Judge, 1901-09-28 · page 17 of 20
Judge — September 28, 1901 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Judge magazine, with one notable cartoon. The central cartoon depicts a **donkey labeled "Patent Leather,"** with the caption showing a servant (James) wishing his master would get a patent leather back so he wouldn't have to polish it. This is a visual pun: patent leather requires no polishing because it's pre-glossed, so the joke mocks the donkey's back as if it were leather that needs maintenance. The page also features "**Plantation Philosophy**"—a recurring Judge feature presenting folksy, dialect-laden observations attributed to unnamed Black speakers. These were common in period humor magazines, reflecting era-typical racial stereotypes through exaggerated dialect and imagery. The bulk of the page consists of contemporary **patent medicine and consumer product advertisements** (whiskey, health underwear, blood poison cures, laxatives), typical of Judge's revenue model. These ads reveal period attitudes toward health and consumption now considered dubious or unethical. The "Judge Quarterly No. 40" promotion advertises the magazine itself at 25 cents per issue.
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PERFECT FITTING YPSILANTI HEALTH UNDERWEAR al HAY BEST & DEALERS, Tono SEND MEG. CO. FOR YPSILANTI. BOOKLET PLANTATION PHI- LOSOPHY, Dar's no use; yo" kkain’t cuss bad luck er way.—De bigger de time de longer hit takes to git ober it.— Dar "ould be few slanderin’ tongues ef dar wuz no listenin’ ears. — Some people wid trubble ah like dogs wid fleas : allas seratchin’ dem off on udda le.—Er- bout one candidate fn = er million hain’t got a Finest Matured Old cowardly streak in him hrish Whiskey somers.—A polertician dat kin lie and won't, is kept purty busy e: Bottled by LIPTON, Ltd., DUBLIN ano LONDON. Sale Agents U.S. ercisin’ his abilit Small tings ah G. F. HEUBLEIN @ BRO., 29 Broadway, N. ¥., Hartford, Conn. Trya “Lipton” High Ball Made of kind in general, self. —St, JJourne ike frieks ; enuff ob dem will build a palace.— ‘Taint perniciousness in polertics dat makes parties proud. — Ar- Aansaw Thomas Cat, Boston Herald. The Chicago man J who has two hearts has J the advantage of man- can have a heart-to- heart talk all by him- Louis The only man in iff Kansas who will burn com this winter will be the man who can afford to light his pipe with a dollar bill_— Albany Evening The presence of nearly one million names on the govern- ment's pension rolls shows that wars may come and wars may Igo, but the pension rolls go on forever,— Strike up the band, here comes a sailor! QUARTERLY "s out, none heartier or haler, Yachtsmen and landsmen, good fellows galore, Join in the jollity ! Jackie's ashore. Judge Quarterly No. 40 IS READY! You'll find it everywhere at «25 CENTS PER.” HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS, PAPER WAREHOUSE, 34, and 36 Meecker Street, ‘9 Beekman Street, New Y: 7 PAPER MADE TO ORDER: IDLoop| DOISON Primary, Seoondary or Tertiary Blood Poison Permanently Cored. You ean be treated at ome under fene guaranty. Ifyou have taken merenry, todide potash, {o4 sitll have’aches and pains, Mucus Patetes in South: “ore Throat. Pimples, Copper. Colored Spots, Ulcers 5 ‘Say part of the body. Hair or Ryebrows falling out. writ COOK REMEDY Go. Alasonte Temple, Chicago, TIL, for proote of cures 00,001 We solic’ ‘moat lobetinate eases soto 13 to SS day. 1impase Branch Wat au “QUALITY.” BLANK BOOKS sivcazsisee FINDLER & WIBEL, 121 Nassau Street, New York. You sett get more prom by neationtog Jeban whe PATENT LEATHER, Jastes —" Gee ! I wish master would get a patent leather back, so’s I wouldn't have'to polish it every morning.” by keeping your bowels open. CASCARETS will do it without grip or gripe and drive the cold right out of you. Just as soon as you" feel like taking cold” take a CASCARET— there is NOTHING SO GOOD. CANDY CATHARTIC A sweet bit of candy medicine, harmless, never grip nor gripe. urely vegetable, absolutely Reale of over $,000,000 boxes a year—10c, 25c, 50c— proves their great merit. get CASCARETS, the only original, genuine Candy Cathartic, Be sure you He Maryland lub Pure Rye Whiskey IT TASTES OLD BECAUSE ITIS OLD. CAHK, BELT & CO0., BALTIMORE, MD. “A Genuine Old Brandy made from Wine.” Medical Press (London), Aug, 1899. |MARTELL'S THREE STAR BRANDY A Perfect Form amber. Tt pared illustrations folerelop' jour tbody to ral of perfection. ‘Sent for 10 ceats in stamps Draliver. State sex. Sth Aveace Sebsol of Physical Coltare, Dept. Xo. 8 110 BIRR York. VARICOCELE Associated Pelvic and Reflex Nervous diseases red to stay cured. resting book, fully iNastrated, professional epinica, sent x ‘deverivoe AT ALL BARS and RESTAURANTS. i irae D. D, RICHARDSON, M.D., 125 Michigan Ave., Chicago “QUALITY.” LIN OLLASUFFS = ARE THE BEST BUY THEM. THE RESORTER. ‘A Handsomely Miustrated Monthly for Health and Pleasareecekers. Four months, cla elght montha, So ca. "Bend two-cent stamp for apeciméa copy. New York: 13 ASTOR PLACE, ROMEIKE'S ssezn ee peace reer iia aassacee Nee Wate Press BEST and MOST a Coffees race and se. For apecial terms address P.O. Box a8. ‘Tepan'e LinnaRy fa full of pure fun. No politics. 106. comicbooks.com