Judge, 1903-11-21 · page 12 of 16
Judge — November 21, 1903 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Judge magazine, with several brief comic anecdotes interspersed. The main cartoons are social humor pieces: 1. **"So Sympathetic!"** depicts a sportsman seeking "fresh fields to conquer" in hunting, while a fair but ignorant woman sympathetically suggests he must find it "hard to hit these little birds"—the joke being her oblivious misunderstanding of his ambitions. 2. Several short **dialogue jokes** mock social pretension and miscommunication: a woman assures a man she won't grow stout like her mother; a guest leaves early so others can gossip about her engagement; a woman complains her dress doesn't flatter her figure, and is told to visit upholsterers instead of tailors (implying she needs structural support, not tailoring). **Advertisements dominate**, promoting whiskeys (Wilson, Sly Taylor), champagne (Perrier-Jouvet), cigars, and life insurance—typical of Judge's era. The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture and genteel social anxieties about appearance, class, and propriety.
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Red Mr. Newcomb—"' was so glad to meet your mother. I didn’t think she was so—er—exceedingly stout.” Miss Wantaman—*Oh, yes! but I'm sure I'll never grow to be like her. phia Press. To-morrow is no time at all—it never comes. The time to insure is to-day. You will be supplied with the kind of insurance } adapted to your means and needs; your | made easy if you apply to the PENN MUTUAL LIFE, 921-3-5 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. A-BANTAELLA & CO. Makers TAMPA, Fla, ‘Bold by First Clase Dealers Everywhere. take after papa, you know."—Philadel- | |trated by W. W. Denslow; «The En- convenience will be consulted, the way | : |illustrated by Virginia Kee He knows four languages to-day, And knows just four too man: For he has not a thing to say In any.—New York Sun. Knowing physicians prescribe Abbott's, the Original Angostura Bitters, to tone up’ the system—they know Abbott's will meet every requirement. All druggists. “Both of my grandparents on my mother’s side were nonagenarians,” said Mrs. Oldcastle. “Is that so?” replied her hostess. “My folks was all Baptists, but Josiah comes froma Methodist family." Chicago Record-Herald. FOR INVALIDS AND CONVALESCENTS. An agreeable tonic, recommended by physi-| cians—Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters, the only | genuine. “ Must you go so early ?" “Yes, I think I must. I know the other girls are just dying to discuss my | engagement, and I don't want to spoil] their pleasure."—New York Journal. We have received from the Bobbs- Merrill Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, The Fortunes of Fifi, by Mollie Elliott Sewell, illustrated by T. de Thulstrup ; “To-Morrow’s Tangle,” by Geraldine Bonner, illustrations by Arthur I, Kellar ; “She That Hesitates,” by Harris Dickson, illustrated by C. M. Relyea ; ‘The Magic- al Monarch of Mo,” by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Frank Verbeck ; * The New Wizard of Oz,” by L. Frank Baum, illus- chanted Island of Yew,” by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Fanny Y. Cary; “Troubadour Tales,” by Evaleen Stein, " Maxfield Parrish,” B. Rosenmeyer and Edward Edwards ; and “Songs of the Trees, Pic- tures, Rhymes, and Tree Biographies,” by Mary Y. Robinson, music by Josephine Robinson. (CARL H.SCHULTZ } Tess—" Miss Passay has such an un- BH) fortunate disposition ; so disputatious and $0 sensitive about her age.” ress" Yes; she was in perfect agony Hi} the other day while Major Bragg was telling some reminiscences. She knew he was wrong, but it was something that happened thirty years ago.” — Patladel- phia Press. Miss Angles—* This new gown of mine doesn’t give me the graceful figure the tailor claimed it would. I'llhave to have it altered.” Miss Plumpleigh—“ Why don't you take it to Paddem and Company 2” Miss Angles Are they your tailors ?" Miss Plumpleigh— Oh, no; they're upholsterers."—Philadelphia Press, Valuable book of «Receipts "i ‘making wok of arinke” WRIGHT & TAYLOR. DISTILLERS. LOUISVILLE IF GENUINE Always the Same! WILSON WHISKEY, That’s All! THE WILSON DISTILLING Co. Baltimore, Ma. The WHITE ROCK high ball has a smack of ats own The WHITE ROCK high ball has a smack of its own me. SO SYMPATHETIC! Sronrsuan (wishing for fresh fields to conquer)—"'1 should like to try my hand at big Fair tonoramus—"' Yes: | suppose you find it very hard to hit these little birds."* PERRI ER JOVET CHAMPAGNE “Wine of the Peerage. it makes gods comicbooks.com