Judge, 1903-01-03 · page 11 of 16
Judge — January 3, 1903 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine is primarily **advertising with scattered humorous filler content** rather than political cartoons. The text snippets are short jokes about: - **Betting on horses** (two brief verses mocking the logic of wagering on animals) - **Celestial bureaucracy** (a satirical poem asking if heaven has janitors and authority figures like Earth) - **Men's fashion** (praising the evolution of the cravat as a status symbol) - **Coffee's health effects** (a testimonial promoting Postum, a caffeine-free coffee substitute) - **Shakespeare's *Othello*** (a brief, crude joke about the handkerchief plot) The advertisements dominate: Evans' Ale, Prudential Insurance, Chartreuse liqueur, Dewar's Scotch, and other products typical of early 20th-century publications. **No significant political satire is present.** The humor is lightweight, focused on everyday absurdities and product promotion rather than social commentary. This reflects *Judge*'s evolution toward commercialized content.
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1 wonder if in heaven's realm The earthly rule applies, And angel janitors will boss ‘The mansions in the skies DIRGE FROM THE TRACK. Why should I bet Upon a horse Who goeth ‘round Upon the course? Or will they rule the other place ES And Satan's’ plans defeat By showing their authority ‘And turning off the heat? —New York Times. | Were I to run, Tis plain to see, The horse would never Bet on me. The reason is He hath a lot Of plain horse sense— Which I have not —Washington Star. carts and stronger bodies follow the | iginal Angostura Bitters. | At grocers’. =. | © noticed,” said. the hardened hat about the time a man's get_to be t half as bad us he was when he boy he begins howl about the world’s growing worse." Baltimore American ABOUT YEWO OF ’ THE MEN {a mercanttle and professional 1" Ile owe sometblog of their appear © musician or artist who buys a Sohmer Piano gets an instrument that is a work of art rs’ hard study and had just. plung ar when the gene ie da turned on You wouldn't have dared do that to me if I had been Mansfield!” he ex- | claimed Stung to the quick by this exposure of his ‘cowardice Brutus slunk away into the night.—Sun taster of the Cravat. Tis | was understood by some as far back a3 the days of Besa Brumael, but It Is only the later section of the present lon of mea whe have fully grasped It. The well- froomed man of to-day, even when be must economize oa ther articles of apparel, buys ten cravats where bls daddy bourht one. is a 36-page text book called * Success seldom comes toa man until rather late in the game. Ry the time he is in a position to get all the pie he wants he is a dyspeptic. —Chicago News. SMALL MONEY. WHAT A QUARTER DID, weds food the waste, and should not rest on stimulant Cofice excites these organs so they cannot get , the necessary rest and nourishment and steadily All about a Man's Cravat. tears them down, then other disorders follow. Wits protesely and sumptoously Ilatrated by one of the <7 fam under a cor nervous steain as T toremost artists of America. The first edition cout the pud- have §2 girls under m writes a school lishers over $18,000, but you can have a copy for the asking, | teacher from by seadiog this Adv't with your address and 6 ceots la stamps suffered terribly | with to the Publisher, James R. Kelser, 122-124 Filth Avenue, New nervousness in its worst fort 1 yaa preter a bound copy, de Laxe edition, se04 18 jrundreds af dollars in ductors’ bil my friends advised me to quit coffee > | your Postum Food Coffee, and 1 ta wreeennneereenenee | and it) was something horrible. later L met a frie jcup of Pestum, indiges 0 id out Many of taste was brought nd discovered y that the first T had was only two. whereas 15 minutes ng brings out the delicious favor and so T determined te use Postum inthe fallowing the dictions carefully, and dune s ever Jy indigestion has entirely left mes my ss gone, and T now feel bright a well after the mest tiresom and} |, Iago was telling Othetlo that |demona had handkerchief. Bute Des- presented Cassio with her| , Moor, ‘what B se She would otherwise have given him the mitt | This logic convinced thereupon. identified the the laundry Tribune. Othello, who handkerchief mark.—N York Washington was asked if he was pleased with the title of father of his | country. Is Bottled at_the Brews great."" he replied, beaming | certainly wouldn't want’ to father the | city.” Hastily extricating himself from the subway, and side-stepping from an automobile, he fled to Mount Vernon.— New York Times. THE RARE, PIQUANT FLAVOR OP Chartreuse —GREEN AND YELLOW—" MAKES IT THE DAINTIEST AND MOST DELICIOUS OP ALL CORDIALS Ai tvt-clan Wine Merchants Hlotela, Cate, Bujer 8 Coss Broadway, New Verte Nes Sole Agents for United States, | | a | | im EWARS| SSN ie eT | Sti BARKER CO. TROCNY. EN LINTouL ats CUFFS ARE THE BEST UY THEM. ks ry p Nes Tht RU iff MDA Sorcccoesseeccocososessees New York Central’s al’s Grand ee CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.