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This page from *Common*, a satirical newspaper, contains several human-interest stories rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: **"B'klyn Lassie Victrix in Skypilot Meet"** — A contest where young Gladys L. Pettit won the "Prettiest Missionary" title, with judges praising her Sunday School record and charitable work. *Common Decency* will fund her missionary work. **"Prince of Wales Stops Riding Astride"** — A humorous piece about Prince Albert reportedly riding sidesaddle, mocking British aristocratic propriety and suggesting the Prince made an unusual decision for effect. **"Happy Love Pair Feted"** — A romantic anecdote about a couple getting married after a quarter-century courtship. The page is primarily lighthearted social commentary rather than sharp political satire, typical of early 20th-century American humor magazines.

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Our Watchword: Sans Peur, Reproche or Circulation A NEWS PAPER FOR B’klyn Lassie Victrix in Skypilot Meet [NEWS IN BRIEF) Three pins and a bottle oft — cod liver oil dropped and were WASHINGTON, D. C.—Sev- heard distinctly last night are WINS COVETED BEAUTY TROPHY | eral hundred walnuts dropped out of a bag between 17th ar that the title of “Prettiest Mis-| G Sts. All were recovered. sionary” had s 1. Pettit, “Miss New Utrecht. BOSTON, MASS.—Arthur M. Speaking for the judges, Mr. Mozark, a’ lawyer, opens the Joseph L. Gonnick, of the Joseph convention of Associated Tre- L. Gonnick Cantilever Bridge panning Clubs with a bitter ar- Co., said, “In awarding the prize raignment of modern diphtheria. to ‘Miss New Utrecht,’ we were not so much swayed by the NEW YORK, N. Y.—Seven- physical attributes of Miss Pet- teen old people join in pact never to smoke or drink until they are twenty-one. ‘W YORK, —Gala opening of the unf hed wi of the State Shirt Hosp PITTSBURGH, PA.—Scien- tists at work on old ear of corr are nobody knows how old tit, as by her Sunday School record her collection of pressed ferns, both of which are the finest it has ever been my privilege to view. We also wish to call attention to Miss Pettit’s illuminated lettering and her work upon the keyed bugle.” As has been previously nounced, COMMON DE will pay all the expenses of the winner of the “Prettiest Mis- sionary Contest” to a remote point, of her own choosing. With Miss New Utrecht go our hearti- est wishes for success in her work with the natives. Miss Pettit, the winner, has chosen the interior of Patagonia) HERE YOU see Little Gladys Pettit, who has been designated for the scene of her future eh: “Miss New Utrecht” in the “Prettiest Missionary” Contest, Miss it is "REGENT, D.—For the | fifth time in six years Royal Mosher, a calliope-tuner, tripp on that darned old bottom step and opened up his forehead. NEW DORP, STATEN IS- ND.—At a meeting of the and Means Committee of Ww fects that she has chosen wel, Pettit is very fond of asparagus, as this exclusive COMMON | Church it was decided to give on fiss Pettit was, forme y _a| DECENCY photograph will show. entertainment similar to the o ber of the New r given last except that the -Good-Comic- Magazine- : : chairs are to be shorter. waranetor"| Happy Love Pair Feted |, west xew yor, x3 | Not very much news here t tioned before. “Oh, you go to you go to PHILADELPHIA, PA.—Ow- h—I!” replied Mr. Marjoribanks, | ing to the smoke coming from nding the reporter a fat| an open replace, a young cat PRINCE OF WALES STOPS} Before a circle of admirin, RIDING ASTRIDE reporters, Mr. Adolph Emil LONDON.—High feeling over last Zor ups confessed to-d ¥| i all th . » that the heir ap-| that for upwards of a quarter frien Su Am cae and hunting saddles, both’ of | Perfect. conjugal felicity and] z ae erea tn ta nenteet Rik Cee hich are ne , connubial integrity with his first | INSULTED, GIRL ENTERS] Squares to the nearest fire barn, signed to be and. only. wife,” Mrs. Adolph CONVEN 1 renee carmen ne matter en ridden astride, =mil Ma arjoribanks. “Our life,” WINSTED, CO irely. were incom- aid Mr. Marjoribank S| walking on Main PORTAGE, WIS While ‘and sw patible with | Begn.one pal Miss. Estelle can of salmon, Reese the best inter- | he Prisoner's Song een and pretty, was a re, sud- ests of the | gested the COM by a burly, unshaven,’ denly became giddy and had to dressed man who stopped go and lie down. and hissed in h r British nation, has caused Parliament to petition th at the Prince’s reporte “Ha! i Marjoribanks, — appreci anding the reporter a fat cigar. boys, I want to tell you your shoe DOLLAR FOR GOOD ace is untied: " Mise Maloney | DEED subsequent ap- j there isn't another woman in| screamed and lost consciousnes Late ternoon, pearances Prince atben | the world like Mrs. M. Since I) “remember nothing further,”) David an aged a cheval be married her, over twenty-five! declares Miss Maloney. “I came! horse, slipped and fell on the rs ago, there hasn’t been a more decorous and suitable to to in the parlor of the Convent,! wet pavement. By lifting him his rank (horsemanship). cross word between us. The] and realizing what had happened to his feet unassisted, Mr. sequently, the Prince of V house has been flooded with sun-|] promptly signed on the dotted ansing Willet, has decided to ride with a side-| Shine and we have fifteen chil-| jing” : saddle in future. dren—no, sixteen,” he added.| Before taking the veil, Miss Following the announcement | “I forgot the time we were Maloney was a’ member of the! —a crisp the pound sterling rose to five in the Mojave Desert. The fiend, who is still at, Willet_ has dollars, flat. The pound, quad-| he reasserted, “there isn't an- large, is ruple plate, remained where it) other woman like Her.” thorities to be in all likelihood president of the Chase National was, passing a quiet afternoon| “But there are other women?”| a member of the League for the Bank to be invested in Govern- with a book. suggested the reporter men-! Enforcement of Prohibition. i ment bonds, ” prize new dollar-bill. Mr. announced that he said by competent au-) will turn the dollar over to the comicbooks.com