Judge, 1903-01-10 · page 11 of 16
Judge — January 10, 1903 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with a satirical poem about modern commercial success at the top. ## Main Satire: "A Modern Litterateur" The poem mocks a man who achieved wealth not through literary talent but by inventing a catchy **health-food brand name**. He's "not literary," has poor spelling and grammar, yet became rich simply by writing one clever marketing phrase ("a pothook and a twitch"). The satire targets the early 1900s obsession with patent medicines and health foods—the era's commercial craze where shrewd marketing often trumped actual product quality or scientific merit. It's a critique of how American capitalism rewarded promotional cleverness over genuine intellectual achievement. ## Advertisements The rest consists of period product ads: Packer's Tar Soap, Whitman's chocolates, various patent medicines (Blair's Pills, Gout & Rheumatism remedy), and—notably—**Grape-Nuts cereal**, advertised through a testimonial letter about digestive health benefits typical of the era's health-food marketing. The irony: the page itself demonstrates exactly what the poem satirizes—the commercial power of aggressive advertising.
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A MODERN LITTERATEUR. He isn't literary, He never wrote a verse; His spelling 's rather scary, And his grammar 's even worse. Yet, although it may seem funny To the literary men, He has made a pile of mone ‘And he’s made it with his pen. He isn’t literary: Yet he took his pen one day, And he used it in a merry And a careless sort of ‘way. Just a single word he scribbled, Just a pothook and a twitch; But we haven't lied nor quibbled When we say it made him rich. He isn’t literary, And he doesn’t shine with wit; He's a common fellow, very, made an awful hit. wealthy and contented And he’s on the way to fame For, you sce, he’s just invented A brand-new health-food name. —Council Blujjs Nonpareil. Brain propertics, All druggists. One of the worst things about fafling into a hole is the number of people who © point out the taken to avoid gather on the bank you could have ng in.—Atchison (Kan,) Globe. I, how do you like your profession? Young Emdee— Ivs the pra Town and Country. Profession is 0. k What kind of a man was Napolcon?" asked the little boy “He was one of the men whi takes made them famous,” ans cynical parent trol the world by organizing armies in- Washington stead of organi trust "” Star Packer’s Tar Soap is pure, mild, invigorating and antiseptic. It soothes while cleansing, and for more than a quarter of a century has been The Standard For the Hair and Skin ‘The Pac‘ter Mfg. Co., 81-83 Fulton St., New York. What Man’s Affections are not best experase tn WHEEMAN'S Confections For mle everswhere, WHITMAN'S Instantaneous Chocolate. Maen a tninate, «ater ot tating ani STErHKS ¥. MINTS & 808, 1216 Paeataet Sty PPtladetphta. Cu: Creat English Remedy facages PILLS le. Sure, Effective. 600. & $1. DRUGOISTS, er 294 Wiliam and brawn benefited with a tonic which aids digestion—Abbott’s, the Original Angostura Bitters, are noted for their digestive tice I'm kicking about.”"— red his “He undertook to con- FISHERS POR SEATS. Three workmen ran breathless to catch strect-car— down. afar ing brown cook, cery book, Th ing. street— was ajam; A seat— seat, ma‘am!"" must sit, Though the labor be hard and th body unfit, —Indianapolis Fournal. ity of the earth. “ tell us how you managed to do it Easy enough,” rep! “Tread three numbers of Punch. Marvelin| they withdrew, LOST SIGHT OF A MOST IMPORTANT ALD TO EDUCATION. parents in bri proper food as an aid to education. Children make wonderful progress. wher scientifically fed. A litde woman in East Brentwood, N. H., says of her girlhood days, “I was never very ~_ | Fugged and cold lunches and hearty evening {meals and improper food soon began to work | serious havoc. “Then came a period of self-boarding while away at college and it is now easy to sce where, in the haste to acquire knowledge the true negl ‘Then followed a weary time of dieting and, after another, physicians were consulted, ti hope of permanent cure was abandoned. home as a bride and having grown wi through experience, 1 resalved to use food i accordance with ic principles. at all rich. “We commenced to use Grape-Nuts ani soon became convinced that it nutritious food we could obta left me for goud. GrapecNuts regularly, and I w inmy life as now. T have slightest distress, the and constipation never troubles me. of such a perfect and delicious food." given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. liter ¢ sure,” *L wish I were in Dixie’ buying. railroad ticket for Minneapolis.”” —Washington Star. ae and Liquor Mabit Cured wita- ‘out tnoonvenience or detention from Dusiness. Wri THE Di, J. 2. i ©O., Dept.|. 2. Lebanon, Ohio. “Is Jinks successful as a chauffeur?” “Well, I should say so. Why, he's been arrested eight times in the last tw. weeks,""—Chicago Post. To catch a street-car as the sun went Each thought of the woman who waited And the beef-trust steak that was cook- For men must eat and women must. And there's little to balance the gro- ough ‘the motor-car be moan- Three women got in at a down-town At a down-town strect when the car They had bundles and boxes and wanted And the workmen together said, “My For men must stand and women And the ‘motor-car be moaning Newton had just discovered the grav. But," exclaimed his admiring friends, lied the scientist. at the simplicity of genius, while the “great_ man toyed with an apple.—New York Tribune. An important point often overlooked by ng up children is the use of Dearest,’ passionately exclaimed the visiting youth, “you have led me to ador "-— “Good,” interrupted a voice from the stairs, in relieved tones. ‘* Now, I hope you'll open it and go out."—Philudelphia | Record. a By an original and improved method of con- structing the frame, the far-famed Sohmer Piano acquires extraordinary strength, and is enabled to sustain the enormous’ tensional strain of the strings. “Why, pa, what are you doing out there with the gun—and a revolver and a knife too" “It's all right, sis. I've told that beau of yourn to keep away, and I'm here to see that he does it. “But why are you so much armed, “ Because, my child, this is what the British and German commanders would call a pacific blockade.—Cleeland Plain Dealer. ¢ | —______ — Exclusively for Gentlemen of Delicate Taste. FACTORIES AT TAMPA, FLORIDA. a | knowledge of proper and nourishing food was ected. ‘The result; a8 tay be imagined, was indigestion, dyspepsia and constipation ‘Then, | two years after leaving school, [ entered a new This was So neceary as I could not eat anything as the most | n. 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