Judge, 1904-04-23 · page 11 of 16
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This page is primarily **advertisements and light humor pieces** rather than political satire. The opening dialect poems use **racist stereotypes common to that era**, depicting African American speakers in exaggerated dialect praising hunting dogs and expressing gratitude for simple things—reflecting the prejudiced attitudes embedded in early 20th-century American humor. The remaining content consists of **short, gentle jokes**: a physician's trick to keep a busy man idle by appointing him to a health board; a barber misunderstanding "tonsorial" (haircut) work; and a woman's testimony about switching from coffee to Postum food beverage, claiming it cured her morphine addiction. The advertisements promote **Packer's Tar Soap, Sohmer Pianos, Hunter Baltimore Rye whiskey, Prudential Insurance, and the New York Central Railroad**. There is **no significant political content or sophisticated satire**—the page reflects period attitudes through crude stereotyping and mundane commercial messaging.
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A TREASURE. “ Sinst fus to dis ol’ worl’ I come T'ze steddied lots an’ trabeled some, An’ Ize decided, fo' a fac’, Dat dar ain't ralely nothin’ lak Er good houn’ dawg ! « Some odder nigger steal yo’ wife, Yo’ frien’ ‘ll want to take yo’ life, De chillun ma'y, whar is yo"? But nothin’ mek no diffunce to Er good houn’ dawg ! « Don’ hatter giv’ im much fo’ feed, He 'll ketch ‘er rabbit, ef he need ; But ef ‘er cottontail won't show, Potlicker ‘s mo’ dan plenty 4o" Er good houn’ dawg ! “ He know his name jes lak ‘er chile, An’ comes a runnin’ fo’ a mile ; Dar's some wid mebbe faster feet, But [ tell you it's hard to beat Er good houn’ dawg ! “Tze got fo'teen, an’ I would lak To add anudder to de pack ; Say, mistah, has yo’ seed to-day Er msgn what wines to gib away Er good houn’ dawg ?” —New Orleans Times-Democrat. ‘The Sohmer Piano is so honestly made that | continuous severe use will not impair its splen- did qualities of tone and action. Omar Khayyam had just written his Rubaiyat. “Aren't some of your figures a trifle outré?” inquired a critic. “You say ‘the bird of time is on the wing.” Who ever heard of a bird of time? Where would one look for this species of fow « In a cuckoo clock,” answered the Per- sian, wearily relighting his Porto Rican in the gas-jet.—New York Sun. ‘*You may become bald, but baldness will not become you."’ Systematic Shampooing with Packers Tar Soap Pure as the Pines means healthy hair and scalp and prevents premature baldness ‘The Packer Mig. Co. New York. Physician— Your husband must stop all work, all thought, everything. Wife— He would never consent to ab- solute idleness.” Physician—" Then we must fool him into imagining he is busy. 1 will get him appointed a member of the board of health."—New York Weekly. Barber—“ Here you are, sir. sir? All right, sir.” Uncle Wayback—" No, ye don't, young feller. No shave fur me! I see yer sign an’ I wanter git tonsorialed, whatever that is, an’ I kin pay fur it, too."—Chica- go News. Shave, CAME FROM COFFEE. A CASE WHERE THE TAKING OF MOR- PHINE BEGAN WITH COFFEE. “For fifteen years,” says a young Ohio woman, “I was. a great sufferer from stomach, heart and liver trouble. For the last ten years the suffering was terrible ; it would be impossible to describe During the last three years I had convul- | sions, from which the only relief was the use of morphine. “i had several physicians, nearly all of whom advised me to stop drinking tea and coffee; but as I could take only liquid foods I felt I could not live without coffee. I continued drinking it until I became almost insane; my mind was affected, while my whole nervous system was acom- plete wreck. I suffered day and night from thirst, and as water would only make me sick I kept on trying different drinks \until a friend asked me to try Postum Food Coffee. “I did so, but it was some time before I was benefited by the change, my system was so filled with coffee poison. It was not long, however, before I could eat all kinds of foods and drink all the cold water T wanted and wkich my system demands. It is now eight years I have drank nothing but Postum for breakfast and supper and the result has been that in place of being an invalid with my mind affected I am now strong, sturdy, happy and healthy. “T have a very delicate daughter who has been greatly benefited by drinking Postum, also a strong boy who would rather go without food for his breakfast than his Postum. So much depends on the proper cooking of Postum, for unless it is boiled the proper length of time people will be disappointed in it. Those in the habit of drinking strong coffee should make the Postum very strong at first in order to get a strong coffee taste.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for the famous IN THE BRIGHT WEATHER. Done fergot de snow en rain— Joy in ever’ thicket ; Yander come de picnic train— Run en git yo’ ticket ! Chillun wid de rosy face— Fresh ez Aprile showers, Run de sunbeam fer a race— Pelt um wid de flowers ! Souf’ win’ singin’ sweet en low ‘Cross de co’n en clover ; Shake de laffin’ trees en blow Twinklin’ blossoms over ! Daisy whar de dewdrap wink— Cattle-bells a-ringin’ ; Honey fer de bes ter drink, En de whole worl’ singin’ ! —Altlanta Constitution, Brain and brawn benefited with a tonic which aids digestion. Abbott's Angostura Bitters are noted for their digestive properties. All drug- gists. “ Somebody has invented an i which enables one to feel music. “ [suppose it would be necessary to be taken home in an ambulance after feeling one or two of Wagner's pieces, wouldn't it ?"—Chicago Record-Herald. DO YOU FEEL LIKE “KICKING” WHEN YOU HAVE TO PULL A LONG TIGHT CORK OUT OF AN ALE BOTTLE? IF SO GET EVANS’ ALE WITH THE RECOMMENDED STOPPER. WE'LL TELL YOU HOW. C.H.EVANS & SONS - - HUDSON,N.Y. THE “SOHMER” HEADS THE LIST OF THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS SOHMER PIANOS on salearoom reater New Sohmer Building, The Road to Wellville.” “He's got an idea that he'd make a good politician,” said the plain citizen. “That's very likely,” said Senator Crookit. « But that isn’t easy, is it ?”, Well, it’s easier to make a good tician than to make a politician good."— Philadelphia Press. Let us go into the woods and get away from the mass of humanity; from the desperate life-drive ; from the rush and crush of crowds; from the Babel of tongues that only wag to censure; from the blinding glare of the glittering’ dollar | whose mimic eagle's talons are at the | throat of life; from false loves, false friends, and the terror and the toil of cities | whose thunder-clouds hide God. Let us | take a day off with the thrush and the song-thrilled mocking-bird, in dreamy depths of daisies, by rippled rivers and inviolate vines ; let us dedicate one day to the freedom of the wild—one day of bright barbaric splendor, with echoes of “ancestral voices.” In’ other words— let's go a-fishing !—Adlanta Constitution, | First Place Fixed. 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