Judge, 1903-08-15 · page 14 of 16
Judge — August 15, 1903 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page consists primarily of **advertisements and brief humor fillers** typical of Judge magazine's format. The main cartoon ("His Reply") depicts an office romance joke: a bookkeeper requests a salary raise to marry the typewriter operator. The boss's reply—that he'd marry her himself if he could afford it—is a crude joke about the boss's superior financial status and romantic interest, reflecting early 20th-century workplace dynamics and office hierarchy humor. Other content includes: - A poem about a mysterious "Vitch" on the Serbian throne (unclear historical reference, possibly topical to the publication date) - Teacher-student jokes about impossibilities and superstitions - Advertisements for cigars, pianos, resorts, soap, and insurance The page reflects **period advertising culture** and light workplace satire rather than serious political commentary. The humor relies on class distinctions, gender dynamics in offices, and everyday ironies now considered dated.
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Red ITS RIGHT In spite of a'l that“ tongue or pen” Has said about * what might have been” There is no getting round it, We help the situation when We stop to think it “ might have been "— Much worse than we have found it. —Four-Track News, 40 Sizes, 100. to 50e. cach. A-SANTAELLA & CO., Makers, TAMPA, Fla, ‘Seid by VACATIONS ARE AS NECESSARY AS FOOD AND THE SELECTION OF A RESORT SHOULD BE MADE WITH CARE st Class Dealers Everywhere. NEW JERSEY RESORTS ARE POPULAR, HEALTHFUL AND REACHED BY THE NEW JERSEY CENTRAL THE MODEL ROAD Send 6c. in stamps for booklet “SEASHORE AND MOUNTAINS,” an illustrated story for vacationists, to C. M. BURT, Gen. Passenger Agt.. New York City. - | greatly increase your income by very lit- -| tle exertion. Teacher—“ Now, Tommy, you know it is impossible to be in two places at once.” Tommy—«Two places? Why, pop is at the Thousand islands now."— Chicago News. The ° Egyptian Cigarette &F Quality Atyewcuber tarry, AROMATIC DELICACY— *URERUG Impener MILDNESS— PURITY In need of a tonic? Take Abtott’s, the Original Angostura, the king of tonics.” At grocers’ and druggist ‘ * Do you think that there is luck in a rabbit's foot ?” “ Not as much as dar is in a chicken’s foot,” answered Mr. Erastus Pinkley, “provided de res’ er de animal is at- tached."— Washington Star. THE “SOHMER” HEADS THE LIST OF THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS SOHMER PIANOS Sohmer Building, Only mlewoom Sth Ave. cor 22d St. io IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. It really doesn’t matter much If bank accounts are small ; If we have sunshine in our hearts We're rich enough for all. It really doesn't matter much If beauty knows us not ; If we have tact and intellect We'll lead the common lot. It really doesn’t matter much If we've no shining fame ; If we plug on, and do the square, We'll get there just the same. | —From Four-Track News for August. Pears’ ‘The more purely negative soap is, the nearer does it approach perfection. Unless you have used Pears’ soap you probably do not know what we mean by a soap with no free fat or al- HIS REPLY. Finst orrice-sor——" De book-keeper asked fer a raise uv salary so he could marry de typewriter.”” ‘Secon orrice-sor—'' What did de boss say?” First orrice-sor—"' Said if he could afford dat he'd marry her himself."" kali in it—nothing but soap, Established over 100 year. Some kind of vitch, eS F Res We.dea'’ knows which: 19 000000000000000008 Is on the Servian throne. 3 Fut of Fun and Frolic is They spoke his name, And hailed him as cher own. Now mouths are raw ‘And ev'ry jaw Looks like an open switch. | And ev'ry face | Is out of place From shouting—something Vitch.” —Brooklyn Times. Judge’s Library Magazine Sis Hopkins’ Own Book Buy them At every exposition where the Sohmer Pianos have been brought into competition with others they have invariably taken the first prize. “There is a rumor that Scaddswell is in financial difficulties.” “What is the matter— undigested securities 2” ; predigested."—Chicago Tribune. 10c. per copy You can understand life insurance and At News-stands On Trains Everywhere Address, for full informa- tion, the PENN MUTUAL LIFE, 921-3-5 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. —— rr comicbooks.com