Judge, 1903-04-25 · page 12 of 16
Judge — April 25, 1903 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page mixes social humor with advertising. The "Man in the Street" stories are brief comedic anecdotes reflecting early-1900s attitudes: a wife complains her husband's "club time" doesn't match the clock (suggesting he's out late), a foreigner is insulted with animal names ("owl," "lobster," "monk"), and a husband gives up trying to explain what attracted him to his wife. The cartoons mock vanity (a painter who thinks landscapes improve through his ego) and marital dynamics where wives probe husbands' affections. The page is dominated by whiskey advertisements—Wilson Whiskey, Hunter Whiskey, and Trimble Whiskey—using the "White Rock high ball" slogan repeatedly. These ads reflect pre-Prohibition America (before 1920) when alcohol advertising was mainstream in magazines. The Chauncey M. Depew book advertisement positions his story collection as suitable for dinner-table entertainment, the intended audience for Judge magazine itself.
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Mrs. Jollyman—"John, you don't seem to be in a hurry to get to the office this morning.” Mr. Follyman—" No, obliged ‘to be, either own, madam.” Mrs. Follyman—"I guess that's s0, John. I know it's your time you give me When you come home from the club, for it never agrees with the clock by several hours.""—Boston Courier : and I'm not My time is my “Do you know what you are?” blurted the angry citizen who had been run into “No, 1 do not,” responded the exas- perated foreigner. “Late last night a | policeman called me an ‘owl,’ this morn- ing a conductor called me’ a ‘lobster,’ and around the corner a woman said 1 was a ‘monk: Next time I come to America I'll bring a volume of natural history to find out who I am.""—Chicago ews. Hospitality’s Cheer a smack of its own, Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That's All! VILSON DISTILL Baltimore, Md. ‘The WHITE ROCK high ball fas] The WHITE ROCK high ball hss a smick of its own, Clear complexion indicat: sult from use of Abbott's, t tura Bitters. pure blood—re- In all social cheer hospitality’s Original Anges: motto is The Best for the Guest. The superb quality of Hunter Whiskey makes it the first sought and the first bought. * My dear. married three who had been as she beamed across the table on her lord and master, “tell me what first attracted you to me What pleasant characteristic did I pos- sess which placed me above other women in your sight?” And her lord and master simply said, “T give it up."—Tit-Bits, Palett “De Auber is, the most ego-| tistical ch. I ever met.” s fow’s that?" Palette—* Why, every time he paints a landscape he nes he flatters na- Sold at all first-class caf 4 by jobbers. WM. LANAHAN & SC Itimore, Md, ad to run. The came after us with a pitchfork and a bull-dog.""—Philadelphia Record. “MAN IN THE STREET” STORIES From “The New York Times.’ I2mo. 320 pages. Cloth Bound, $1.00. With an Introduction by Chauncey M. Depew, who says of them: >| “This collection of stories is my refresher every Sun- EMANIN THESTREET] day after the worry and work of the week. I know of STORIES no effort which has been so successful in collecting real portraying the humorous side of life as this The WHITE ROCK high ball has a smack of its own, It is prepared with a complete index which increases its value very much. Read what reviewers all over the country say of the book : € “It ia a great collection, and the readingof it ia a treat."—Saur Lane. aa Trinvxe te?) “The kind of a book we-call a ‘capital thing.” Ite humor ia of the s beat flavor." MinNearouin Tries With Introduction by 1 well worth the consideration of all.”"—Provipexcr JOURNAL. CHAUNCEY M.DEPEW rranted to amuse.""—Boston Jounw at. “The ancedotes Probably no book of its kind excels thisone.”—Detnort Free Press, with genuine pleasure lly entertaining, full of humor, wit and wisdom, and may be read Sr. Louts Reruniic. Pmiavruemta Ixquinen. "Senator Depew says a true thing in commending the character and quality of the book.” — Cunvetann Leaner * We cannot deny its attainment of success.” —Baurimore Sun. “A collection of the utmost use for those who wish to use bright jest and modern anecdote.”— Daity News, ry after-dinner speaker should be thankful for the publicati jories.’ "—SrainarieLp SUNDAY ReruBLican “They will make the reader laugh."”"—Burvato Exeness. “This work is useful in more ways than one.”—Ricnmoxp Disraren. Will be useful to all who are in quest of stories to illustrate points in dinner-table exploits.”"— Brooxtrn EAacue * Full of good things. n in book form of the * Man in the vnraz The story teller need never run short as long as be has thia volume to consult.”"—witapeuena r tute a very mine of material for both the political eampaign and the social circle. Always interesting.""—Prrrauvna INDEX-APrEAL. © The average merit of these stories ia #0 high, that the prize-winning atories are little. if any, bette than the others."—Cutcaco Ixtrn OceAN. : . sa Cessoas! Indispensable to a properly selected library."—St, Pact Guone. Sent by mail, postpaid, to any address upon receipt of price, One Dollar. Address all orders to HIS QUESTION. "We are going to have mamma for dinner to-morrow."* Boiled or fried?" JUDGE COMPANY, 110 Fifth Ave. New York | do drink, drj ; you E ‘“ Trimbte 7 Here's to the prettiest, Here's to the wittiest, Here's to the truest of all who are troa, Here's to the neatest one, Here's to the sweetest one, Here’s to them all in one—here’s to you.” Green Label. ‘AT ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS. comicbooks.com