Judge, 1900-01-13 · page 14 of 16
Judge — January 13, 1900 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** from Judge magazine (circa 1899-1900), not primarily satirical content. **The main cartoon** ("Alluring," by artist AR) shows a skeletal figure (Death personified) luring a starving man with food—a dark visual joke about poverty and mortality. **The text snippets** are brief humorous anecdotes: - A man claims to be 98 but is caught in the lie (he's only 83) - A tramp asks for a "circular meal" because "what is circular can have no end"—wordplay satirizing the tramp's hunger - A woman is praised for her "versatile mind," illustrated by her ability to plan a dress *and* deceive her husband simultaneously—mocking female deviousness The **advertisements** promote: - Saint Raphael Wine (health tonic for nursing mothers) - Dewar's Scotch Whisky (luxury items) - Beeman's Pepsin Gum and Beecham's Pills (patent medicines) - Prof. Wellmer's "magnetic healing" (fraudulent medical claims) - Alabama Vineyard Company (investment opportunity) The humor is period-typical: mildly misogynistic, irreverent toward authority, and promoting dubious "medicines."
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4 Saint Raphael Wine, A tonte made and bottled in France expressly for People in poor health; also for NURSING MOTHERS. w:Satnt Teaphael Wine has heen used with great Only the healthful trated and pasteurized ACKER, MERRALL & CONDIT, ‘AND LEADING WINE MERCHANTS and PHARMACISTS. Circulars malted on request by addressing Saint Raphael Wine Co., 64 BROAD ST., NEW YORK. Ports of ithe grape concen- |. Use after meals. “Lam ninety-eight years old,” he insisted. Of course we laughed him to scom. ‘“* How,” we retorted, "* if you are as old as you say, does it happen that you cannot read fine print with- out the aid of spectacles?” Whereupon, the fellow, perceiving that his imposture was dis- covered, broke down and confessed that he was only eighty-three,—Defroit Journal. “Poor man!” exclaimed the kind-hearted matron ; ‘you look half starved. Come in and T'll give you a square meal.” “Couldn't you make it a circular meal?’ asked the tramp. “The laws of nature decree is circular can ‘have no end. Record. Mrs, Hobbs—" She such a versa- tile mind.” Afrs. Nobt—'* How does it dis- lay itself?” Afrs, Hobjs—'* Why, for instance, Fire seen her plan out'a gown and give het husband the impression that she was listening to what he said all at one and the same time.” —Detroit Free Press. ** One of the Indian tribes out west is show- ing a disposition to be troublesome, and the result is Tikely to be an illustration of ‘* gov- ernment without the consent of the governed” that would undoubtedly move Mr. William J. Bryan to much oratory if he were an entirely sincere and consistent person.—Kochester Dems ocrat, 52 Gold and Prize Meoals Awarded for Excell xce. XMAS 3899, = JOHN DEWAR & SONS, Ltd., Distillers, PERTH, Scotland. LONDO! nd. Dewar'sScotchWhisky These J famous are handsome gilsy Doulton Ware, aod make f the very specter atractive addition to the slaebuard. They contala pecial Old Scotch Whisky, ‘Aroma, Purity, and the Mellows ‘alone can give, ‘distilled from the| ley procurable. Send for Cut logue No.8. Woodie turns Jug, $2.00. Cash of Postal Order. Express Prepaid. FRED’ (Dept. &). ‘Money returned if goods not satisfactory. GLASSUP, Sole JOHN DEWAR & SONS, Ltd., 29 West 24h Bt, New Yi Sphinx Jeg, $2.00. Cash or Postal Order. Express Prepaid. U.S. Agent, N.Y. THE WIZARD OF THE WEST. Prof. 8, Well Ty Great Magnetic rot Theglen Antonia is {e'itemurkupie Cares, Weltmerism, the Method of Maggette Heailng, or: inated by Prot, 8. A. Wellmer of Nevada, Mo. in 13 Wide sccbe vf doing rood for softeriog wumnaniiy, dos Bot only eure discasce of ailature, but makes it inpe. dibietor disease to-eziet. Ths Ine fact iat ban been sabet Unted by the many thoussts Sf cores made All phyaiets; Sh'selentatscio tage a ip Know the phyeiology of ie Bawvan race” Roow that tt t's of circulation, yecret sg sivexerevon are fay pers:t tconditon perfect heatth te sc faineds "Weltmertatn Testor Seithout the aid of meet ¢ These ‘organa to thelr ‘aatu'sl function, and the disrase is gible, areas method pepaiay indigestica, ch trouble—in fact, sap fiseans known to inal oF manyand this withowe de sia omelet hat wo afte rag conatitation whieh, under ths. Weltiner methad of hatte beating, inde irgag,”¥, F Raden Paiy Soe Prosecutlug Attarbey of Soares County, vue for yeare from scintlc Ttbeumatismy tried everything ‘elasout boned; was inatantly cured thrvogh Prof Welt mer’s Absent Treatment. Mra. C. R. Grahe Boles Cig. Tows, atticted with rbcurnatiam nine yearecured throce Waltiseran. hire D. italien, Aurore Springt, So, sufferet froin consumption to its worst forms folly re Hered by ot, Weiner atwent Treament, “D-.Ay fore, Hebeus, Sewell County, Kan cured of KiGbey a Momiach trocbies by Prot, Welumer's abscat Treatinect, Ecod tor s copy of the Magnetic Jourtalca wpage lice trated magazine, giving a long list of the most astound. ing cures Sver performed. Itt sent free. Prof, Weltmer teaches bia [ TEACHES HIS ART |™opiierfel, art ty, otters ao ierandeat a0 TO OTHERS. lWeat:pasing Brot ot dcots are inaking $10 to €) per day. ‘Taught Oy m Gr'peruonal instructions, ‘Full instructions tent Free to those writing to Prof. J. I. Kelly, Sec'y, Nevada, Mo, ALLURING. R (serenading the antelope)—"* ‘Oh! meet me by moonlight alone in the grove at the end of the vale.’" geet eect eee ease aaeeeees | CHEW } Beeman’ S| = The Original | Pepsin Gum Cures Indigestion and Sea-sickness. All_ Others Are Imitations. BEECHAM'S PILLS cure billous and nervous itis, sick headache, disorde liver and impaired digestion. 10 cents and 95 cents, at all drugstores, CASH for acceptable ideas. State if patented. THE PATENT RECORD, Baltincre, Ut. ‘Prous distress, 63) rifies the bi ‘manhood, “TL want you to dismiss the idea,” said the eminent professor, ‘of the so-called cliff-dwell- ers being a prehistoric and now extinct race of human beings. Thousands of their descend- ants are alive at this day.” ‘* That's so!" ex- claimed an enthusiastic student. ** They live in flats."—Chtcago Tribune. First historian—" Those revolutionists made a mistake when they put a snake on their flag, “Don't tread on me.'". Second histo. Why, I thought that a strong device.” First historian—" So it was; but a banana. peel would have been more effective. cuse Herald, A HOME we" AND AN INGOME FOR LIFE FOR AN INVESTMENT OF $25.00, And $3.00 per month “or 40 months, Cost $22g.00 Worth a $1,000. i A FIVE ACRE Frult Farm partially improv. €d and cared for to full bearing. YOU GET THE INCONE. Only the Better Class Desired Vinemont be-ag essen: tially a community of homes for those who de shea pleasant and profit. able occupation away from the turmoil of the city and removed from the tryicg climate of the North, in the healthiest spot In the United States; with pure, soft water and the most deitghttul climate tmagto- ab’e, it has been thealma the company tosell only to those who can appreciate and afd tn making a model community at Vinemoat, socially and otherwise, and this plan will bestrictly adhered to in the future as tothe past, Vinemont is amodel northem city fot residence among the most favorable ‘southern envir onments one could wish * NONE OF THE ABOVE COLOR IN VINEMONT, AND ONLY FIVE IN THE WHOLE 16,000 POPULATION OF CULLMAN COUNTY. VINEMONT, CULLMAN COUNTY, Als., is the location; THE CHICAGO TITLE and TRUST Co., are the trustees and Insure the title. As an investment percent. annually,—as a home it Is Incomparable, Call or wi rely it will pay from 60 to 100 Tor full information, The ALABAMA VINEYARD COMPANY GENERAL OFFICES: Rooms 233 to 251 Bowling Green Building, 11 Broadway, New York Cit; EASTERN OFFICKS: Rooms 35, 36 & 37 International Trust Co. Building, 45 Ik St., Boston, Mast WESTERN OFFICES: Rooms 316 & 317 New York Life Building, cor. Monroe & La Salle Sts.,Chicagt (HP Larger Fruit Farms, improved and unimproved, at from $15 to $50 per acrt Sepon’s Limaany ie full of pure fun. No politics. 10¢. ' Company improves, cultivates and markets crop for non-resident purchasers. comicbooks.com