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This page mixes **advertisements** with **satirical political commentary**. The main satire is "Constitution for the Forty-Ninth State"—a humorous proposal for New York City to secede from upstate New York. The author argues the city has nothing in common with rural areas ("the hicks of the open spaces") and would eventually rebel against being "ruled and robbed" by the state government. The piece presents a tongue-in-cheek draft constitution for an independent NYC, poking fun at both separatist sentiment and the endless debates about constitutional design. Supporting humor appears in "Rondeau of Deferred Obligations," mocking the concept of "moratoriums" (financial delays) by applying it absurdly to marriage vows—a husband wants to defer "love and honor and obey" to keep playing. The advertisements (Johnston's Chocolates, Allen's Foot-Ease) are straightforward period marketing, though presented with typical early-20th-century earnestness that modern readers find quaint.

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The Distinétion of a Gift of Jobnston’s Chocolates "THE sophisticated giver well knows the value of Johnston's for paying social “debes,"—for Johnston's is always correct. The secret of its goad-ness is one of a generation's standing. Today ... because You will fad a Ipecial agency for Jebulen's Chocolates in one of the better class Doves in your neighbourboed. ROBE TOA NEW YORK CHICAG: Allen’s Foot=-Ease THE ANTISEPTIC, HEALING POWDER FOR THE FEET Takes the friction from the shoe, reliev pthe pain of corns, unions, calluses and sore spots, freshens the feet and gives new vigor. MAKES TIGHT OR NEW SHOES FEEL EASY At night, when your feet are tired, sore and swollen from excessive da walking, sprinkle Allen's Foot-| the foot-bath and enjoy the bliss of feet without an ache. One Miltion five hundred — thousand Jer for the feet were used by t Navy during the war. ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, Le Roy, N. Y. In a Pinch, use ALLENS FOOT-EASE “CUT THIS OUT rod Ie with your name and « JOHN MILWAUKED of it, Johnon’s has won a pinnacle place among the finethings thathavebecome part of our daily lives. STON COMPANY MINNEAPOLIS). OAKLAND Rondeau of Deferred Obligations A MORATORIUM'S a way Of giving people time to pay It seems a helpful sort of act, A pleasant picce of legal tact To grat Now wh A little later wedding day, a debtor some delay my darling, when I pray Can't you obligingly enact A moratorium? I'll “love and honor and obey,” But, dear, 1 still need time to play Another month or so, in fact Please fix a more extended pact An casy love-law ¢ Amorator Lois Whitcomb The Millennium “D)O you call that a strike hatter to the umpire let's say, said the That's what I call it,” was the re ort “It looked that way to me, too,” said the hatter. UILTY of second-degree murder one “Rough House” Ware, Negro pugilist, has been sentenced by a New Jersey Court to twelve to thirty years in prison to fight! We'll teach our pugilists Constitution for the Forty- Ninth State ual the City of New York has no more in common with the State of New York than the Saturday E: ning Post with Benjamin Franklin has long been apparent to every one, Equal. ly apparent—though to a lesser number ertainty that the City would sooner or later grow tired of has been the being ruled and robbed by the hicks and would revolt Even H icken, a political prophet of mean of the open. spaces State of its own. repute, has realized this fact and paint ed in glowing colors a picture of the Perfect City, once it is freed of the up-State plagues. The dénouement, then, may come overnight, and so far the m vital preparation for meeting it has been neglected. The new State, obviously must have a Constitution—one that at the same time embodies the most modern of working ideas and safeguards for all New Yorkers those rights and priv- ileges which have been achieved at no small sacrifice of blood and m y Herewith, then, the tentative t of a Constitution for the New City, It is, to be sure, merely a suggestion, and the author would be pleased to receive or its improvement from all qualified per ion of the State of New York (There have been, as every one knows, endless arguments as to the exact influences that entered into the f the American Constitution. There need never be an argu- about t the form of the docu lows closely the constitution of s X. Sullivan Marchin, > nd Clam-Bake Club of East Sev- ighth Street.) Article One ALL perse regardless of race or color, gliving within the State at the time of the adoption of th tion shall be cor Constitu dered citizens. Citi zenship, however, shall not automatical ly involve the penalty of suffrage Article Two Tir State shall not be bound by any act of legis! m of the Federal Gov ernment. Legislation emanating from the Federal Government, however, shall not be treated with contempt in but one out of every five Amendments to the Constitution of the United States Government shall be made into a vaudeville act and played at all theatres for seven days each year, thus constituting Clarke and MeCul- lough Week Article Three Tue price of Scotch, uncut, shall be twenty dollars a case. The manufac- comicbooks.com