Judge — April 16, 1904 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of This Judge Magazine Page **"The New Sleep-Promoter"** (left) is a humorous poem advocating electricity as a cure for insomnia. It suggests using electrical current through the brain to induce sleep—a satirical jab at late-19th/early-20th-century pseudo-scientific medical devices that promised miraculous cures. **"Terpsichorean Stanches"** (right) is an illustration accompanying a brief comic dialogue titled "Was She in Danger?" The sketch depicts a woman at a dressing table, while the joke plays on a husband's misunderstanding—he confuses a sewing pattern for a "map of the war in Manchuria," suggesting he's distracted or inattentive. The Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) provides the historical reference point for contemporary readers' amusement at this domestic misfire.