Judge, 1904-04-23 · page 15 of 16
Judge — April 23, 1904 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and fillers** with minor satirical content. The main notable item is the cartoon titled "**A Near Connection**," depicting a Mistress and Cook discussing a young man. The joke hinges on the Cook claiming her relative works in "the police department," but the punchline reveals he actually operates a gambling house—suggesting ironic "connection" between law enforcement and illegal activity, or the Cook's humorous misrepresentation of illicit work as respectable employment. The page also includes: - A poem "**The High Flyer**" (dialect verse from *Atlanta Constitution*) offering folk wisdom about ambition's dangers—those who climb highest become isolated. - A brief joke about social climbing ("Miss Uppisch's grandmother") where the servant-girl origin is euphemistically rebranded as "household specialist." The remaining content consists of period advertisements for tobacco, whiskey, tea, insurance, and magazines. No clear political satire is evident on this page.
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SURBRUG'S cadia MIXTURE. There is only one mixture in London deserving the adjective superb, Twill not say where it is to be got, for the result would, certainly be that many foolish men would smoke more than ever ; but I never knew anything to compare to it. It is de- liciously mild yet full of fragrance, and it never burns the tongue. once you smoke it ever afterwards. It clears the brain and soothes the temper. When I went away for a holiday anywhere 1 took as much of that exquisite health- giving mixture as I thought would last| me the whole time, but I always ran out, This is tobacco to live for. My Lady Nicotine (p. 17). If you try it} THE HIGH FLYER. L Better all be keerful “Bout de hilltops dat you climb ; De bird dat fly de highes’, Lookin’ smaller all de time ! He gittin’ outer En dey ain't no En de stars is laffin’ at him, En dey fool him, lef en right ! Yonder, in de valley, Is de flowers dat is sweet ; ‘Way up on de hilltop De thunder you must meet. You flyin’ out er sight, En dey ain't no place ter light, En de stars is laffin’ at you, En dey fool you, lef en right ! Atlanta Constitution, Tess —“ Why, Miss Uppisch's grand- mother was merely a servant-girl, wasn’t she 2” Jess—"Oh! no, indeed ; Miss Uppisch says she was a ‘household specialist.’ "— | Philadelphia Press. A NEAR CONNECTION. Mistress department?” Coox—" Indade, an’ he is, mum. “Is that young man who calls to see you connected with the police He runs a gamblin’-house.” I. W. Harper Rye. “On Every Tongue.” A sweet breath from sun-kissed ficlds of golden grain ny nectarized by perfect distillation; enriched, ripened an mellowed by old age. Sold by leading dealers everywhere. BERNHEIM DISTILLING CO., - + Louisville, Ky. | half as much to ei *of Wicb GAME in the Northwest ware described in for whi fo Cha. Gen.Pa. Agent, St.Paul. Minn Send Six Ce Through game and fish protection, hunting and Shing i. s better onour line "than for years past. TAKE THE N Dearborn— our road is adver- tising reduced fi Wabash—« Ves I se fellow can't get in the dining-cars as he used to."— Yonkers Statesman. our ™ Is at Swell- urant any more a four-flusher. He makes afing-dish prices for frying-pan —Chicago Tribune. rest You can live without life insurance, but you won't live so much. Nothing adds to the zest of living like knowing your family is protected *hy a policy in the PENN MUTUAL LIFE, 921-3-5 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. A beautiful, imported 56-Plece, China T\ 3c. B1d. COUPONS, which can be exchanged for muny Mag- nificent Premiums, given with every 25c. worth of Tea, Coffee, Baking Powder, Spices and Extracts, tte ims Ti, pret Ged alrercns, ‘The Great American Tea Co. Box290,31-33VeseySt., cured’ may cite ie OR. J. L- STEPHENS CO Depts t's. Lebanon, DENMEYK & SONS PRESS OF GACKETT & WILHELMG LITHOGRAPHING AND PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK. H COAST LIMITED" “You told in your nov. “Thad,” was the reply ; * but the pub- lisher discovered it in the proof-sheets and made me take it out."— Washington Star. © you had an original idea Fun tor the [fViltions JUDGE'S LIBRARY MAGAZINE Ten Cents a Copy SIS HOPKINS’ OWN BOOK Ten Cents a Copy JUDGE’S QUARTERLY ‘Twenty-five Cents a Copy JOEL JARVIS'S JAY JOKES Ten Cents a Copy Any of the above by mail from the publishers on receipt of price Address JUDGE, New York ig advertisements, ROMEIKE’ S im fen res abe Erery newspaper and penodical of importanc United States and Europe is searched. Terms, $500 for son notices. Hannay Romaixe, 33 Union Square, N.Y. wall comicbooks.com