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This page mixes advertising with political satire from the Prohibition era (appears to be late 1920s-early 1930s). **Left side:** A Beeman's Pepsin Gum ad featuring a cartoon man and woman, playing on post-meal digestion needs. **Center:** "Life in Washington" political column by J.F. (likely columnist J.F. Gould) satirizes recent political developments: - The British Embassy's commitment to Prohibition ("going dry") - Mabel Willebrandt, a prominent Prohibition enforcement figure - President Hoover's reorganization of dry-enforcement agencies - Democratic Party maneuvering, mentioning Owen Young for potential 1932 presidential run - References to Al Smith (likely the 1928 Democratic candidate, associated with opposing Prohibition) - Jokes about Republican and Democratic leadership positions **Right side:** Advertisement for "Silver King" golf balls, now priced at 85 cents—marketed as superior quality at an affordable price. The satire targets Prohibition politics and shifting party strategies during this turbulent period.

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EARLY everybody needs a mild digestive stimulantafter meals. The perfect aid to digestion is Beeman’s Pepsin Gum. Beeman’s is mild ... delicious... smooth .. . It’s so good, that you'll want to hurry through a meal for the after-dinner stick... Buy a whole box today, so you'll always have it the minute you want it. aids digestion —= i ay “SE wnee | SREB | Life in Washington IPLOMATIC delirium tremens convulsed official society when Sir Esmé Howard announced that the British Embassy would really go dry. There was some talk of the Chilean Embassy adding a “me-too” chaser to this shot of outraged diplomatic im- munity but so far none of the heads of mission has been trampled in the rush for the water-wagon. Dear Mabel Willebrandt had barely returned to the costumer the props. for the “Joan of Arc of Prohibition” get-up than the President recommended to Congress a reorganization of dry-en- forcement. Ardent drys are begin- ning to wonder whether they elected Hoover, after all, or merely beat Smith. At any rate, the Democrats are com- ing out of the ether and the unterri- fied Donkey already has some flowers for the political sick-room. They are now beginning to talk of Owen Young for President in 1932! So far the “Draft J. P. Morgan” movement has made little headway, it being one of the few Morgan drafts more honored in the breach than the observance. Even so, the elections of 1930 are be- ginning to loom hopefully before this cock-eyed capital. The Democrats have a new boss—Jouett Shouse, whose name suggests a wet leaning, if not recling—and the Republicans have pried Dr. Work away from his post as head of the National Commitee. The keynote has already been struck by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler's de- nunciation of the tariff. Let’s see— Butler's last choice for a winning issue was a wet plank in the Republican platform, but who ever heard of a butler who didn’t fool with liquor? Five hundred French Chambers of Commerce have demanded retaliation against our tariff. This is still con- siderably short of the requisite num- ber of Frenchmen who can’t be wrong. Some surprise was expressed in Sena- torial circles that Vesuvius had gone into eruption, until it was pointed out that even Mussolini has to take an oc- casional afternoon off. One of Presi- dent Hoover's week-end fishing parties recently got stuck in the mud of Vir- ginia, making only eight miles in two hours. It was pointed out, however, by friends of Bishop Cannon, the Methodist Boss of the Old Dominion, that this was better time than Al Smith made last November. —]. F. Golfers! A\AAAAA/M THE KING Oo? THEM ALL is now SB ode [s10 a dozen | Little wonder there has been rejoicing far and wide at the announcement the King is now 85c. In its native England the King has always been the top heavy favorite with amateur and “pro” alike. In America golfers have gladly paid $1 or more for the ball. Even manufacturers have conceded the palm to the Silver King as “the most carefully made ball in the world.” At 85c it’s better psychology than ever to play the best ball that money can buy. SILVER KING THE SILVERTOWN CO. LONDON e e e John Wanamaker NEW YORK ted States Distributors comicbooks.com