Judge, 1891-07-11 · page 13 of 16
Judge — July 11, 1891 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The main content consists of product advertisements interspersed with light verse. The notable literary piece is "Billy McGee and Billy McGaw" by S. W. Foss—a moralistic poem contrasting two men born under identical circumstances who diverge into opposite fates: one becomes wise and respectable ("the Honorable William McGee"), the other a poor vagrant. The poem's message is fatalistic social commentary: birth circumstances are arbitrary ("a toss at our birth"), and people contain both their better and worse selves ("one's Billy McGee and one's Billy McGaw"). The surrounding ads promote period products: Shannon Bell Perfume, Columbia bicycles, the West Shore Railroad, and various remedies. One poem humorously describes a woman cured of chronic pain simply by traveling abroad—implying her ailments were psychosomatic. There is **no obvious political cartoon** on this page. It represents typical late-19th-century magazine content mixing advertising revenue with genteel, sentimental verse.
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The Picturesque Route for Business and Pleasure Travel —Vie— West Shore of World-famed Hudson River, and Through the Mohawk Valley, —WITH— Fast Service for Albany, Utica, Spracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, and all Magnificent sleeping and drawing-room cars on all through ina For tickets, Ume-tableny and information. regarding West Shore Railroad call on or address H. B, Jacon, Eastern Passenger Agent, 363 Broadway, New York, of C. E. Lusungxr, General Passenger Agent, s' Vanderbilt’ Avenue, CR Write Sor copy ef “Suburban Times,” termed monthly. BILLY McGEE AND BILLY McGAW. Billy McGaw he was foolish and free, But wise and exclusive was Billy McGee ; Billy McGee was a fellow of law, But a child of disorder was Billy McGaw. And there rolled a social impassable sea "Twit wise Billy McGaw and poor Billy McGee. Poor Billy McGaw nobody could see, He passed by unnoticed by Billy McGee; Billy McGee tried to freeze him with awe, “T don't freeze for a cent,” muttered Billy McGaw. ._ Said Billy McGaw, ‘'I'm as good as you be. “He's a vagabond tramp,” muttered Billy McGee. But they were both born by the same human law, Was wise Billy McGee and poor Billy McGaw. Poor old Billy McGaw the one used to be, And the other the Honorable William McGee. Billy McGee was without fleck or flaw, While a bundle of follies was Billy McGaw. Let us pity them both—by fate’s merciless laws All are Billy McGees and all Billy McGaws. "Tis a toss at our birth which one we shall be, Wise Billy McGaw or poor Billy McGee ; And often through life there's perpetual war “Twixt one's Billy McGee and one's Billy McGaw. —S. W. Foss in the Yankee Blade. Hall's Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken internally, Sold by druggists, 75 cents. There was an old woman—I tell you true— Had pains till she didn’t know what to do. 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