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This page (175) is primarily **advertisements and miscellaneous content** rather than political satire. The "Revised Maxims" section at top appears to satirize **WWI-era political rhetoric**, parodying famous quotes by altering them. References to "the German navy," "Kiel," and "Winston Churchill" suggest this is from the World War I period. The section mocks grandiose war statements—replacing Churchill's actual quote with "Winston Churchill" as a joke about failed military strategy. The "Cynical Parent" cartoon jokes about daughters learning nothing of practical value. The remainder consists of **period advertisements**: Beech-Nut bacon/food products, Hotel Bossert in Brooklyn, Carstairs Rye whiskey (established 1788), a book on British imperial evolution, Capewell horseshoe nails, and a cartoon showing a woman being shod like a horse—a dark joke about marriage/domestic servitude. The page reflects early 20th-century advertising alongside mild social commentary about war and gender roles, typical of Life magazine's satirical-but-commercial format.

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Revised Maxims A la John Bull PROPOSE to muddle it out on this line, if it takes all this summer and the next and the next.” “Eeny, meeny, mina, mo, catch a Moslem by the toe; if he hollers let him go} eeny, meeny, mina, mo.” “You can drive the German navy into Kiel, but you cannot make it sink.” “Beneath the rule of men entirely at, the censor is flightier than the “The race is not always to the Win- ston Churchill.” “Nothing succeeds, in the end, like failure.” Cynical Parent “What are your daughters studying now?” “Nothing.” replied Mr. Cumrox “They've learned all about musie, paint- ing an’ literature. All they've got left to learn is not to bother people with them.”—IWashington Star. An Uniquely Attractive Hotel One rarely finds a hotel in any large city that offers the same exceptional possibilities for com‘ort and nce as does the Hotel Bossert ts situation is exclusive and of quiet charm, its ‘osphere refined and homelike, its management enced, its cuisine and service of the highest Sider. Located on the aristocratic Brooklyn Heights with a sweeping view of the harbor, yet within 20 minutes of the center of New York The rooms, suites, apartments and rates are equally attractive.” Transient and residential. Montague-Hicks-Remsen Streets, Brooklyn BAKE your BEECH-NUT BEECH-NUT PACKING CO. CANAJOHARIE, NEW YORK. Makers of Beech-Nut Peanut Butter; Beech-Nut Tomato Catsup; Beech-Nut ‘Chili Sauce; Beech-Nut Oscar's Sauce; Beech-Nut Jams, Jellies and Marmalades; Beech. Nut fections—Chewing Gum and Mints ASK YOUR DEALER Cacogenics JF cusenies is the science of improv- ing offspring, then we ought to have a word for the science of injuring off- spring. For this, cacogenics will do very nicely. It is the exact antonym and formed in a perfectly regular manner. The proper study of cugenics begins with cacogenics, The first task the eugenist should set himself is to seck out and eliminate all those things which are injuring the race Then the eugenist can turn his atten- tion to the job of working out beautiful idealities, But when he has thoroughly mastered cacogenics, he will probably find himself more than half done and that the rest can safely be left to the beneficent laws of ‘nature. obvious tairs R} ne CSR Haus EST. 1788 Twenty-nine Years Before the First Canal Wa: Carstairs notch” of fection—so much enjoyed in the “ old times refillable bott s Built Rye had reached the “top perfection. This same per- good —is yours today, in the non- A Good Bottle to Keep ey Good.” ORIGINS AND DESTINY OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN By J. A. CRAMB Net, $2.00 A profound and brilliant study of the gradual evolution of the English ideals of freedom. E. P. DUTTON & CO., 681 Fifth Ave. N. Y. Examine the Nail Head Next time your horse is shod get a look at the nails. On cach Capewell nail head there's a trade mark like thi The Capewell is the world’s best oxil— best at a fair price, not cheapest regard- less of qual holding, €: Capewell. To get the safest, best jest driving nail you must insist. upon The The Trade Mark makes its identity easy. “IT's NO USE MINUTES once.” T HAVE BEEN HERE TEN AND SHE HASN'T SCREAMED Ccomicbooks.com