Judge, 1903-04-25 · page 14 of 16
Judge — April 25, 1903 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* (a major American satirical weekly) is primarily **advertising and humor content**, not political cartooning. The main advertisements are for **Pabst Blue Ribbon beer** and **Hunyadi Janos** (a laxative). The beer ad emphasizes the brand's global popularity and quality. The humor consists of short jokes and comic dialogues typical of the era: - A child's innocent misunderstanding about false teeth - A man's fall from a window triggering moral reflection - Class anxiety about education "unfitting" working people for their station - A husband's sardonic interpretation of a burial notice - A vegetable garden dialogue with anthropomorphized plants **"Spring-Garden Talk"** features vegetables discussing approaching harvest as potential doom—a light pun on human anxieties. The content reflects **early 20th-century American values**: class consciousness, gender roles, and genteel humor. There's no identifiable political satire—this represents *Judge's* entertainment function rather than its occasional hard-hitting social commentary.
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Little James had been telling the minister that his father had a new set of false teeth. “Indeed. James?” replied the minister, “What wili he do with the old set?” “Oh, I suppose,” replied little James, with a'look of resignation, “they'll cut ‘em down and make me wear ‘em."—| Ram's Horn GA) aS “Speaking of bad falls,” remarked Joggers, I fell out of a window once and| the sensation was terrible. During my transit through the air I really believe f thought of every mean act I ever com- mitted in my life.” “H'm!" growled Jiggers. ‘You must have fallen an awful long distance."—St. Louis Star: CITY “You don't believe in popular edu- ion, colonel?” No, sir, I do not, It_unfits people for their station in life. By gad, sir! I heard my washerwoman's son the other day correcting ‘ati of * renaissance I )\ teas} Wt Husband (reading) —"* son was buried yesterda’ i “Why, is he r Husband (sarcastically) —""The paper doesn't say whether he is really dead or not, It simply ‘states he was buried.” —Chicago Daily News. Aunt Elvit Yes, pa is aout in the orchard prunin’ some’ o’ the trees.”” City boarder—" Oh, do you re your own prunes? My, how lovely Chicago News. Onc-hall glass HUNYADI JANOS. taken on arising nv ves prompt and: asant relief from Constipation and Liver Complaint. TRY IT! SPRING-GARDEN TALK. Tue eeet— | tell you, things are looking pretty dark. Suppose our turn will come Tue carrot—" What's up?” Tue eeer—"* Why, the onions were pulled yesterday.” A Social Leader. A bottle of delicious, sparkling Londonderry Lithia ‘Water when seen ona club, hotel or home table, proclaims the good taste of the user. aX bottle of Pabst Blue Rabboa The urest and most widely known brand of beer in use. Millions of bottles annually consumed by an appreciative and eritical publie in every part of the etvilized world. Yes, lady. cn better days.” “No doubt proud, Sa: = i e y, who had ja an You held been wrinkling’ h ratching his| your head as high as the highest. Then head, and rubbing his right foot up and | came the defalcation of a trusted cashier down his left leg in the effort to re-|and the clopement of your only child member something that had escaped| with a bogus count. You were crushed him, “what's the ‘name of that, place| you took to drink. " You became a vasa where we've got so many soldiers?” nd. You have nothing to live for- Fort Sheridan?” save to find the man who wronged your “No; it's a good deal furder away | trusting child. And you ask me to help than that | you on your weary way?” “The Philippines?” Madam, you make me weep “That ain't just it, but it’s somewhere | you please Say that over again? around there.”” te learn it by heart—it's so much better “You don’t mean Manila.” |than the story [ was about to tell you.” “Manila! That's right! I knowed land Plain Dealer. ‘d get it after a while. I want a bottle pees of manila extract for flavorin’ ice-cream How much?"—Chicago Tribune. | will I want Tommy— Pop, what is hero worsh Tommy's pop—" Hero worship, my is the admiration we feel for great peopl: until we get to know them intimately.” —Philadel phia Record. ‘per—"I had to confess to the y that I had forgotten tq post | my books for February.” c Phew! I'll bet he jumped all! Se—"The milliner told me that sh had been down at the dentist's to hav« ce per No; as soon as I told | a nerve killed.” him he said, ‘Gee whizz! That reminds| — He—"Well, from the prices she me. I forgot to post the letters my wife| for hats I should say the dentist gave me yesterday.’ So he forgot all| have killed the wrong onc ‘ about me."—Philadel phia Press. | Statesman America’s Only Magazine of Fun JUDGE’S LIBRARY 10c. a Copy. On Sale Everywhere. comicbooks.com