Judge, 1890-06-07 · page 12 of 16
Judge — June 7, 1890 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of Judge magazine's revenue model. The visible content includes: **Main Cartoon/Content:** "The Way It Is Said" — a humorous parable about a Turkish sultan whose wise men interpret his tooth-loss dream identically but with opposite conclusions. One warns of family deaths (punished); another predicts he'll outlive his relatives (rewarded). The satire critiques how **identical facts receive opposite interpretations based on presentation and audience preference**—a commentary on rhetoric, spin, and how people hear what they want to hear. **Supporting Content:** - "Carl Pretzel's Philosophy" — a comedic ethnic character offering folksy wisdom in exaggerated German-American dialect - Literary quips about Madame Patti and novel titles **Advertisements:** Perfumes, pens, ink, rupture trusses, hair treatments, and railroad promotions dominate the page—representative of late 19th-century Judge content. The "sultan" parable reflects period satirical concerns about truth, persuasion, and human gullibility—timeless themes Judge exploited for humor.
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TRUSS S22 & 824 Broadway, cor. 12th St., New CAW'S Black Fluid INK, WRITES BLACK, | STAYS BLACK. Does Not Corrode MARK ‘ork. PROF. S. V. R. FORD, Discovente OF |,“ HOPE FOR THE BALD."—(Trade-Mark. Wim Pamphlet of Information and Tes (QD timonials mailed on receipt of stamp. Address 8. V.R. FORD, {Mention this paper] Atbany, N.Y. | room to di THE WAY IT IS SAID. ‘The sultan awoke with a stifled scream ; His nerves were shocked by a fearful dream, An omen of terrible import and doubt— His teeth all in one moment fell out. His wise men assembled at break of day And stood at the throne in solemn array ; And when the terrible dream was told Each felt a shudder, his blood ran cold ; And all stood silent in fear and dread, And wondering what was best to be said, At length a soothsayer, wrinkled and gra Cried, "* Pardon, my lord, what I have to “Tis an omen of sorrow sent from on high! ‘Thou shalt see all thy kindred die.” Wroth was the sultan ; he gnashed his teeth, And his very words seemed to hiss and seethe As he ordered the wise man bound with chains, And gave him a hundred stripes for his pains, The wise men shook as the sultan’s eye Swept ‘round to see who next would try. But one of them, stepping before the throne, Exclaimed, in a loud and joyous tone : Exult, oh head of a happy state ! Rejoice, oh heir of a glorious fate ! “For this is the favor thou shalt Oh sultan ! to outlive all thy kin ! Pleased was the sultan, and called a slave And a hundred crowns to the wise man gave. But the courtiers nod, with grave, sly wi And each one whispers what each one thinks . “* Well can the sultan reward and blame ; Didn’t both the wise men foretell the same?” Quoth the crafty old vizier, shaking his head, *So much may depend on the way a thing’'s sai —Mebrew Journal. CARL PRETZEL'S PHILOSOPHY. Much plaindy gold don’d can allefiate pain, und pow- er don’d can remoof adwersity also. When philosophy vas subdoo adwersity mit patience, dhen efery feller vas get wise-headed. Id don'd vas der best feller in der whole yorldt dot ood partook himself of a shplit shpoon full of pure choy. Der foolishness of efery man vas der ub shtone of his own troobles, und he vas der foost one dot dinks he vas hafe a pooty hard times. 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