Judge, 1900-02-03 · page 15 of 16
Judge — February 3, 1900 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily advertisements, with one cartoon joke at the bottom. **The Cartoon ("Not the Kind She Wanted"):** A rural man in a horse-drawn carriage says to a woman named Hannah that he's been wanting to buy her "one of them horseless carriages" but admits it won't have pneumatic (air-filled) tires. The joke reflects early 1900s automotive anxieties: rural people desired modern vehicles but worried about reliability, especially regarding tire technology. "Horseless carriage" was contemporary slang for automobiles. The humor lies in the gap between rural aspiration and the practical limitations of early automotive technology—he wants to court her with modernity but can't deliver the newest features. The rest is advertising for period products: Wayne Knit hosiery, Beecham's Pills, Libby's soups, Cascara candy laxatives, Colgate shaving soap, and dubious medical "remedies" for blood poison and other ailments—typical of Judge magazine's commercial content.
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