Judge, 1901-09-21 · page 12 of 22
Judge — September 21, 1901 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and brief satirical items** rather than a coherent cartoon narrative. The main visual content is an illustration labeled "Hard Luck" showing a woman refusing a suitor's proposal. The caption dialogue reveals the joke: the woman rejects him "with scorn," but notes that if she refuses while looking frightened (as she does in the drawing), he'll think she's merely scared rather than truly rejecting him—implying he'd persist. The page also contains numerous short satirical "fillers": - A joke mocking fake mail-order schemes (a man sends $2 for fortune-making advice, receives "Rob a train") - A crack about Wall Street operators "fleecing" people - A dark humor item about an undertaker shortage in Minnesota - References to Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid and British General Kitchener/the Boer War Most of the page, however, comprises **period advertisements** for camera lenses, soap, whiskey, hook-and-eye fasteners, and theater listings—typical of Judge's revenue model. The satirical content is incidental filler material between ads.
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PLASTIGMAT £-6.8 The Perfect Photo Lens ‘The latest product of the optician’s skill. No shutter too fast for it. No day too dark. No detail too fine. No subject too difficult. Bausch 6 Lomb Optical Co." are the originators and makers. It can be had on any make of camera, It will fit any camera now provided with a Tens and will increase the pleasure and quality of your photography immensely. SPECIMENS OF PICTURES MADE WITH PLASTIGMAT [-6.8 MAILED FREE. “Well, T'll be din; said Eben- ezer Bunkley after he had looked at the letter for the seventh time. ‘* What's the matter?” his wife asked. ‘* You see,” the old man replied, "there was a feller advertised in the Farmer's Friend| a little while ago to send on two dollars and learn how to get a fortune without investin’ anything or runnin’ any risk. So I done it—sent the two dollars—an* here's the answer. It says: ‘Rob a train, There's no risk about that. They'll never catch you.’ I vow, it does beat all what a lot of blame-fool ideas people keep gettin’ up now-days !" —Chicago Record-Herald, Steady nerves and a strong stomach fs the legacy of Abbott's, the Original Angostura Bitters. The great mistake Kitchener made about that proclamation was in forget- ting that there were Boers, too, who knew how to write. Buffalo Express. « Bacon—" Did you say your friend Bad been operated on?" Eghert—"Oh, yes.” Bacon—"* What did they operate on him for?" Egdert—" Why, for his fleece. ‘The operators down in Wall Street did it."— Yonkers Statesman, Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That’s All! THE WILSON DISTILLING CO., Baltimore, Md. Here is a thing that happened recently in a thriving town in Minnesota. The Methodist minister was summoned to the telephone office to answer a long-distance call from a small Place in central Pennsylvania, This was the message : ‘I hear your town is having a boom, and I would like to inquire if, in your opinion, there is a good opening for a first-class under- taker?’ The minister, after sending a gurgle of astonishment through the ‘phone, managed to reply that there were already two first-class undertakers doing business in the place, and that was all the town required.—d dbany & ing Journal, Abdul Hamid is out of the frying-pan. Now, how about the fire? — Philadelphia Public Ledger. Pears’ Its least virtue is that it lasts so. Soap is for comfort and cleanliness. Pears’ soap cleanliness— perfect cleanliness and comfort. Sold all over the world, ANY woman who is enterprising enough to spend ten minutes in learning to understand the SNAP HOOK AND EYE will secure a lifetime of comfort. First see that it is properly sewed on, and then experiment till you find just the touch and the twist that are easiest for you. It cannot break, bend or rust. All leading stores keep them. SNAP HOOK @ EYE CO. OF AMERICA. General Offices, 25 Broad St., New York City. piTH—"* What of it? You said you were going to refuse him with scorn.” Eri glad of it.” “*T was; but if I refuse him with scorn looking like this he'll be deuced FOR THE BEST. Don't set roun’ a-mopin’, Nevermore at rest. Better to be hopin'— Hopin’ fer the best. In the dark we Thinkin’ life Better :o be hopin'— Hopin’ fer the best. —Atlanta Constitution, NEW YORK THEATRES. Manhattan Theatre stn" | MRS FISKE! MIRANDA 2.238 = | The Boston Advertiser sagely remarks that | the sponge-cake in the restaurants tastes just like sponges. What a wide range of gastro- nomical experience some editors pick up!— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Trya “Lipton” High Ball Made of Finest Matured Old Irish Whiskey Bottled by LIPTON, Ltd., DUBLIN ano LONDON. Sole Agents U, 8. G. ¥. HEUBLEIN & BRO. 29 Brosdway,N.¥. Hartford, Conn- BP EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD Direct Route ro me PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION $9.00 round trip day coach tickets from New York on Toosday and Thursday of each week good 5 days comicbooks.com ‘