Judge, 1903-09-12 · page 12 of 16
Judge — September 12, 1903 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with minimal editorial content. The few jokes scattered throughout are typical period humor about courtship, domestic life, and racial stereotypes common to early 1900s publications. The main cartoon, "His Only Sphere," depicts a domestic scene with a woman as the focal point while a man appears peripheral—the caption's joke being that while the husband may seem perfect, his wife "is all the rest of the show," suggesting women dominate household life. This reflects contemporary tensions about gender roles and domestic authority. The page otherwise consists of product advertisements: whiskey (Wilson, I.W. Harper Rye), tobacco (Surbrugg's Arcadia), piano (Sohmer), artificial beverages, and other commercial goods typical of the era. The "Jonesmith" anecdote about an absent-minded professor is standard absurdist humor with no political content. Overall, this represents **Judge functioning primarily as a vehicle for advertising revenue** rather than sustained satirical commentary.
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SAVAGE HE SAVAGE 25-35, 52- 40 and 58-55 Calibers tare some sire eeently added to the famons 8 fend. 90.20 Model 1i09 Hammentees Repeater. These loads are considered the standard for accuracy and will protably never’ be excelled for banding and target parpoees, 14, with full om rejucst SAVAGE ARMS COMPANY UTICA, N.¥.,U. 8. A. Arcadia MIXTURE. There is only one mixture in London deserving the adjective superb. I will not say where it is to be got, for the result would certainly be that many foolish men would smoke more than ever; but I never knew anything to/ compare to it. It is deliciously mild yet full of fragrance, and it never burns the tongue. If you try it once} you smoke it ever afterwards, It! clears the brain and soothes the temper. When I went away for a holiday a where I took as much of that exquisite health-giving mixture as I thought would last me the whole time, but I always ran out. This is tobacco to live for. My Lady Nicotine (p. 17). A woman knows more about dress than a man knows about everything else com- bined.— Philadelphia Record. “ He invited me to take a stroll, and before we had gone half a mile I had him proposing.” Belle—" Won in a walk, eh ?"—Phila- delyhia Record, She—" Mamma says I musn’t encour- age you at all.” é ‘He— That's all right. I don’t need any encouragement.” — Philadelphia Press. “Mr. Jonesmith isn’t in,” said the maid at the door. “Will you leave your name ?” “Oh,no,” replied Professor Absentmind. | “You see I may need it myself before I see him again."—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. ‘The Sohmer Piano is so honestly made that continuous severe use will not impair its splen- did qualities of tone and action. Hobson—* How is your brother doing at college ?” Dobson—" Fine. He's singing first tenor and playing second base."—/ndian. apolis Journal. «Say, Mrs. Jackson, ma wants to know why you don't come around an’ do her ashin’. Yo tell yo’ ma dat my ole man ‘s in jail now, an" I don’t hab to wuk so hahd like I did befo’ Yew York Fournal. “So Harry went east to see his aunts and uncles in old Vermont. How did he enjoy himself ?* «Why, he couldn't make himself under- stood,” Yow was that, pray 2” «+ He tried to talk in the dialect from a New England novel."— Chicago News “It ‘pears dat de opportunities ob dis life,” said Uncle Eben, “isa heap like fish t's allus de b gges' ones dat gits away.” —Washington Star. LOOK FOR THENAME A CARL H. SCHULTZ ! —- ea ARTIFICIAL VICHY SELTERS: CARBONIC A vivid little love story, beautifully illustrated; told simply but with appealing interest. The story {s contained in a 128-page book which describes some of the most delightful mountain and lake resortsin the East. Sent free on receipt of 5 cents in stamps to Passenj cover posta; Addi Lackawanna R ress, T. W. Railroad, New York City. Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That's All! WILSON DISTILLING CO., Baltimore, Md. The WHITE ROCK gh ball has a smack of its own HENRY LINDENMEYR & 801 PAPER WAREHOUSE ‘Non 22 34, and 98 Bleecker Street Branch Warehouse, 2 Beekman Street, New York ROMEIKE'S fot fami etensrr gatas Taser 2 at Every nw = United Seatea and arms, $5.00 for icon Hi RY Earope is searched. soo notices. Haxny Rowaixe, 33 Union Square, Peameve Sanne, HIS ONLY SPHERE. “They say Mr. Jones is a perfect angel “Yes; but his wife is all the rest of ¢ show." non of the Twentieth Century by leading dealers everywhere. I. W. Harper Rye. “On Every Tongue.” The Aristocrat among whiskies of the old school; the sine qua BERNHEIM DISTILLING CO.. - - ‘connolsseur’s side board. Sold Louisville, Ky. comicbooks.com