Judge, 1893-04-29 · page 13 of 16
Judge — April 29, 1893 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** from Judge, a satirical magazine, circa 1884. Most of the content consists of product advertisements interspersed with brief humorous anecdotes. **The humor content** includes: - A rural visitor marveling at how much a city boy has aged in fifteen years - A joke about why a sea-fowl's egg stays on a cliff edge while pantry items fall - An aunt asking a child about school; the child dislikes everything except reading - Observations on Shakespeare comparing jays to larks and adders to eels - A brief joke about a wayward necktie **The advertisements** promote various products: Williams' Barbers' Soap, Monarch bicycles, candies, baldness treatments, root beer, cigars, and hotels. The satirical content is minimal and unfocused—these are throwaway jokes typical of period humor magazines. Without identifying specific political figures or events, the page primarily represents how Judge mixed advertising revenue with lightweight comedy for middle-class readers.
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15 20 ExTENveLY UsED ADA FAMILY TOILET SOAP, Mancu, 1884. J, B. WILLIAMS CO. To protect the public | from COUNTERFEITS or IMITATIONS of.our BARBERS’ BAR SOAP, we _ have obtained a Copyright for Pound Package (6 cakes) WILLIAMS’ famous BARBERS’ Soar for To1Let Use. 3 Tonths’ Comfort for 40c. The enormous sale of W1LLIAMS’ BARBERS’ SOAP for TOILET purposes is the best evidence of the truth of the claim we make for it—Namely: No Toner Soar ever offered to the American people is so softening, comforting and healing ; so economical and yet so delightful ; so universally popular whenever tried. SHASIPOO with this famous Soap, and know the absolute freedom from the annoyance caused by an itching, irritated, inflamed scalp. This Soap acts like cool cream. It softens the scale, cleanses the head of dandruff, quiets the feverish tendency, and insures permanent relief from the greatest cause of thin, falling hair and Bal Asx your Barker for a package. Your drurgist also keeps it—or we mail it to you for price in stamps—gor. rare cakes. The J. B. WILLIAMS CO., Gl: , Conn., U. S. As, Makers of the renowned Genuine “* Yanxzs” Shaving Soap. Old gent (from the country)—"' Well, well!] ig ey errrre this is your boy, is he?” City friend—* He Said the nly to think how he has s: ened! Why, when I see him last he was f By fifteen years old; now he's nigh on to six King of Them All ¥ Well, well! it does beat all how time < — —s to himself, “Ifthe THE WORLD'S FAIR. y moon I could 3 whenever I’m Te Mii oy ymaietarsces| Me Bestin the World AQ as Sate Nisgara falls and the world’s fai Illustrated Send for our %-page catalogue, ‘wet; The moon isa®= parts ips folders to English, French or Ger- AGENTS WANTED. i apf materi mace a will be sent upon application to O. W. | ; i 2 eral Passenger and Ticket Agent, x MONARCH CY‘ CYCLE C0., < Boat parcheesle tre gal- ne & 9 Why is ic that a sea-fowl can lay an egy on FASS Sg ee aE res edge of a high rock exposed to the wind a — f ry seldom rolls off, while you can’t put) Awnty—"‘And how does my little pet like | What! is the jay more precious than the lark f Root Beer.’* the top shelf in the pantry without | going to school?” Little pe-—''I like it ever | Because his feathers are more beautiful? ‘A. Delicdous: Team so much, ‘cept the readin’, writin’, an’ ‘rith-| Or is the adder better than the eel i ‘Thirst-quench| t time a person walks through ?— U/tica Ob-| metic an’ spellin’."—Street & Smith's Good | Because his painted skin contents the eye? Tieattn-diving ona reer, News. — Shakespeare. (Good for any time af year. ‘The poet wrote of singing bit A ose. package makers gallons, ‘Be sure and ‘And while he wrote he swore iSfartui’der ty cree (Don’t Your Necktie Fit? Because a sweet canary sang repaid west of ‘Always riding on top of your collar? To, Tenet rid of oe y ft Denver, of ihe the annoyance let us send you a hand: ‘our-in- | — Just other side the door. $od ak ot Denver ot arar x pata , ies i Bind" tc, together ‘with & means of securing i or| When Mr. Blount returns from his mission —Detroit Tribune, : b i 5 éreit Tribune. | put up!a handsome beset Al strictly puge. Sant rea ead Position. ‘It costs you only |e Hawaii he will oblige the American people TRIED AL ALI | THER. Confectioner, 212 State St., Chicago. | Address “JAY,” P.O. Box 2725, Fairmount | by packing his leprosy samples in a separate A MAGAZINE OF WIT | Station, Philadelphia, Pa. case.—St. Paul Bioncer Press te Positively and eo AND HUMOR. B A LD N E § § Pegaletly 56 Handsomely Printed Pages. sae HOTEL BRUNSWICK. vfasely Itlustrated by the Judge Artists, |G- Wenzel, 623 Sixth Ave., N. Y. EQUAL TO AY JUST ISSUED! = IMPO! D ( Perfecto. cre ‘We prefer you should Exact Size } of your dealer; if he | exmateriacs A Sure Winner for aot keep them muh $1.00 for sample Strength, Dox of 10, by mall, to JACOB STARTS JR., & CO., Makers; ith Street and 3d Avenue, N. ¥, City. Down.town Depot, SURBRUG, 159 Fulton Bt, Clty. hotels Everywhere. Offices are still quoted shy and scarce, the demand being several million in excess of the NEW YORK CITY. supply.—Canajoharie Radi yu! Fifth A’ (near Wash- Conan Tin © RAmnel itn alanine |MRETOORT HOU, Flin avers gow We SPORTING GOODS FLAVIN tee tae ? ae iBitiyear cet” I | °Copomnse Grand Cental Dept nde, New ane Typewriter Chair. 129 Pe Perkins Av LEVELAND, ino. | Rooms $i a ind upwards, ana ring back and adjustable. 3 rests es back. Cat. Prom Grand Coatrat lefot fret tack sad ad Ire k. Spe alogue snd ‘Mounted Heads, Animals, Birdi ALBANY, N. Y. ELM estes esis oe asters aes igzuams EUROPEAN HOTET, Matte CARL UPMANN 3 e's: Be allen, Taxidermists Mandan Ne | | / : 8ST. JAMES HOTEL, Ev. Pian. Geo. F. ADass. man fcuse a e 4 B PARK HOTEL, KANSAS, ” SOUQUET (IGAR [ears ee and waly Stciely eS ihieneamnae Smoked by Connoisseurs. OFEN ALL THE YEAR. deere ee oe PEN-ORNE CIGAR. On Sale at all Popular Clubs, Cafes, Hotels, | Tree nate OU Sepa Ried. For Bale by first-class Dealers ” teers AND DEALERS ORNERALL 8 astruction perfect. Spacious asecrvatory. | Factory, - 406 and 408 Kast 5oth Bt., X. X. ts 25 cts., and worth a dollar. FOSTER-HILSON CO. u Deligntfal park and prouode. = Buy it when offered. naan eed Pleat AS Kea torn. Letters of inquiry Promety RCKSON, Manager. | BEATTY dette ra: Bunt? beat Wamton 3 cry comicbooks.com