Judge, 1903-03-28 · page 12 of 16
Judge — March 28, 1903 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily advertising with some interspersed humor content. The main feature is **"The Pictures in the Grate,"** a sentimental poem encouraging a child to imagine magical visions in fireplace embers—a nostalgic piece with no apparent satirical intent beyond whimsical entertainment. The page is dominated by period advertisements: medicinal remedies (Hunyadi Janos laxative, morphine treatment centers, Abbott's Bitters), Wilson Whiskey, and Doll Mall cigarettes. Several brief comedic anecdotes appear—about a poorly-dressed millionaire, a jobseeker preferring his old position, and a character rendered poor by breaking an alarm clock. No specific political figures or events are clearly identifiable. The humor is genteel and domestic rather than satirical. This appears to be a typical early-20th-century magazine page where editorial content was secondary to commercial advertising.
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THE PICTURES IN THE GRATE. Ho, my little fellow, with the glamour in NATURE’S § [1b ene the pictures where the glow. Established 1823. ing ember dies; REMEDY Let us sce the palace where the princess | lives in state— = Walls of gold a-gleaming in the magic of the grate: Walls of gold and silver, and a ruby Fo! ’ ‘ stream that rolls Round about the palace in the ever-| changing coals. es Is Ho, my, litte fellow, with the wonder in That’s All! Tell me of the glories where the flashes| THE WILSON DISTILLING Co, fall and rise. | Let us see the turrets and the pinnacles | and all— Yes, and hear the trumpets blow defiance from the wall; The Best Natural Laxative See the princess smiling at the window, Mineral Water while below Stands the princely lover who is loath to| It acts speedily, safely and pleas- mount and go. antly. Drink “half a glass of Hunyadi J@nos in the morning Ho, my little fellow, with the firelight in in case of indigestion, lack of ap- your eyes! petite, foul breath and like forms Take me back to boy-land with its ever- of constitutional derangement, in- happy skies. | dicating torpidity of the liver. Let me sit beside you while you gaze into lid ec the flame. Tell me of the princess, of her beauty, of her name; Let us trace the jewels that her gentle charms enhanc | Let us catch the glitter of the armor and Three Day Sanitarium the lane affords strict privacy. home comforts and every |} Ho. my Tittle fellow, with the wisdom in Convenience during the treatment of all forms your eyes! | of drug habits, such es Let me have the knowledge that I had| MORPHINE ‘Trace the olden pictures in the coals, and Opium, Laudanum, Cocaine, etc. We eliminate let me sce the effect of these Grags trom the system and | All the royal visions that were once so Completely destroy the desire for them ta tree C278, | | Shaves lor tenn nad bey your k again, and tell me what the dyin, acd rs ng ad embers hold, | Our matnods have been publicly tected andar | For my glad bo s now are ashes, | angpeas ot Deo Rawk fo chleh we ele, gray and cold. ; ants tie tt once for valuaa bookiet relerences | -—TV.°D. Nesbit in Chicago Tribure ‘THREE DAY SANITARIUM [151 Third Ave. Detroit, Mich. - ———— Increase your strength, ward off ill health, “What a mistake it is to judge men by | use Abbott's, the Original Angestura Hitters, their clothes!" | the strength-giver. “L know it, ‘There is a self-made mil- ; lionaire in this town who dresses just| How would you like a forcign consul- as well and with as much taste of | ship?” asked the dispenser of presiden- the clerks in. his establishment."—Chi- | tial patronage cago Record-Herald, The ex-postmaster, who wanted noth- J—aVOCTCC | ing better than his’ former job again, | twirled his hat in an embarrassed manner If it’s all the same to you,” he said, “I'd rather go back to my old stamping: eyetem, tent your sane | ground." —Chicago Tribu Sena SANE caine, Rove 1, 2th ill wen got HOW IT HAPPENED. Weary Wittie—* Ah, mum, t wuz reduced from affluence to poverty Fras hat A f) a PERNT AEST EE eae in a moment.” WH BARKER CO.TROY,NY. Constable 2C Mrs. Hanpour—“* Stocks ?"* LINEN S& Weary Wittie—" Alarm-clock!"" CoLLA CUFFS ; ARE THE BEST /Early Spring Costumes. BUY THEM. Belle- le has money, you know Voile, Crépe de Chine, Tissot, and Emma—"Yes, I appreciate that fact but how am I to live happily with a man who is my inferior?” Toa My NATURAL SHAPE Don't tell him and he’ ever . New Orleans Times-L Tailor-Made Gowns. CORK-TIPPED FI LONDON DO YOU FISH? J c Etamine, Cheviot, and Mohair. A MIE CHUBB RODS are “Bolton Honor.” Fane] City Famine, Cheviot and Mohair. CIGARETTES | Cotton Fabrics. ing Tackle Direct from the Manufacturers to the “SE RTERaES Redcar” | Baadeay Binh a | yey 25e. the Box POST MILLS, NEW YORK. I wonder what is t You will find ing of ‘Sic transit gloria mundi.’ SAM kinds Kept in stock a y them at the jumley—"1 hardly know; but the BLANK BOOK: ‘and made to onder by 5 - shops where words sound as if it might FINDLER @ WIBEL, " the refined something to do with an ambulance Phuadelphse Press 115 Nassau Street, New York. man trades. Z HENRY LINDENMEYR @ SONS \ : PARC RE en TECORE Hew M, teriogon ve” | PAPER WAREHOUSE -~- A bor of 10 Pall E86 24 Bleochar Bares a Mall Cigarettes will ROMEIKE’S Prey Cutts, Bere vat) DEL spe or rarcn nave ro one be sent postpaid for 3 which may appear about you, your friends, or 25c. to any reader of JUDGE who cannot obtain them at his dealer's. ‘any subject on which you want 10 be “ep to date.” Brey, ewer pet Forces of tmpertce Se MORPHINE feoneseteree sactcme|| UNIVERSAL TOBACCO CO., 697 Greenwich Street, New York Seer o too notices. Henry Romeiee, 110 Fiith Ave, NV. | Write The Dr. J. L. Stephens Co., Dept. 12, Lebanea, comicbooks.com