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This page contains mixed content: advertisements, poetry, and editorial promotions rather than political cartoons. **"The Inhuman Race"** cartoon (top left) depicts a figure labeled "HCL" (likely representing high cost of living) racing or struggling, satirizing economic hardship—a common 1920s concern. **Political content** appears in the "Old Valentine" poem section, which references Republican Party politics. Mark Sullivan and Mr. Bird discuss whether Herbert Hoover will be nominated as a presidential candidate. The implicit joke: Republican leaders won't nominate Hoover because he's not a "member of the lodge"—suggesting party insiders control nominations regardless of merit. **The Poe section** celebrates Edgar Allan Poe as America's only universal European ambassador through literature, noting his acceptance across European nations—a cultural nationalism argument. The page primarily advertises Scribner's Magazine content and Bellans antacid, making it more advertising-driven than satirical.

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WITHIN A FEW DAYS nail at a fair price— not the cheapest re- tardless of quality. Remember! Ail ood horses need bit ‘apewell nails to Vay world’s best hold their shoes. THE CAPEWELL HORSE NAIL CO., Hartford, Conn XACTLY as Theodore Roosevelt told it to his friends, you can tread in Scribner’s Magazine fer February his picturesque, amus- ing account of his almost royal progress from court to court in Europe when he journeyed from Khartoum to London in 1910. § John Fox’s novels have had more than two million readers and have been seen by many more as moving pictures and plays. His last novel of all,“ Erskine Dale—Pioneer,”’is a fitting climax to a great career as a fiction writer. J The newStatesof Europe, which arescarcely morethannames, have been visited by Major E. Alexander Powell and described in his Scribner articles under the title ‘The tts, says: New Frontiers of Freedom.”” § Another much-disputed an hand picked ye place, Shantung, is pictured by C. LeRoy Baldridge, the slic vote, without which a famous artist of ‘‘ The Stars and Stripes,” and described ican President cannot be politically by Nathaniel Peffer of ‘“‘ The China Press.” teste § Sir Sidney Colvin" the friend of the great Victorian writers, gives his reminiscences of the romantic Tre- lawny, Victor_Hugo,.and Gambetta. § Henry van Dyke in his department, ‘‘Guide-Posts and Camp- Fires,’’ has a pleasing satire on ‘‘Insularity.”” J There is a tale about Parlor-Bolshevists and a negro ghost story. § Also poems and essays and a discussion of the Finan- cial Uncertainties of the New Year by Alexander Dana tere louins up the cheerful: prospect Noyes. § This number of Scribner’s is a reflection of that T. Koosevelt will control another { : eg iectce | new times and new conditions. THE INHUMAN RACE An Old Valentine 1 it all the long years gh, vered it with kisses; the best that I can do, e is now a Mrs. , and Ever Shall Be S SUMNER BIRD, Pro- Republican leader in And Mark Sullivan says: Xepublican party leaders have he faintest intention of nomi- nating Hoover. They are not going to neminate anybody who is not a member of the lodge, so to speak. Mr. Bird says no old-guard candi- date will do; Mr. Sullivan says no other hind will be allowed. Already 6 BeLLans Hot water. D Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION Poe MERICA has had only one am- bassador to Europe as a whole, although, of course, we have had am- bassadors to many individual Euro- pean countries. The ambassador in question was Edgar Allan Poe. In every country in Europe—if not, in- deed, in the whole world—Poe is ac- cepted as our one great literary genius. French, Spanish, Italians, Swedes—all are brought up on Poe, and when they are of age they voluntarily continue the diet. The latest European to per- form this useful operation was the Spanish novelist Ibafiez, who declared on a recent visit to New York that he looked upon Poe as his “literary and spiritual father.” “A® = they people worth knowing?” “T fancy not; they have only one car for the whole family.” comicbooks.com