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This page is primarily **advertising and humor vignettes** rather than political cartoons. The main content consists of: **Humor Pieces**: Short jokes about everyday life—an actor who won't cry on stage, a moth eating an overcoat, a preacher predicting the world's end during harvest season. These are mild social observations typical of early 20th-century humor magazines. **"Spoiled Children" Feature**: An extended testimonial about a girl made sickly by being allowed to drink coffee, who recovers after switching to Postum (a coffee substitute). This reflects period anxieties about children's health and caffeine. **Advertisements**: Parker's Tar Soap, Sohmer Pianos, The Prudential Insurance, and various patent medicines dominate the page—standard Judge revenue sources. **No Clear Political Satire**: Unlike Judge's typical sharp political commentary, this particular page contains mostly commercial content with light domestic humor. The satirical edge is minimal; it's primarily a vehicle for advertising targeted at early-1900s readers concerned with digestion, household products, and insurance.

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“ Have you ever shed real tears while acting ?” asked the inquisitive girl. “No,” answered Mr, Stormington Barnes. “[ have felt like it sometimes, but I make it a rule never to let my box- office cares intrude on my art."—Wash- ington Star. _ Miss Reader—* How strange it would be if fashion should go back to the old- time brass knockers on front doors in- stead of electric bells.” Mr. Sardonique—It would strange. The knockers always wor New Vork Weekly. em Perfect digestion makes life enjoyable. Ab- boit’s, the Original Angostura Bitters’ make healthy stomachs. “ All here ?” asked the host. “L believe so,” replied his wife. “Very well,” he said. Then, turning to the entertainer he had engaged for the evening, “ Hurry up and be funny, now ; we're waiting to laugh."—Chicayo Post. WHEN THE SYSTEM IS BELOW PAR try alittle Angostura Bitters in sugar and water before meats. Get Dr. Siegert’s, the only genuine. “Oh, my !" murmured the fall overcoat, stirring uneasily in the clothes-chest, «I certainly did have a good nap. “ Which you ain’t got it now,” snickered the fat moth sitting on a camphor-ball| nearby. “'Cause I ate most of it."— Philadelphia Press, He— Life is simply one grand chase. If you are not among the pursuers you must be one of the pursued.” She—« Will you run with the hounds or fly with the deer ?” He—1 will fly with you, dear, if you! ! please."—Kansas City Journal. When your barber talks “Shampoo specify Packers Tar Soap Pure as the Pines Antiseptic—Invigorating The Standard for the Hair You don’t have to send order direct Any dealer will supply it RoEES “ [met Kernel Kaintuck a month ago and he was dead drunk; and I just met him up the street, und he’s drunk again.” | | “No, not ‘again’; + yet.’"— Houston | Post. Sapphedde—“ Present. me to Miss Peachley—there’s a good fellow.” Buggins—* It's no use, old man. I've heard her say she wouldn't have you as a gitt."—Philadelphia Record. Don't be cross, cheer up on a cold bottle of Champagne, and let it be Cood’s /mperial Ex- tra Day. Rwoter—" What's that old saying? “Take care of the pennies and "— Newitt— And the dollars will take care of your heirs."—Philadelphia Press. “We got ter git rid ob dat preacher ob ours,” said Brother Williams. “What he been doin’ now 2” asked an old deacon. . “Wry, he done gone en predicted de end ob de worl’, des ‘ez we gethered de crap en reached de ‘possum season en got de fiddle gwine fer han's roun’ in de |dance !"—Adlanta Constitution, SPOILED CHILDREN USUALLY MAKE SICKLY MEN AND Woo The “spoiled” child usually makes a weak, sickly man or woman because such and eats and drinks things that are un- fitted for any stomach, and sickness results. “Twas always a delicate spoiled child and my parents used to let me drink coffee hecause I would cry for it,’ says a Georgia young woman. " When [entered school my nervousness increased and my parents thought it was due to my going to school, so they took me out again. But did not get any better and my head- laches got worse and weakened me so | that I was unfit for any duty. Sometimes T would go a whole day without any other nourishment than a cup of coffee. | Last spring I had a bad attack of the |Grippe and when I recovered I found that coffee nauseated me so I could not drink it and even a few swallows would cause a terrible burning in my stomach. It was.at this time thata frjend who had been much benefited by the use of Postum suggested that I try this food drink. 1 found it simply delicious and have used it ever since, and the results speak for themselves. "I have gained 12 pounds and my nerves are as steady as a~yone's. “L consider myself wesl and strong and I make it a point now to take a cup of Postum with a cracker of two as soon as Icome home from school in the afternoon. Postum with crackers or a biscuit makes my luncheon. It certainly saved my life, | for I know coffee would have killed me in time had I continued drinking it. “have a young girl friend, a stenog- rapher, who declares nothing strengthens and refreshes her like Postum, and she has a little oil stove in her office and makes a cup of Postum at noontime. I have recommended this wonderful bever- age to many of my friends who know what it has done for me.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book, “The Road to Wellvill THE “SOHMER” HEADS THE LIST OF THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS SOHMER PIANOS Sohmer Building, oust renter New 5th Aven cor 22d Bt. a youngster has its own way about dict| fo better T i for From East to West epee the finest tobacco grown in Turkey je up in the Egyptian manner in Esyptian DEITIES. Turkish clgarette cen be mad the siguatare of & ANABOYHOS, Bobby— Pop, did you know mamma very well before you married her 2” Henpeck—" No, Vm afraid not.” — Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. | Some sing the dainty little foot ‘That boasts a Spanish arch, And in the ball-room captures hearts The while it leads the march, But here's in praise of that which wears A number-thirteen sole ; That kicks the football high in air And lands it at the goal. New York Sun. “T would lay the world at your feet,” said the extravagant youth. My dear sir,” answered the haughty girl, “it is there already."— Washington Star. “Why, Esmeralda, are you crazy ? You turned your back on’ Colonel Welterdoo! And he wis just beginning to be interested in you “ Why should I encourage him, mamma? I heard you say the other day he was worth only a million ” “A year, child—a ye: Chicago | Tribune, THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA John F. Dryden, President. Home Ctrice: Newark, N. J. ‘Waite for Information, Dept N. An Investment Which Combines Full Protection, Guaranteed Returns, Absolute Safety- Life Insurance in The Prudential. MAS THE STRENGTH OF * GIBRALTAR Best Line to Chicago and the West—NEW YORK CENTRAL. comicbooks.com