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This page contains primarily **advertising and light humor** rather than political satire. The main content is a testimonial advertisement for "Paradise Water," a patent medicine from Maine claiming to cure Bright's Disease and Diabetes. The named patient describes miraculous recovery through strict dieting and drinking the water—a typical health-fraud advertisement of the early 20th century. The page also includes: - **"A Home for Art"**: an earnest announcement about a new arts center in New York - **Three brief humorous "Echoes"**: lightweight jokes about an old lady getting a prescription, a chauffeur, and a workman being insulted by a physician The cartoon illustration shows a "Pompous Physician" condescending to a working man—gentle class satire. The **Paradise Water ad is the real artifact of interest** for modern readers: it exemplifies how unregulated medical claims flourished before FDA oversight, exploiting desperate patients with vague testimonials and pseudoscientific language.

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A Home for Art in America is slowly coming | into its own. New Art Center Building just | in New York is owned and ed by the Art Alliance, the Art Directors’ Club, the American Insti- tute of Graphic Arts, the New York Society of Craftsmen, the Pictorial Photos raphers of America, the Society rators, and The Stowaways. cellent exhibition galleries are stanitly open to the public. The seven societies are banded together and organized to insure united action by | all artists, artisans and craftsmen de- | | der 190 and.often up to 260! Think of your voted to the applied arts and the handi- crafts tional propaganda to foster and protect the artistic interests of our great nation through an increased appreciation of the value-creating powers of artistic skill and knowledge. Those friends of art who are inter- ested in this new center and wish to Mhelp in an educational movement of such great importance, are invited to icate with Mr. Wade A. Hayes, | 65-67 East 5soth Street, ' Dehenture bonds are now being sold with « par value of Ten Dollars, One Hundred Dollars, and One Thousand jars, or multiples thereof, maturing y years. Why not be a friend and become a bond holder? Echoes From the Past Otp Lapy (to druggist): here a prescription— Drvccist (wearily, to clerk): Draw CHAUFFEUR who is used to re- can shift for himself. Pompous Physician (to man plaster- ing defective wall): The trowel cov- we up lot o! palaekoe itt Workman: d They plan by general educa- | I have | “They Gave Me Up!” “But I Refused to Die” “If anyone has suffered all that there is to suffer from Bright’s Disease and Diabetes, I am certainly the man. Think of going along for years with your blood pressure never un- blood rushing so madly through your system that you panted for breath. Think of being so absolutely nerve-wracked and run down that the least “noise or disturbance would send you into a frenzy of irritability. “IT went through all that—and more. Finally they gave me up—everybody. But I refused to die. “First, I changed my whole scheme of liv- ing. I went on a diet as strict as any man has ever faced. I watched every single little thing that would either help or harm me— and acted accordingly. I willed that I would get better. “And then I heard of Paradise Water, from Paradise Spring in Maine. Its claims were so strong that I bought some simply to disprove them! I had tried practically every remedy of every sort and I didn’t believe I | would get any help from Paradise. “But the very first case of Paradise con- vinced me that it would help me. So I stuck with it—drank it in large quantities and to the exclusion of all other water. At the end of six weeks, my blood pressure was down to 145, or but 10 degrees above normal. Think of that! And I began to acquire a general feeling of fitness, of peace of mind, of buoy- ant good health, that I hadn’t experienced in years, “That was about 8 months ago. Since that time, except for several brief periods | when I couldn’t get it, I have averaged from 1¥ to 2 gallons of Paradise Water every day. | And I tell you I knew the difference right | away when I didn’t have it. I feel good only when I drink Paradise Water. I look at it as the best blood purifier, the best internal cleanser, there is—and I say, in all carnest- ness, that no one who drinks it regularly— sick or well—will fail to benefit thereby.” The above remarkable story is an exact statement of fact. This man is ing ‘business man in a Middle metropolis, and if you are inte we'll send you his name and address. If you are ailing specifically from Bright's Disease or other forms of Kidney or Bladder Trouble, from Prostatitis, Articular Rheuma- tism, Feeble Digestion, or Heart and Arterial Deterioration, start drinking Paradise Water today. Your grocer will deliver a case to your door; or if he hasn’t it in yet, order direct from us served at drug stores. Comes in Natural or Cabonated, both de- lightful le wat in addition to their health-giving qual Quarts, pints, half- pints FREE: If you want more information about Paradise Water, without obligating yourself in any way, write for valuable free health book, “The Story of Paradise Spring”—also names of dealers in your city. Write now. Parapise Spring Co., Brunswick, Maine PARADISE WATER FASS A Lovely Jane REALLY never make you out,” He said to lovely Jane. “Now need you turn away and pout? I really never make you out. Although your speech is clear, no doubt, How can a pretty maid be plain? I really never make you out,” He said to lovely Jane. E. B. Willie Explains TEAcHER: Willie, what does the word reverie mean? Wie (excitedly): A revetie is like a baseball umpire, only he operates at prize fights. RESINOL Soothing and Healing Stops Itching and Promptly Relieves Skin Disorders xous can se, a home by my remarkable new, heel pa aaa eigeeaneeel ne comicbooks.com