Judge, 1900-07-14 · page 14 of 20
Judge — July 14, 1900 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertisement-heavy page** from Judge magazine, typical of early 20th-century publications. The main content includes ads for Hunter Rye whiskey, cigars, Chester Suspenders, and Palliser's American Architecture book. The few cartoons present are minor humor pieces: 1. **"The First Lesson"** (bottom left): A church scene where a boy asks what he'll do in church, a gentle joke about childhood innocence. 2. **Small editorial cartoons** (middle): Brief comic exchanges between a poet/editor and a doctor, using dialogue-based humor about poetry submissions and medical remedies. The page reflects **consumer culture and product advertising** rather than political satire. References to the Southern Railway's Broadway window display and the architecture book suggest this targets middle-class readers interested in commerce, building, and self-improvement—not political commentary. The ads emphasize quality goods and practical knowledge for the era.
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A UNIQUE RAILWAY MAP FOR BROADWAY. No passer on Broadway, unless hurrying to a train, but will halt before the handsome new passenger headquarters of the Southern Railway Company at Broadway and Twenty-eighth street. New York, to ‘scan the unique railway map of its system which is being engrossed upon its largest plate-glass window, The drawings for it were made by the map-expert draughismen of the American Bank Note Company, ‘and they are topographically correct, and all the art= ists that could conveniently work at it have been en- gaged for the past three weeks in painting in the details and necessary lettering. The window is twelve feet in height, and the map covers about one hundred and forty square feet of space. It includes the terri- tory within the bounds of the Potomac river, the At lantic seaboard, the gulf of Mexico, and the Missi RY ex- HUNTER is a Fittin ample of the mellowing influ. ence of time. A ten yeor old whis key possesses itsown argument. HUNTER BALTI- MORE RYE has won because it deserved pop- the Bahamas, etc. vast Southern system of 6,837 miles, with its preferred connections, led in an artistic and highly at-| tractive manner, sure to arrest attention and com- mand admiration, The field of the map is translucent, the waters blue-tinted, the railway routes carmine, the lettering and remaining topography blac! important town and point in the Southern system and its connections is conspicuously represented, so the Fealistic idea of its location is conveyed at a glance. ‘The map, in fact. is a work of art. It is also a pioneer, being the first window-map of its kind and scope in| ~ existence, of careful dressers respectin THE JUDGMENT freticiityonanimous Light, neat and stylish a2 inspection will prove, but absolutely unique in this—they stretch only when you do, and do not lose their streich as others do. The “Chester” at soc. a cheaper model at 25¢. Sample pairs, postpaid, on receipt of price. Nickeled drawers supporters {ree to purchaser for dealer's name if he is out of them, CHESTER SUSPENDER CO., 5 Decatur Ave., Roxbury Crossing, Mass. Branch Factory, Brockville, Ont. Chester Suspenders is Every Poet—"* Will you kindly read these verses over to see if they are valuable for your maga- | there is a good deal in the idea of the influend zine?” Editor (after reading)—" I am afraid | of the mind in curing disease—rheumatism, {q | that there is more truth than poetry in what | example?" Dr. Bowless—"* Er—no; I cannd OF BRAINS | You have written here.” Poet (reaching for the| recall any actual cure. I remember og manuscript)—"' I am afraid, then, that they are | case where a lucky flyer in wheat turned IGARS: hardly fitted to appear in your magazine."—| case of rheumatism into gout.”—/ndianapel Mrs, Wickwire—" Doctor, don't you thit ‘You will get more prompt attention and better service by mentioning Jipas when answering advertisements, FoR MEN Boston Transcript. Press. ("MADE AT KEY WEST.— - - ne ‘These Cigars are manufactured under ulority. Sold at all firs lass cafes and by jobber ‘Wm Lanshen & Jon, Baltimore, Md. the most favorable climatic conditions and from the mildest blends of Havana to- bacco. If we had to pay the imported cigar tax our brands would cost double the money. Send for booklet and particulars, A $5.00 BOOK FOR $1.00. ‘Tho Latest and Best Publication on Modern Artistic Dwellings and ‘Other Buildings of Low Cost. Partiser’sAMERICAN ARCHITECTURE; Or, Every Man a Complete Builder. BE YOUR OWN ARCHITECT. This book will save you huadreds of dollars if you are thinking about building a house. If you are thinking of building a house you ought to buy the new dook, Palliser'’s American Architecture ; or, Every Mana Complete Builder, prepared by Palliser, Palliser & Co. the well- Known Architects: 5 ‘There is not a builder or any one’intending to bulld or otherwise interested that can afford to be without it. Iti a practical work and everybody buys it. The best, cheapest and most popular book ever issued on Building. Nearly four hundred drawings. A $s book ia size and style, but we have determined to make it meet the popular demand, to sult the times, so that it can be easily reached by all. ‘This book contains tog pages 11x14 inches in size, and consists of large oxr2 plate pages, giving plans, elevations, perspective views, descriptions, owners’ names, actual cost of constr action, Ro guess work, and instructions How to Build 7oC stages, Villas, Double Houses, Brick Block Houses, suitable for city ‘Suburbs, town and country houses for the fa and workingmen's homes, for all section € country, and costing from $300 to also Baras, Stables, School House, “Towe Halk Churches, and other public buildings,together with specifications, form of contract, anda large amount of information on the erection of buildings, selection of site, employment of architects, “It is worth $s to any one, CORTEZ CIGAR CO., KEY WEST. ‘will send. it in paper cover by mail, {ipaid, on receipt of $1 ; bound ia cloth, $2, IC you ever intend to build get this book and study it, before you commence. This should be Your first step toward building 4 Ouse, $0 as to ascertain what kind of a house you want and find out how much ft is going to cost before going ahead. ‘There is not one person in hundred that builds a house bet H that wishes, after it is too late, H thathehad made some different E arrangements on planning the interior, and would give many dollars to have bad it otherwise, but it is too late. ‘Also there is not one in a hum dred but that will tell you that his house is costing a great deal more than he calculated it would. The reason of this build, without proper consideration : his only foundation is the money he has to build lmaginations. “About the time he has his building enclosed his imaginations van with them, The value of this work to builders cannot be estimated, as it contains designs for just such houses as they are called on to build every day in the week, r¢ is not a builder in the country who can afford to neglect this book. THE FIRST LESSON. LITTLE noy (in church for the first time)—"* Oh, gran'ma! what is he going to do to Remit by Fxpresa or Postal Money Order. Address All Orders to JUDGE CO., 110 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK ONC. Plaine Improved GRAM-O-PHONE Our Latest Improved 1900 Model Is} substituted for the Gram-o-phone, which is abandoned, including its The rights of the ZON-O-PHONE are exclusive under the joint pro- tection of the patentsof . . . NATIONAL GRAM-O-PHONE CORPORATION UNIVERSAL TALKING MACHINE CO. AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY which companies have made an agreement be] tween themseives for legal protection and com] merelal advantage. All persons selling any styl of disc machines other than that sold by these cor be prosecuted comicbooks.com