Judge, 1901-01-19 · page 11 of 16
Judge — January 19, 1901 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains mostly **advertisements and light humor pieces**, with no prominent political cartoons. The notable content includes: **"Satisfied" poem** (top left): A sentimental verse about Love enduring hardship for modest rewards—typical of the era's melodramatic magazine poetry. **Comic anecdotes**: Brief humorous exchanges, including a tramp asking a housekeeper to borrow a Bible (she claims to have "about forty"), suggesting poor people owned few religious texts but many practical items. Another jokes about Kansas cyclones' destructive power in exaggerated terms. **"The Detective Story" (bottom)**: A satirical parody of melodramatic detective fiction, where a detective accuses a woman of murder based on bloodstained hands, but she deflects by proudly noting her fingers aren't stained with cigarettes—mocking overwrought Victorian morality tales. **Advertisements** dominate: life insurance, whisky, patent medicines, and tours occupy significant space. The page reflects *Judge's* mix of genteel humor, advertising revenue, and mild social commentary typical of early 1900s American magazines.
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“satisried. Love wore a threadbare dress of gray, ‘And toiled upon the road all day. Love wielded pick and carried pack, And bent to heavy loads the back. ‘Though meagre fed and sorely tasked, One only wage Love ever asked— A child's white face to kiss at night, ‘A woman's smile by candle-light. Margaret E, Sangster in Lippincott's Maga- sine, alittic nine, Just a lttle ran, little banque 8 Ripans Tabule, ta) fa 'vata ‘your ladigestion, inakes you emile again. Housekeeper —"* Now, you clear out right off, or I'll call the hired man.” 7ramp . mum, I only wanted to borry a ‘ou have one to spare.” Housekeeper — I've got about forty.” 7ramp— “Well, mum, will ye please lend me one a few minutes? I want to read about Belshazzar’s y it will stay my appetite till I git here people has fewer bibles an’ more pies."—Wew York Weekly. Dr. Null’ Congh Syru ughs or colds, This reliable rem- fone day, As Beatrice shaded her eyes from the strong light the detective observed that her hands were red with the blood of her last husband but one. He immediately called her attention to this, “Be that as it may,” said the woman in that wonderful, vibrant voice, “* my fingers are not stained with cigarettes.” With a start Potter slunk away, blaming himself for ever having suspected her of being the adventuress in the story.—Detroit Journal, The Feast of Reason and the Flow of Soul Promote contentment— the aim of all mankind Until the millennium life insurance will be a necessity for all except a very few— those who escape the law of average. If you are sure to escape, no need to apply to yw Meruat Lire, 1-3-5 Chestnut Street, Philatelohia. Since the weather has taken on several de- grees colder J. F. Fulton, the eczema special- ist, has taken to his bear-skin vest. The jolly ** doc" is as joyous as a mountain wood-pecker, and as he bobs in and out of his office he seems to invite Klondike blizzards and Kansas cy- clones. ‘He's hungry fur ‘em,” and don't give a continental who knows it—Rob Roy, who lost fifteen dollars in the boom of Hutch- inson, Kansas, was a guest at the Thos, Cat office this week. Mr. Roy is sweet on Hot Springs, but is sour on Kansas—poor, bleeding Kansas, I don’t blame him. I would not live in a state where a cyclone will turn a well in- side-out, a cellar upside-down, move a town- ship line, blow all the staves out of a whiskey- barrel and leave nothing but the bung-hole. A man told me the other day that the last great cyclone they had changed the day of the week, blew the hair off a bald-headed man, blew mortgages off farms, blew the cracks out of a fence, and took all the wind out of a politician. —Arkansaw Thos. Cat. Are you prepared to stand the severity of winter? DR. SIEGERT'S Angostura Bitters build up the system, vitalize the blood, and pre- vent disease, Alas for this country! Mr. Bryan is to run a weekly newspaper to be called 7’e Commen- ¢r, to defend the principles set forth in the Kansas city platform. Bryanism is common enough now, but to make it commoner !—Dums- ville Advertiser. The wine-like fragrance and delicate fla- vour of “Canadian Club” Whisky make a highball, cocktail, toddy, or any drink ir which whisky is used, indescrib- grateful to the ap- as preciative pzlate, ably delicious and gpiistving: “CANACIA CLUB” in any form is Fighly “He looked forward to the day when the spider would spin its web across the cannon’s mouth, But why is the spider spinc.ing its web? ‘To catch the pocr fly. That cannon's mouth will still be the theatre of war. Nature has woven life of war and love, We have no op- tion."—/, Zangwill. GATES’ TOURS MEXICO, CALIFORNIA, GRAND CANON OF ARIZONA First Tour leaves New York and Boston Feb. 5, 1901. Leaves Chicago and St, Louis Feb. 6, 1901. Second Tour leaves New York and Boston Feb.19, 1901, Leaves Chicago and St. Louis Feb, 20, 1901. MEXICO—Land of Enchantment, coun- try of tradition and romance. parn- dise for tourists, strange and delight- ful. GRAND CANON OF ARIZONA on ‘the Santa Fé Route; most wonderful Scenic panorama in the world. CALIFORNIA-—Special arrangements for visiting the noted California resorts. TRAIN (Da LUXE = Special train, ui with compartment cars, Gtawing-rooin Pullmans, dining-cat and observation-car, In service for entire railroad portion of each tour, ngers limited. eight feasons Nend for itinerary deserib- ing these ideal winter tours, CHAS. H. GATES, ES, Toledo, Ohio, ‘New England Agent, 201 Washington St., Boston, Mass. W. H. EAV! THE PRUDENTIAL HAS THE STRENGTHOF, GIBRALTAR!) *. You Are Interested in Life Insurance and we are in- terested in you. Whether your object be the accumulation of a fund, the protection of your family, the profitable investment of your money, or all three com- bined, the policies issued by The Prudentia will meet all your needs, at rates as low as are consistent .with the absolute security whiéh they provide. Full information freely sent on request to Address Dept. R. THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA JOHN F. DRYDEN, President HOME OFFICE: Newark, N. J.