Judge, 1902-02-01 · page 12 of 17
Judge — February 1, 1902 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and promotional material** rather than political satire. The main cartoon, "The Only Soft Names He Knew," depicts a comedic misunderstanding: an Eastern schoolteacher instructs a rough Western man to use "soft names" when courting. He responds by calling his love interest by brand names (sarsaparilla, ginger ale)—the only "soft" terms he knows from commercial products. The joke mocks rural Western masculinity and ignorance of romantic conventions, playing on early 1900s East-West cultural stereotypes. The page also includes several short jokes about war expenses, women's tears as weapons, and an automobile stunt—typical light satire of the era. The bulk of the page comprises advertisements for whiskey (Maryland Club, Wilson brand), the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and most prominently, a "Caricature" book compilation and "Stanlaws' Smartest Girl" art series, all published by Judge Company.
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Whiskey IT TASTES OLD BECAUSE IT IS OLD. CAHN, BELT & CO., BALTIMORE, MD. “War is very expensive,” said one South American official. “Very,” responded the other ; “ our bill for typewriter supplies this month was simply enormous." — Washington Star. f accompanied and sus- the necessary proportion uf good looks."—Detroit Free Press. “A woman's favorite weapon is a tear,” re- marked the wise guy. Yes; even the Esquimau women are ad- dicted to blubber,” murmured the simple mug. —Philadelphia Record. Abbott's, the Original Angostura Bitters, is a compliment to the stomach. You can get nothing better. hing going on this evening?” “Yes; there's to be a performance at the athletic gardens. A fellow will undertake to subdue an automobile that has a record of hav- ing killed six men, He's to do it in one hour or forfeit a thousand dollars.""—Chicago Trib. une. | GOLD MEDAL, PAN-AMERICAN, 1901 | CORNELL INCUBATORS Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That’s All! THE WILSON DISTILLING CO., Baltimore, Md. Catalogue free. Convent Ixcusatox Mrc.Co., Dept. O, Ithaca, N. THE GREAT DOUBLE TRACK SCENIC HIGHWAY, ecreen NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA AND BUFFALO. THE ONLY SOFT NAMES HE KNEW. Te NEW SCHOOL-TEACHER FROM THE EAsT—" You men out here are so rough when you make love. You know a girl likes to be called soft names."" Putta Guwne (anxious to please) —" My dear sarsaparilla, | love you! My own ler ‘soda, won't you be my sweet little ginger ale ?”” A compilation in book form of the best work of noted artists and humorists. Complete in one volume of over 250 pages. The book is beauti- fully bound in cloth, with title > A New Series of Water-Color Prools of Drawings of the fasci- nating “ Stanlaws Gir.” « « « -» The series consists of six of the newest and best examples of Stanlaws’ work, beautifully print- ed in colors. The size of each picture, handsomely mounted, is 12x19 inchs, em meee THE PRICE OF THE SMARTEST GIRL SERIES IS $3.00 PER SET stamped in white, and with gold edges. IT CONTAINS OVER 3,000 ILLUSTRATIONS by the following beat-known artista and caricaturists: Hamilton Flohri “B.B.” Baker Peter Newell Greening Fredericks “Zim” — Griffin Sydney Adamson F. Nankivel Wemer “Gus” Dirks Stanlaws Gillam TS. Sullivant J. M. Flagg Daggy and Fithian Outcault J. H. Smith C.ESchultze Anderson Art Young ITS POEMS, STORIES, AND WITTICISMS are by writers such as W. J. Lampton Tom Mason Edwin L, Sabin Madeline S. Bridges R.K. Munkittricke W.D.Nesbitt. © Henry Tyrrell and Carolyn Wells ny poses, would be quite posse, Sheis eaptious and coy’ she k End petite. She doesn't belong to the pene! Spanning-wbeel and harpsichord, and. yet she pot entirely without a. suggestion of the bea fof Wie courtly colonial damsel, She is just wt She isthe Stanlaws Girl, whose beauty ch land becomes more prosounced. in every | that ripples in her diaphanous draperies defes analysis and beggars description as mu fas does the perfume of the rose, the silver: the moonbeam, or the chaste auroral sep: ‘whirling giddily ‘around: in a farry of peo Blossoms, JUDGE COMPANY, 110 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK “CARICATURE” is a book specially for the library and for the home circle. and generally for every lover of fun in picture and prose. PRICE, $2.00 PER COPY Sent by express, prepand, to any address in the United States by the Publishers, JUDGE COMPANY, 110 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK ee ene AND Desiring paper of superior excellence and uniformity can secure it of the makers of the papers used in LITHOGRAPHERS _ the various publications of THE JUDGE PUBLISHING COMPANY. comicbooks.com