Judge, 1903-07-11 · page 14 of 16
Judge — July 11, 1903 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** with several brief comic jokes interspersed. The main cartoon shows a woman holding a baby, captioned "Holding 'A Pat Hand.'" The joke is a pun: "pat hand" refers to a winning poker hand one won't exchange, but here it literally means holding a satisfied baby—a domestic "win." The other content consists of short joke exchanges: - Irish immigrants (Dennis and Mary Ann) discussing attending a party - A father-son dialogue about spending money as fast as it's earned - A question about flattery (praise of *others*, not yourself) - A woman betting another won't buy a new hat, implying the second woman never does - A golf vs. baseball debate These are gentle, period-typical humor pieces with no apparent political satire. The page is dominated by product advertisements for Hunter Baltimore Rye whiskey, Mennen's talcum powder, Whitman's chocolates, Ocean Steamship Company cruises, and Bugville Life (a 25-cent publication). The ads target early 1900s middle-class concerns: grooming, leisure travel, and consumer goods.
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eeeeee! Dennis— Niver ye fear, Mary Ann; Oil teck ye to the party the-noight.” Mary Ann—* But mebbe ye'd not be 4 4 4 ; i rs z trough yer work be six o'clock.” Dennis—* Oh, but Oi will. Oi'll finish me work bé six av it tecks all noight."— Philadelphia Press. Flavor Rich as the juice of the ripest peach is the flavor of Father—" What is the use of my earn- ing money if you spend it as fast as I make it ?” | Son—+ That's all right, father. I enjoy | spending it just as much as you do making it."— Town and Country. Baltimore Rye Little Willie—» What is flattery, pa?” ’a—"Flattery, my son, is the praise we hear bestowed upon other people."— It is pure from | Baltimore American. the beginning, and through thor: ough aging be- comes the finest whiskey made. She—1 know a woman in this street who has been offering to bet she knows | one woman who won't get a new hat this summer.” He—* Indeed? Does she know you ?* She—* Yes ; she knows me, and I'm the ‘one she means.” He—" Ah! she must know me too.” —Philadelphia Press. MENNEN’S BORATED TALCUM It is. particularly recommended to women because of its age and ex- cellence. Wright Field—“\ hear our national game is becoming all the go in England.” Bunkerson Hazards—* In England? My dear man, don’t you know that golf was popular in England before it became our national game ?"— Catholic Standard and Times. for After Shaving. inalat that your barber uses Meno/n's Hay Fever? Run Down? Over- worked? Insomnia? Depres- sion? Physician advises sea trip ? Time and money limited? Friends advise go where telegrams, telephones and correspondence cannot reach you? You have been leading too sedentary a life? A trip to Europe too long, expensive and tiresom2? A short sea voyage possible? , Where to go? ‘How? By Savanna Line. New York-Savannah, 100 hours round trip at sea. New modern passenger ships. Trip may be made, if desired, less than a week. Climate of Sa- vannah, Spring, early Summer, delightful. All expenses at sea, round trip, only $32.00. No malaria. No hay fever at sea. No telephones; only rest and rec- reation. Agent, 317 Broadway, N. Y., will tell you more about it and give interesting printed things. OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO. SAVANNAH LINE Literature will be mailed free. Address C. B. WALWORTH, Gen. Pass. Agt., Room A, 81 Beach St., N.Y, HITMANS Chocolates and Confections “GOLD LACK.” It ts now as then the wine of ‘and aristocrats ‘the world over. ‘Send for our. voblet “E" of exclusive tine yuore. ‘Made instanlly—hot water or: STEPHEN F. WHITMAN & Si 1316 Chestnut St., Philadeipt ‘You will get more prompt attention and bette by mentioning Juoce when answering advertiser at W. et HOLDING “A PAT HAND.” Plainly, this is not a game of poker, but she is holding ‘a pat hand" just the same. Bugville Life For Sale Everywhere 25 Cents comicbooks.com