Judge, 1901-04-13 · page 16 of 20
Judge — April 13, 1901 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** with minimal political content. The main editorial piece is "The Autocrat Said"—philosophical quotes attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes about absurdity, originality, and imitation. It's not satirical commentary but rather inspirational filler. The page's cartoons are brief humor sketches: one depicts a tired man asking for food, then requesting the homeowner retrieve it for him—a joke about shameless entitlement. Another shows an educated Filipino and American soldier discussing dialects, with the American's surprised reaction played for laughs at his expense. The rest is **commercial advertising**: Earl & Wilson collars, Whitman's chocolates, Trimble whiskey, Ballantine beer, hair tonic, life insurance, and notably, a "ZIM Collection" of water-color sketches compared to Mark Twain's humor style. The page reflects early 1900s Judge magazine's mix of genteel literary references and light domestic comedy, with advertising subsidizing publication.
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| and if it looks pretty when it has grown older THE “ AUTOCRAT" SAID. Nothing can be more delightful thafi to listen toa person laboring through a string of absurd- ities in order to prove an axiom, “* There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous,” but that step is taken from a precipice. ‘The ridiculous, accumulated to a certain extent, towers into sublimity. It be- comes a pure inward feeling, which docs not sdmit of being dethroned by an outward cons vulsion. ‘ A man cannot always tell whether his ideas are stolen or not. We take a thought that we love and nurse it like a babe in our bosom; we flatter ourselves that it has the family coun- tenance. ‘An old people swallows the gilded bait of prescription; a new one springs at the bare hook of novelty. A successful author must be careful or he “© A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, jydge or vicar ; So fill a cheerful glass will imitate himself. After one has put a shot ‘And let good Humor pass. through a target he will lose his labor if he fire through the hole.—From early writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, resurrected in The Cornhill Booklet, EARL & WILSON'S if y ENTZ.. 0.) © {f COLLARS CUFFS&SHIRTS s Whi Phila. & New York. Ihe iSke rk. (@ BEST IN THE WORLD. fas eek Green Vabel. Q ESTABLISHED a3 RD ‘Jovow's Linnany 1s fall of pore tun, No polities, 10e. ATALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS p Giger oat eka |LIKE THE HALL MARK OW SILVER having reflled empty bottles of fa this mark on Ale world-renowned or Porter or Stout. Eau de Quinine Hair Tonic, ITISA WARRANT Gj OF HIGHEST QUALITY. BALLANTINE BREW India Pale Ale. XXX Canada Malt Ale, Old Barton Ale, Porter, Brown Stout, Half and Half. On Draught or in Bottles. P. Ballantine & Sons, Newark, N. J. 134 Cedar St., cor. Washington, New York. PUTNEY, TWOMBLY & PUTNEY, Attorneys, 115 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. | To be“ fixed for life" is desirable. Much ‘more so to be “fixed for death.” There is no temporal way for the latter better than life insurance. Consult the Pann Mutvat Lire, 921-$-5 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 7 There’s a Educated Filipino—"Ves, sit; it is said there are seven thousand dialects inuse in these islands.” American soldier*(from Connecti- cut)—"* Wa-al, I swan!" Educated Filipino— “That makes seven thousand and one."—Chi- cago Tribune, , feast of fun in every box of ‘Whitman’s Chocolates and Confections Auk for them anywhere. A SLIGHT ADDITIONAL REQUEST. Tinry TiHosas—* Madam, I'm famished. Could you give me just a bite to eat?” Mrs. Kooxer—"'Certainly. You kin have one of them pies over there by the winder.” Tixep THomas—* Thanks, lady. Would you mind going over and getting it for me?” wapaper Sketching, Designing, etc, Best Metby Fea quickly for profitable work. Persoaal ‘adapted to all. Stodents enthusiastic. Easy for particulars. Largest and most prac: 's Instantaneous Chocolate delictoua drink In a minute. DL OF ILLUSTRATING, Tedianapolte, U.S Che “ZIM” Collection OF ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR REPRODUCTIONS OF SKETCHES BY «ZIM.” Price, $3.00 per Set of Eight Pictures. “Zim” has Veen characterized as the Mark Twain of picturedom. His figures, while always broadly comic and sometimes grotesquely exaggerated, are nevertheless truly artistic caricatures of actual types, selected with fine humorous discrimination. The pictures in this collection were done specially for it, and have never been published in any other form. The elabcrate color-work, reproduced in fac-simile by the famous French process, shows Zim" in several of his happiest moods. Each individual figure of the set brings brightness and color to the wall, wherever it may be hung. This edition is limited to 2,000 sets. The collection consists of cight of the very best examples of Mr. Zimmerman’s work, reproduced in six colors by the original process, all handsomely mounted ready for immediate framing. The size of each picture, exclusive of the mounting, is 11 x 14 inches, For decorative purposes they cannot be surpassed. The price of the Zim” collection is $3.00 per set of eight pictures, or the pictures can be obtained singly at 50 cents each. 5 JUDGE COMPANY, 110 Fifth Avenue, New York. comicbooks.com