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This page is primarily **advertising and humor content**, not political satire. The main elements: **W.L. Douglas Shoe Advertisement** (dominant): A major brand pitch emphasizing affordable quality shoes ($5-8), sold nationwide with price stamped on soles—a consumer protection against markup. **"The Honor System" (Yale Record)**: A college humor piece mocking academic integrity. A student caught plagiarizing admits to copying from the person sitting next to him, treating the "honor system" as a joke. **"The Sensible Marriage" (cartoon)**: A groom already alone on his wedding night—satirizing marriage as disappointing or lonely from the start. **"Our Foolish Contemporaries"** section: Brief satirical anecdotes including one where a poor mill-district child, asked to identify a "plate," answers "newspaper"—darkly implying families use newspapers as plates due to poverty. The cartoons target **social pretension and hypocrisy** among the wealthy and educated classes, while advertising reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and price transparency concerns.

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28 . W. LDOUGLAS W.L. Douglas shoes are actually demanded year after year by more people than any other shoe in the world. W. L. DOUGLAS shoes for style, material and worke —_—————— manship are unequaled for the price. It is worth while for you to know that when ou buy W. L. Dougias shoes you are getting the nefit of his forty years experience in making the | best shoes possible for the price. . W. L. DOUGLAS shoes are always worth the price J —_—— paid for them. Wear them and ¥ save money. Protection against unreasonable profits is guaranteed by the price stamped onevery pair. W. L. DOUGLAS shoes are sold in 110 of our own —_— SS stores in the large cities and by shoe dealers everywhere. Ask your shoe dealer to show you W. L. Douglas shoes. Only by examining them can you appreciate their value. Refuse substi- The Honor System Tue Srupent: Say, Myrtle, this Honor System is sure some stunt Yesterday the Prof. calls my rummate up to the desk an’ says, “Look here, Mr. Dummer, what authority was you quoting? Almost every sentence’ in your paper is enclosed in quotation marks.” An’ Bill says back: “Be. tween you an’ me, Prof., I was quotin’ the fellow next to me.” —Yale Record, In a Pinch use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE Ability Tests An applicant for a part once asked the late Sir Beerbohm Tree to engage him solely on a newspaper report. “TI enclose you a newspaper cutting about myself,” he wrote, “to show that I have aptitude for the stage.” The cutting ran as follows: “The prisoner, who denied the as- sault, conducted his own case, and defended himself in a somewhat dra- tutes. Insist upon having W. L. Douglas shoes with the retail price and the name stamped on the sole. Boys Shoes $4.00 & $4.50 The retail prices are the same everywhere. _ W.L. Douglas name and portrait If notfor sale in your vicinity, write for catalog. Vy, A pap reed aay eee ep ter yest TO MERCHANTS : If no dealer in your town est standard of quality at the lowest matic manner.” —Answers (London), Sruvent or Mopern Apvertisinc (to Clerk): Will you show me some dis- hhandies W. £. Douglas shoes, write today for exclusive rights to handle this quic selling, quick turn-over line. Presi Ww. LD 247 Spark St. possible cost. The name and price is etas Boe Co, plainly stamped on the sole. © ‘kton, Mass, THE SENSIBLE MARRIAGE The Groom: Alone—already! —Le Rire (Paris). A Fond Kiss “What makes you think his love is waning?” “After he'd said good-night for the last, time, he didn’t come back to kiss me. —Cornell Widow. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION Sure Relief L-ANS 96 6 BELLaNs Li Nag = | 5 lot water we 25¢ ano 75¢ PACKAGES EVERYWHERE OUR FOOLISH CONTEMPORARIES fa _7* = — The Newspaper Service A teacher in one of our public schools the other day received some first-hand information on how the other half of the world lives. It was a school in the mill district and the class was strug- gling with its reading lesson. Little Ivan was progressing more or less successfully until he came to the word “plate.” There he stumbled. To help him, the schoolma’am inquired: “P-I- a-t-e, Ivan. What is it that mother brings in the bread on?” Little Ivan’s face lit up with a proud gleam of un- derstanding. “A newspaper,” he re- sponded quickly. —New Bedford Evening Standard. Potentiality Mrs. Portty-Riche: It must be dreadful to be as hard up as the Bron- sons. They never give anything to charity. Mr. P.-R.: Well, for the matter of that, no more do we, m’dear. Mrs. P.-R.: No, but they can’t say we haven't got it to give, though. * —London Mail. Slightly Distracted “What time do you want me to be back to-night?” “Any time at all, my dear, provided you are here to the minute” —Sans-Géne (Paris). A Toff Customer. SALESMAN: I’m selling quite a lot of these ties this year, sir. BrumMeL: Really! Dashed clever of you, I’m sure! —London Opinion. To a veteran overcoat: “Every fall, in every respect, you are getting newer and newer.” —New York Evening Post. tinctive neck-wear and some half-hose that indicate the conroisseur ? —Punch, “Milano fifth /henues kvoritel} “There is something ne about it Wa» DEMUTHe(. NEW YORK An Easy Way to Remove Dandruff If you want plenty of thick, beautiful glossy, silky hair, do by all means get rid of dandruff, for it will starve your hait and ruin it if you don't. i The best way to get rid of dandruffisto dissolve it. To do this, just apply a litte Liquid Arvon at night before retiring; us enough to moisten the scalp, and rub it ia gently with the finger tips. By morning, most, if not all, of yout dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications should completely t move every sign and trace of it. You will find, too, that all itching of the scalp will stop, and your hair will lookanl| feel a hundred times better. You can st Liquid Arvon at any drug store. A fou! ounce bottle is usually all that is The R. L. Watkins Co.. Cleveland. Ohio comicbooks.com ca ae Aka ee A Mera