Judge, 1899-09-16 · page 11 of 16
Judge — September 16, 1899 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and filler content** from Judge magazine, not political satire. The main elements are: **"The Man Who Mounts"** — A lengthy poem (by S.E. Kiser) using the metaphor of climbing to discuss social responsibility. It argues that those who rise to positions of power face greater burdens and risks than ordinary people ("walks upon the level"). The poem warns that prominent figures cannot afford to stumble as easily as common folk. This reflects late 19th/early 20th-century conservative ideas about leadership as inherently burdensome. **Short humorous anecdotes** scattered throughout—brief jokes about doctors, schoolteachers, and sporting mishaps. These appear to be generic humor filler rather than topical satire. The page is dominated by **product advertisements**: Packer's Tar Soap, Sohmer pianos, Wilson Whiskey, insurance, and cocktail recipes. The Prudential Insurance ad emphasizes safe investment strategies for middle-class readers. There is **no identifiable political cartoon or clear satirical target** on this page. It represents typical Judge magazine content: moralistic verse mixed with period advertising.
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THE MAN WHO MOUNTS, The man who walks upon the level, The broad, smooth plane where millions fare, May deem self a child of trouble ; But travel \g is easy there. [As one climbs high and ever higher His fears of falling multiply As one who walks upon a wire Must have a steady foot and eye, S0 he who mounts above the throng ‘That walks upon the level plane Mas always, as he moves along, A tedious balance to maintain The ways of men grow ever narrow \nd narrower still as they ascend ; The dangers lurking there grow greater And greater still unto the end The man whose word a thousand others Must ever hurry to obey Iscavied by his humbler brothers : t while they rest he schemes away see his height and deem him blest, Nor know the dangers lurking there. A thousand cares upon him rest For each that those beneath him bear ‘The man who mounts but takes his troubles And multiplies them manifold — The higher that the climber rises, he harder to maintain his hold. ‘The world asks not that he who labors \With hoe or hod shall wield the pen, He moves along beside his neighbors, Kut he above must plan for men. And he that stumbles on the plane May rise again and go his way ; He that was high cannot regai His narrow footing in a day The man who walks upon the level he broad, smooth way where millions fare, ut earth's serenest souls are thet —S. E. Kiser in Chicago Times- “She devoted her life to Christi ndeed? Lif PURE, REFRESHING, ANTISEPTIC. 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I am a professional | myself." ** Professional sportsman?" * No professional liar." — Tid: Bits, A quie **So you are a school-teacher?" said to a new acquaintance. young idea how to shoot.” do that,” replied the pedagogue. is in the feud district of Kentucl burg Chronicle. Telegraph, |— CELEBRATED SOHMER HEADS THE LIST or THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS. It is the favorite of the artists and the refined musical public. SOHMER & CO., Piano Manufacturers New York Warerooms, SOHMER BUILDING FIFTH AVENUE, COR. 220 STREET. Tn his anguish the author cried aloud. ** You | don’t read the manuscripts you reject.” he pro- Here the.editor smiled the sweet, wan smite peculiar to his kind, **You are mistaken,” “We not only read the manuscripts we reject, but the Ah, but who ** General Debility” an unknown quantity— Re Scene — Railway-carriage on the Midland Enter a colonel with game-bag and Colonel (to passengers, enthusi- irds in ing in the corner put down his rushed across the compartment, and “Allow me “Then you train the “I don't need to He wus suffering from 2 bad attack of fever and ague. The doctor was at his bedside watching his shivering-ft and, to calm his nerves a little; remarked, “I will write you a prescription, which you must have made up at once, and after you-have taken the first dose you will be warm in no time.” You don't mean to say, doctor, that it will be as fatal as that" cried the frightened patient. — Pict-me. up. Belle—"1 guess there isa" about Mr. Rich marrying Margu —"'No: that cut in her cheek from his mond stud has irreparably sealed his fate."— Jewelers’ Weekly A charitable society in town is around solic. iting clothing for a destitute man, Clothes! Why not solicit permission from the city au- thonties that he be allowed to go without clothes this kind of weather? —Artansaw Thomas Cat “Will you take any work with you to the seashore, Dorothy?” “Of course. I expect to change my gown at least five times a day.” —Chicago Record, A jilted Indian killed the girl and then burn- ed her father's barn. It is astonishing the rapid strides those 1edskins are making toward ci 1 | zation.—New York Telegram. “Tt was a marriage for love. I suppose?” “*T suppose so. Love has been described as an inexplicable yearning, hasn't it?” “1 be- lieve so.” “Then it was love all right enough She yearned for a title," —Chicago Post “You think you know all about women, don't you?" asked the newly-married boarder “No,” replied the savage bachelor: ‘and I am, mighty glad I don'."—/ndianapotis Jour- nai ‘The Sohmer piano received the first medal of merit and diploma of honor at the Centen- nial exhibition. - It has the indorsement of the leading artists in the United States and foreign countries. Martha—* Do you really believe those are real diamonds that Mrs, Karett wears?” Ain- na—*1 hardly know what to think. They look geuuine, but she talks enough about them for rhinestones."—Boston Transcript. + L never thought it of you, George,” said the pastor's old schoolmate, in the seclusion of the ministerial study. ‘* ‘That I should live to hear you denounce progressive euchre as icked.”” “If I didn't,” said the good man, “they would be playing poker next. 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