Judge, 1891-01-10 · page 11 of 16
Judge — January 10, 1891 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with brief satirical snippets**, typical of Judge magazine's format. The main visual element is a **portrait of a man with distinctive facial hair**, accompanying an advertisement for "Genuine Yankee Shaving Soap" that claims to prevent shaving irritation and is marketed as a 50-year-old product used by the U.S. Navy. The page contains scattered **one-liner jokes** from various newspapers, including: - A joke about ministers being "called" to towns but "called" out when they leave (wordplay on religious terminology) - Observations about regional weather affecting carpenter work - A quip about a man cutting newspaper clippings about a fasting performer to hide from his wife **Context for modern readers**: The advertisements and jokes reflect late 19th-century concerns (industrial labor, childrearing products, piano sales) and the magazine's practice of mixing editorial humor with commercial endorsements. The shaving soap ad's emphasis on preventing facial irritation was likely relevant to gentlemen's grooming standards of that era.
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‘The Indian war-dance is a good deal like the ballet | | BOKER’S SITTERS since 1828 acknowledged to be ) _ No Christmas and New Year's table should be with- variety, It takes imen to the front tier.— Yonkers | by far the best and finest Stomach Bitters made, wheth- | out a bottle of Angostura Bitters, the world-renowned Statesman, er taken pure or with wines or liquors or other cordials. | appetizer of exquisite flavor. Beware of counterfeits, Ifa small satchel made of elephant's-hide costs four | ‘‘What-is that you cut out of the newspaper every hundred. dollars, what might a whole trunk cost?— | morning ?” asked a department clerk of a fellow-boarder. Louisville Courier-Journal, “Hush! Iam getting the accounts of Succi's fast out of the way before Mrs. Hashem sees it. She doesn’t need any points."— Washington Post, ‘When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, ‘When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. ‘When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. ‘When sho had Children, she gave them Castoria. j a; Mas, Wixstow's Sootiixe Syrup for Children The electric railroad between St. Paul and Minne- | teething; soothes the child, softens the gums, allays apolis ought to be a great success, as the two cities all in, cures wind colic and diarrhoea, 25 cents a are negative and ve pole icago Times. bolas —10— i. CENTS ig May al decpeid the steen winding wrateh [a gies When a new minister comes to a town he is “called.” iat unsold had long been passed, When he leaves it he is often called too; but just what PER As the purchaser twisted its creaking Screws ; ; SYR ee Me tasdhes ane aL lasts he is called we decline to state.— Yonkers Statesman, PACKAGE. —Philadelphia Times. S %. Sound advice. If you have a bad cold invest 25 wae meat delcicas and “mbes The professional foot-ball players in England receive | cents in Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. | Salvation Oil, the ‘smoke ever offered for the money. as high as one thousand dollars a year and twenty dol- | great pain-eradicator is a first-class liniment. Keep it CONSOLIDATED CIGARETTE CO, lars a week during the active kicking season in addition, | handy. 25 cents. Ave. D and roth St., New York. ‘The latter is to cover surgical expenses and to buy cof- fins.—AMilseaukee Sentinel. While the bleak northwest is suffering from winter cold the carpenters in Kentucky do not know whether to saw out a stock of air-grate boards or go on with their fly-screens. Why does anybody live in the north- west, anyhow ?—Louisville Courier-Journal, BROTHERS MATCHLESS PIANOS 33 UNION SQUARE. NEW YORK. THE PREVENTOR A FOE TO FATICUE. ARMOUR & CO., Chicago, Sole Mfrs. FINDLER & WIBEL, Stationers, Printers, and ea AND Blank-book Manufacturers, 5% HEALER. Gentlemen who find that Shaving causes irritation, pimples, a drawing, smarting sen- 146 NASSAU STREET, sation, will find that the use of Sreote fe ie eons **GENUINE YANKEE SHAVING SOAP”’ BLANK BOOKS OF ALL KINDS KEFT 1H relieves all this. Besides creating a most rich, creamlike lather, which softens the beard and STOCK AND MADE TO ORDER. renders shaving very easy, it has medicinal properties of pronounced value, and acts gently ESTIMATES FURKISHED. yet effectively as a preventive and healer of all cutaneous troubles peculiar to the face. “Yankee Shaving Soap” has enjoyed the confidence of the American people for HALF A HUNDRED YEARS, is standard for quality in the United States Navy, and is known and ‘extensively used throughout the civilized world. Sold by Druggists. One cake (for trial) THE CELEBRATED mailed, postpaid, to any part of the world for 15c. in stamps. idress ak i THE J. B..WILLIAMS’ CO., Glastonbury, Conn. (Established 1840, as Williams & Bros., Manchester.) Those who prefer to use Shaving Soap in Sticé form will find WiLL1AMs’ SHAVING STICK to contain the some excellent qualities as our ‘* Yankee Soap.” Shaving Stick in metallic H case, leatherette cover, Soap exquisitely scented with Attar ‘of Roses. Price, 25c. PIANos ‘Aro at present the Most Popular and Preferred by Leading Artista, Warerooms, 149, 151, 153, 155 East 14th St., W.¥. Sy eee Be ee oy EEA BARBERD BAB GORE) Se (Torte Use ie) Decry -SOHMER & CO. E Droggist ‘MICAGO, ILL, 236 State Street AN Francisco, CaL., Uniog? RS Saige HES tae Sine es HEALTH AND VIGOR FOR BRAIN AND NERVES. CROSBY'S VITALIZED PHOSPHITES. . atcordi the formul ‘ —{ inciples of the Brain of and of SES INST a aTe TNT) | nn terresrsaaceorting te ts formals of rot, Perey fom the nerve giving, principles ofthe Beale ofthe Os and nerf he Yi LINEN COLLAR S [ie pects tro haart te atc rr Aamo y ir nl Aagtera bra Ra 2 "ABSOLUTELY BEST. cine"; the formula is on every label, approved by the best Physicians, and the world's best Brain Workers. Druggists, or sent by D. IN SHEPE FIN . ‘mail, $1. Descriptive pamphlet free." CROSBY CO., 56 WEST 25th St., NEW YORK. 237