Judge, 1900-08-25 · page 11 of 16
Judge — August 25, 1900 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It features multiple commercial ads (life insurance, pianos, soap, cocktails, bitters) interspersed with brief humorous anecdotes in the left column. The jokes are gentle social commentary rather than sharp satire: - A theater manager's joke about an actor faking illness to avoid poor attendance - Observations about women's writing habits and emotional reasoning - A reference to William Jennings Bryan's house number (1625) and the populist slogan "16 to 1" (the silver-to-gold ratio Bryan championed)—a topical political reference - A pun where Congressman S.S. Cox is asked for help obtaining an Egyptian mummy and responds by gesturing to his fellow congressmen, calling them "mummies"—insulting Congress as lifeless or ineffectual The largest content is the Prudential Insurance Company advertisement emphasizing prompt claim payment, with statistics from 1899. The page reflects Judge magazine's mix of light humor and commercial content typical of late-19th-century American publications.
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Barnes Tormer'(the eminent, tragedian)— «How much is in the house?” he manager— ‘Three dollars and eighty-five cents.” Barnes Tormer—"* Let it be given out that Tam suf- fering with throat trouble and capnot appear. The manager —"* Throat trouble?” Barnes Tuner—Ves, fellow! Have they not given eit in the neck ?"—Jndianapolis Press, No woman can convince me that she has any work to do who dates her letters by writing out in full, August the thirty-first, nineteen hun- tred.—Whea a woman does anything to offend Sinan she is rare among her kind if she doesn't explain it by saying that it was because she foked him too much,—Arkansaw Thottas Cat. | Bryan's house stands on the edge of a modest cottage neatly painted’ in yellow, with tammings of Indian red. It bears toe number 1625 in the street. The house next door is number 1621, and a waggish friend has suggested to him the advisability of trading numbers with his neighbors, so.that-the figures threshold may be the shibboleth of his ign, sixteen to one.— Utica Herald-Dis- Trout the foe— m where'e® You £0. WANTED A MUMMY, Acertain gentleman interested in the Round Lake museum once went to the late honorable S'S. Cox, then a representative in congress from New York, to ask for his influence in helping to obtain an Egyptian mummy. ‘The gentleman sought Mr. Cox and found him in the speaker's chair, temporarily presiding over asession of the house. The caller, who kuew Mr. Cox well, opened the interview by sa “Twant a mummy." Mr, Cox said nothing for a second, but let his eyes slowly sweep arcund the congressional circle; then, waving hand in the same direction, he gravely 4,"*Take your choice.” The gentleman ely secured a mummy, but it was not one of the American variety.— 7roy Times, Packer’s Tar Soap. 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They fined Mr. Johns, M.A., a local schoolmaster, nine shillings and costs, on Saturday, for cycling at night with three glow-worms in a celluloid box for a lamp. - A-one-candle-power light was the result, he declared, and he was pleased when he met a policeman, so that he could ascertain if he would be allowed to pass,—London Ex- press. Thousands testify that DR. SIEGERT’S Angostura Bitters isthe proper tonic to take in the spring. A reputation of fifty years speaks for itself. “What is father's attitude in the political fight?” asked the grave little girl's uncle. ‘*I don't know, exactly; but the last I heard about it they said that first he got on his ear and next he was standing on his head. I'm a great deal worried about father."— Washington Star, Don't dally along with dyspepsia—it’s dan- gerous.. Cure it quickly by taking regular doses of Abbott's, the Original Angostura Bitters, Tt never fails. SAYINGS FROM “ISABEL CARNAB' Writing is like lirting—if you can’t do it no- body can teach you to do it; and if you can do it nobody can keep you from doing it.—There is one good thing in getting married then, whatever happens, there is one woman you will never have to take in to dinner again as long as you hve.—A man always thinks a woman clever whose thoughts are identical with his; but when her expression of them is also identical he considers her absolutely brilliant, cra : Williams ShaviNg Stic 8 — SOLD EVERYWHERE. ‘Shaving Stick, 2Sc. ving Soap, 10c, having Tablet, 25c. let Shaving Cream, 50c. ‘Shaving ‘Soap (Barbers), 6 aloe far thes ; i eetd making @ epecia HAVING Rapa't © “PN THE “SOHMER” HEADS THE LIST OF THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS. SOHMER PIANOS Sohmer Building, (y,Sus"gea Sth Ave., cor, 22d St. York. For sale by all Fancy Grocers atid Dealers. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO. 2 Broadway, N.Y. Martford, Conn, "C Pres: wi Fes ele operane fete Red anne Rurape ts searched for four 10 Fifta ‘Avenue, New York.” iawRY HOWRIER,| When You Need Money You usually need it promptly; its value is often doubled if you can get it ‘at once.” Just so in tte Insurance Promptness in the payment of benefit when death occurs is all-important and especial arrangements are made by The rudential to insure all possible dispatch in the payment of claims. Usually payment is made the day proofs of death are received. Nearly 50,000 Claims were paid during 1899. Paid to Lear euaeoade durs $6,250,000 $42,700,000 Paid to policy-holders total to date, over Write for particulars of Profit-Sharing Policies. The PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COrPANY Uf WASP eS OF AMERICA {ditt aia HAS THE Rm STRENGTHOF | GIBRALTAR Address Dept. R JOHN F. DRYDEN President HOME OFFICE: Newark, N. J. comicbooks.com