Judge, 1903-11-07 · page 15 of 16
Judge — November 7, 1903 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, though it contains one significant satirical poem titled "System Run Mad." The poem mocks early-20th-century corporate obsession with "systematization"—the era's management craze. It ridicules excessive bureaucracy: index cards that waste time instead of saving it, loose-leaf ledgers where pages constantly go missing, and stenographers who argue back. The satire peaks with absurdist imagery of "sectional" everything (sectional houses, sectional pay, even sectional ham and eggs), suggesting that taking systems to extremes becomes nonsensical. The accompanying John P. Hockenheimer illustration appears to show a pork-packer dismissing concerns about leaves in his product, ordering them "swept up" at great expense—likely satirizing industrial carelessness disguised as efficiency. The rest of the page consists of period patent medicines and consumer goods ads (Trimble Whiskey, Pears' Soap, Sulphume for skin conditions), typical Judge magazine content from this era.
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you do drink, drink Trim “nen . bie \ «+ Here’s to our sweethearts and wives; May our wives always remain our sweethearts, And our sweethearts some day be- come our wives. Whiskey Green Label. AT ALL VIRST-CLASS DEALERS. The WHITE ROCK high ball has a smack of its own has a smack of Nee Joun P. Hocennencer (the celebrated pork-packer of Cincinnati, who has taken a shooting Say, keeper, | guess we'll shoot these covers to-morrow."* ir, There's too much leaf about yet.” Have ‘em swept up, then. Spare no expense! SYSTEM RUN MAD, Oh, isn’t it great to be * up-to-date” ‘And live in this year of grace, With a system and place for everything, Though nobody knows the place ! We've an index card for each thing we do And everything under the sun ; It takes so long to fill out the cards, We never get anything done. | We've loose-leaf ledgers for saving time, The Lord knows what they cost, Whea half our time is spent each day Hunting for leaves that are lost. Stenographers who spell like h And make us swear and cuss, When we are not dictating to them, Why, they are dictating to us. Deerfield Table Water And sectional this and sectional that (We'll soon have sectional legs); I dreamt last night that I made a meal The best you ever drank. Of sectional ham and eggs. It is refined and delicate and never fails to please eee tener I dreamt I lived in a sectional house Our booklet tells the story—free. And rode a sectional ** hoss,” And drew my pay in sections from A sectional “ section-boss.”” THE DEERFIELD WATER CO., Oh, isn’t it great to be up-to-date DEERFIELD, OHIO. ‘And live in this year of grace, With a system and place for everything, “Though nobody knows the place ! ~—Exchange. ‘A deantifal, imported = 66-Plece China Toa Set \\ The self-made man is the one who has taken advantage of his self-made oppor- tunities Philadelphia Record. Pears’ Pears’ svap is nothing but soap. _,Pure soap 1s as gentle as oil to the living skin. Pears’ is the purest and best toilet soap in all the | world. | Sold all over the world, impure Blood, Pimples, > Tetter,EczemaandAcne 54 $ ently cured by SULPHUME Price, $1.00, express paid SULPHUME J jiquid form—a new chemical discovery. Sulphur heretofore was considered insoluble. Sulphume when taken internally, and applied as a lotion, will cure any skin disease. can be taken at home, having all the advantages (and more) of the most famous Sulphur Springs. One bottle of Sulphume makes ten strong sulphur baths. is the only soap in the world made with liquefied sulphur. SULPHUME SOAP | thst is why it is a Genuine Sulphur Soap. It stops itching and all skin irritations, softens and whitens the skin, and has no equal for the toilet or bath. Prices: Perfumed soap, asc. a cake ; Unperfumed, isc. a cake, Will mail trial with an order for 20 Ibs. of New Crop, 0c. Tea, or 20 Ibs. Tea, Spices and Extracts. ES pone cat crea, ‘The Great American Tea Co, Box290, 31,33 Vesey St..0.Y. You will get more prompt attention and better service by mentioning JoLuE when answering advertisements re perm: is pure sulphur in of the finest Rbefield rolled steel, Batt Porwrxp pens are alvead of all others FOR EASY WRITING. Assorted sample box for 28 cts, 8. BIINBRIDGE & 6O., 99 Willem Si, New York, ASD ALL STATIONERS. cake upon receipt of price. is the perfection of soaps for shaving. Itisa SULPHUME SHAVING SOAP | jorfect antiseptic, prevents raah breaking out, cures and prevents all contagious skin diseases, gives a creamy lather and is soothing to the skin, SULPHUME LITTLE LIVER PILLS act directly on the liver, kidneys and bowels, but do not gripe or nauseate. Price, asc. SULPHUME BOOK FREE—In it you will find solid facts about the care of the skin and blood. Be sure this signature A72-2r4~"9~ is on each package of Sulphume Preparations, otherwise it is not genuine. Your druggist can procure Sulphume Preparations from his jobber, without extra charge to you. SULPHUME CHEMICAL CO., Suite 106, 337 Broadway, New York LYMAN, ONS & CO., Montreal, Canadian Agents. (PRESS OF GACKETT A WILMELUS LITHOGRAPHING AND PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK comicbooks.com