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This page is primarily **advertising with a brief story excerpt**. The main content is "Strangers in a Strange Land," a humorous dialogue between two characters—Humor (described as "quiet and portly") and Satire (with "sharply defined" features)—meeting at a country inn. Humor complains about being a stranger in America, saying people don't understand his ways. The advertisements dominate: Peter's Milk Chocolate, Galloway Pottery garden ornaments, Welch's Hi-Ball drink, and P&O steamship tours. The story's satire appears gentle—poking fun at Americans' incomprehension of English humor and social peculiarities—but without specific political references. It's primarily entertainment advertising rather than political commentary.

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For that between-meal hunger, when you long for something especially appetizing, nothing is moredeliciousandsustaining than PETERS Milk Chocolate The indescribable blend of finest chocolate, pure milk and the highest quality of cane sugar, is what makes Peter's the favorite milk chocolate. In Peter’s — the orig- inal milk chocolate—you will find the ideal be- tween-meal food and candy combined. "High asthe Alpe tm quality” When Nellie Became a Suffragette B her best friend: V'm not going to let it make the slightest dif- ference. By her best fellow: have to stand for it By her brother: By her mother: Misguided girl! By her father: 1 knew she would come around to my views. I suppose I'l A ressimist is a person who is sea- sick during ze of life. —Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph, the entire voy Strangers in a Strange Land UMOR and Satire once met at a country inn. Humor was rather quiet and portly, with a look of con- spicuous comfort. Satire’s features, on the other hand, were sharply de- fined. He was by no means, however, the unpleasant person which some imagine him. An air of ingenuousness and a certain sympathetic attachment to what was being said produced a feeling of keen interest in him and pleasure in his presence. They occupied a private room. “How long do you expect to re- main here?” said Humor. “T. really . don’t: know. I'm a stranger to America, Rather inter- esting place. I could keep very busy here—if the people took to me. But 1 don’t feel quite at home. They don’t seem to understand my ways.” Humor smiled. “They are peculiar,” he said. “I self have been living here for some time, but they don’t even understand me thoroughly, although they think they do. They often pretend that I amuse them deeply, but the large pro- portion of them are hypocrites. They are really a melancholy lot and try to conceal it by making out that they are on constant and familiar terms with me.” “That is not so singular as another thing I know—the fact that, although we are so closely related and really ought to have so much in common, we have never met before.” At this moment the landlord of the POTTERY” DOUBLES THE GARDEN'S CHARM hough your Garden be Small.a ‘Sun-dial Bird Font or Gazing Globe adds the Essential touch while your Plants will have New Beauty in Artistic GALLOWAY Pots Boxes and Vases. g AWealth of Suggestions for Making your Garden Attractive will be found in our Catalogue which we will mail upon request PEN- nN. co. and Winter Tours In INDIA. INSULAR & ORIENTAL ROE] RD LINE, 24 State St.,N.Y. The Welch Hi-Ball —a long, cold, spark- ling, satisfying, deli- cious, healthful drink. —You make it by simply placing a lump of ice ina tall \ glass, filling half with Welch’s, then with charged water. Add sweetening if you wish. They serve the Welch Hi-Ball everywhere —and you can make it at home with Welch's “Che National Drink” Welch’s is absolutely pure. It is the juice of the. choicest selected >} Concords, pressed when the grapes are fresh from the vines, _ In the exact, sani- tary Welch process the ex- quisite aromaand rich flavor of the ripe grapeis retained. Get the Welch Habit —it’s one that won't get you ~ If unable to get Welch’s of your jer, we will ships al deen’ pi for $3, ex prepaid ext of Omaha. Sample “Junior,” 4-ounce bottle, by mail, 10 cents. The Welch Grape Juice Company Westfield, New York inn, who bowed profoundly to Humor as a distinguished guest, but barely no- ticed Satire, approached with two cards. “There are two gentlemen outside who wish to mect you,” he said. Hu- mor glanced at the cards, as well as through the door at the two sombre figures outlined, Then he turned with a quiet smile to Satire. “TI now show you something more singular than the thing you have just mentioned,” he observed. — “ Those two fellows out there are apparently total strangers to each of us. Think of that. They wish to meet us for the first time.” “Who are they? “One is a professional satirist and the other a professional humorist.” comicbooks.com