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This page is primarily **advertising and literary content** rather than political cartoons. The main text features a **book review** of Sherwood Anderson's *Poor White* by Arthur Guiterman, satirizing realistic fiction that dwells excessively on small-town sordidness. Guiterman mocks writers who use "filth of small-town barber shops" as material, arguing that depicting mud and dirt isn't sufficient for great literature—a critique of Anderson's gritty naturalism. The page includes **period advertisements**: Cunard-Anchor steamship line promoting European travel (particularly polo matches in England), the "Wonder Health Belt" (a dubious medical device), and the University of Chicago correspondence courses. A **sentimental prose piece** titled "The Love of a Dog" celebrates canine loyalty, contrasting a dog's faithful devotion against human betrayal—typical early-20th-century sentimentalism. The **Musterole advertisement** promotes a mustard-plaster substitute for treating bronchitis and congestion—a common home remedy of the era. This reflects 1921 American culture: post-WWI optimism about European travel, pseudoscientific health products, and nostalgic rural Americana themes.

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AOA | EUROPE The incentives to travel abroad have always been many-fold. In addition to the longing for change of environ- ment, rest and recuperation, there is the ever-present desire to see the Old World with its historic scenes, treasures of art and all those many other things worth while. The field of sport has a special at- traction to offer this year in the In- ternational Polo Matches which will be played at Hurlingham, England, in June. Next season’s traffic to Europe is | likely to be heavy. Reservations should be made early and you should travel by CUNARD-ANCHOR There is no Better Way Fastest Passenger Steamers Apply 21-24 State Street, New York Or Branch Offices and Agencies throughout the (U.S. A. and Canada, Cn ‘Hicuer t Enucarion; Mon Easlish, Geach, Sranish, Gps Pao ee Binet ‘of Ciiags THE” WONDER™ HEALTH BELT —For Men and Women Health, comfort and style may be procured by weaving thi seta connrvced ealh belt, endorsed by rgeons and sat- ished users, AS. aright but durable eopert. Improves physical appearance; rebeves fatgue. A Well-Poised Figure _ 4 Thin conden een ba oronne i many coon noehe Basse well pomed, by wearing a Wonder Health Belt. It releases the tension on the internal ligaments, cocore the organs fo postion and functica in a normal, rakes the aren of the beck and vigor Wonder Health Belts are easy to adjust. from a strong light fabric. belt on FIVE das 1. Mf eathatactory, belt, Give walat erasare when ordering. The Weil Health Belt Co. 315 Hill St., New Haven, Conn. DRUGCGISTS: Weite for propasition | A poor beast you are if a dog never loved Rhymed Reviews | Poor White (By Sherwood Anderson. B. W. Huebsch, Inc.) O NE Hugh McVey of lowly blood | And low Missouri social standing, Was born upon a bank of mud Denominated “ Mudcat Landing.” A lanky, lazy, loafer-lout, His hands, his eyes, his brains were muddy, Till Sarah Shepard poked him out And made him work and wash and | Study. Divinely urged, he muddled round, — Impelled like gadfly-goaded lo From place to place, — until he found A berth in Bidwell, South Ohio. The people there were somewhat free: If I should say their conversation Was largely mud, | could not be Accused of gross exaggeration, But Hugh, whom women scared away, Avoiding cause for reprehension, Kept muddling on, till one fine day He muddled out a great invention. By this and more contraptions made As rich as mud, he married Clara, | A daring girl of higher grade | Who looked, I judge, like Theda Bara. Ye Scribes of old and recent crops, Both male and female of the species, The filth of small-town barber shops Is not the stuff for Masterpieces! Oh, Realists of vaunted worth, Our peck of dirt’s enough to swallow ; And though there's lots of mud on earth, That doesn’t mean you have to wallow! Arthur Guiterman. The Love of a Dog “Man, have you ever been loved by a dog? "Tis the truest heart in all the world save a woman's, ‘and you do well to study it, having no heart of your own. you. Take your pencil and write down on the bit of paper you have there that you've seen the heart of a dog. Write down that you've seen the heart of one who left his own kind to be with you—to fight for you, even against them. Write down that ‘tis a good honest heart with red blood in it, that never once failed, and never could fail “When a man’s mother casts him off, when his wife forsakes him, when his love betrays him, his dog stays true. When he's poor and his friends pass him by on the other side of the street, looking the other way, his dog fares with him, ready to starve with him for very love of him. ‘Tis a man and his dog I'm thinking against the whole world."—From “A Spinner in the Sun.” by | TEMPLE TOUR Myrtle Reed Mother Pins Her Faith to Musterole In days gone by, mother mixed a mustard plaster when father had bronchitis or brother had the croup, but nowshe uses Musterole. It is better than a mustard plaster. She just rubs it on the congested spot. Instantly a peculiar penetrating heat begins its work of healing —and without fuss, or muss or blister. Musterole relieves without dis- comfort. The clean white ointment sets your skin a-tingle. First, you feel a glowing warmth, then a pleas- ant lasting coolness, but way down underneath the coolness, old ‘Nature is using that peculiar heat to disperse congestion and send the pain away. Made of oil of mustard and a few home simples, Musterole is uncommonly effective in treat- ment of the family's little ills. It takes the ache out of grandfather's back. It soothes sister’s headache, It helps mother’s neuralgia. Mother pins her faith to it asa real ‘‘first aid.”” She is never without a jar of Musterole in the house. Many doctors and nurses recommend it. 35c and 65c jars; hospital size $3.00 The Musterole Co., Cleveland, Ohio BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER EUROPE 1921 Parties enrolling now. Moderate prices. Most interesting routes. Great success 1920. 65-H Franklin street Boston, Mass. ™ D.PIKE CO. we der Sr New Yorn Criv MaTERS (ze ALL SIZES MOTORS AND GENERATORS UP PTO 5H P. comicbooks.com