; “Not that, cither,” admitted the stranger, “To tell the truth, I'm not weel myself, and as my doctor has or- dered me to take some carriage exercise sid I thought this would be the cheapest way to take it.” 8, —San Francisco Bulleti | | 4 ] ed 4 v | tuise Feb. 4, | Steamship RED Cc! of the ] D CROSS LINE J TJ cat Panama, Hamilton, Bermud: s- + toalo and Kingston, Jamaic: Cub C- | Li Pree DAYS $100. ‘00 UP. | t- | saull samber ated. No ditteuites inc Peano le 7 iages or conveyances at ports of call, e : illustrated booklet 10¢ | BOWRING & CO., 17 Better 71 Flees: New York a | or Any Tourist s j = a | ALLEN’S a ; FOOT-EASE ee Tas Antiseptic poder shaken jato the shoes for a quarter century. 000 testimonials. mail, 3§ Trade-Mark. Sold everywhere, 2Sc. Sample FREE Address, Allen 8, Olmsted, Le Roy, The Man who put the EEs in FEET. Rhymed Review The Reef (By Edith Wharton. D. & Co.) Appleton That sweet young widow, Anna Leath, While somewhat cold and slightly narrow, Was quite the dearest thing beneath The sun to ardent Mr. Darrow. He'd traveled miles to tell her how He loved her, when, as if to daunt him, She telegraphed, “Don’t come just now,” He judged from that she did not want him, And, falling into Satan's snare, Pursued, for lack of something finer, A reprehensible affair With reckless little Sophy Viner. 'Twas after twenty weeks or so That Anna wrote her swain a letter Which brought him to her French chateau To drag her off for worse or better. And Darrow wooed with great suc- cess; But, having won his lovely trophy, Discovered that the governess Of Anna’s child was none but Sophy ! And worse and worse—as bad, in fact, As Death, or songs by George M. Cohan— Miss Sophy had a marriage pact With Anna's hopeful stepson, Owen ‘The Truth came out. would!) It went through Anna like an ar- (I knew it row; And, being simple, pure and good, She felt she could not marry Dar- row. Her heart, one scarcely needs to state, Was torn 'twixt Doubt and Love's Devotion, For Edith Wharton's simply great In painting feminine emotion. Normal Poise—per- fect equilibrium of mind and body. Normal weight— normal appetite and spirits. ‘The Battle Creek ElectricLight Bath gives the cleansing sweat with tonic effects akin to the radiance of sunshine. It helps you to look, think || and act normal—at normal cost. We have some in- teresting, scientific but practical and simple books to send you. Please write. Sanitarium Equipment Company 267 West Main St. Battle Creek Michigan Yet Love prevailed and Doubt was slain. She married Darrow, naughty rover. They shipped young Owen off to Spain; For Sophy nobly threw him over And sailed for India’s coral strand— I hope she'll wed some far-descended Ameer or Khan, or give her hand To some great Rajah, rich and splendid —Arthur Guiterman, comicbooks.com