Judge, 1904-05-14 · page 17 of 20
Judge — May 14, 1904 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** from Judge magazine, not political satire. The main elements are: **"Ballade of Dead Slang"** — A poem mocking outdated slang expressions ("glad rags," "get wise," "flabbergasted"). It's satirizing how quickly fashionable speech becomes stale and ridiculous—a timeless humor device about generational language gaps. **The advertisements** dominate: Old Crow Rye whiskey, a tailor shop, coffee, tea, and ball-point pens fill the space. **Scattered humor snippets** include brief joke exchanges about race relations (using period-offensive dialect), marriage, and social awkwardness—typical Judge fare of the era. **The one substantive piece** is an advertisement for New York Central Lines' resort guide, positioned as a public service. Overall, this is a **typical early 20th-century magazine page**: mostly advertising revenue mixed with light humor and social commentary that reflects the period's casual racism and gender stereotypes, now jarring to modern readers.
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e: e e BALLADE OF DEAD SLANG. Millions Drink _ |stasg cones ana goose the Intex stunt grows old— To-day's glad rags next week are on} the bum ; | The warmest baby in the bunch grows cold, To catch the drag new all-right rackets come. Get next ! Get wise! Go, rubber, or) oe AM ERI CX S be dumb ! “Twould phaze the cheapest guy to under- stand The, jashes that, the old man thought SU M M E R For last year’s gags will never get a i Chestnuts are ringers for a brick of gold, RESORTS.” ‘There's nothing in a “flabbergasted ” Absolutely pure.} drum; In our registered | THe spiel is sklectracked, once it has been} bottles only. At) We pare, back-nlimbers: like discard- This is one of the most complete publica- all dealers. valde it Wouldn't it jar you, now, to stand for tions of its kind, and will assist those who are some H.B.KIRK &CO.,N.Y.,Sole Bottlers. Old song-and-dance that used to beat the wondering where they will go to spend their band ? vacation this summer. It_ makes us weary, leary, grouchy, In dis new year I gwine ter wear glum, It contains a valuable map, in addition to sroantal : For last year’s gags will never get a A eG : fi A beaver, on dese handy ever 8 much interesting information regarding resorts gut whar I gwine ter g ! ¢ ‘ Is mo’ dan I kin tell ! “Free from the care which wearies and annoys, Where every hour brings its several joy Get gay with jollies ere they gather mould, on or reached by the I gwine ter feast on turkey The skate grows nutty p. d. ql fat ez dem dey sell, r vum! , a ing i But des whar I gwine git um You're up against the real thing—an . 7 = . ts mo’ dan ['kin tell behold, NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES, Atlanta Constitution. A swift kick knocks the proposition numb! ——— 2 | James Scarlett § Zo.| Ms frslsh Her: lr noone now A copy will be sent free, upon receipt of a two-cent stamp, by But get a hunch that spots the sporty George H1. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, New York Central & Cailors : ‘ Central Station, New York. ooo oe IVS up to you to swipe the ripest plum, 391 Fifth Avenue, New York [PMR sets sss will never get a Telephone, 2988 Madison ‘ov. “ Chestnut,” you are a dead one—so suc-| , sf “How's the race problem in your neigh-| American magnate—* What! You ine Some Startlin Facts jou net a borhood, Brier Williams ?” sist upon my settling a million on you? You get the glassy eye, you cannot pon my if y Aah Thal Teabdatn Cass Pe. ae “Well, sub, at las’ accounts some er de| Why, yesterday you said only five hun- fesslon— Advertising, Big. Slaries We play no steadies, in our verbal slum, |Swif-footed niggers, wuz still ten mile) dred thousand. Paid Bright Prospetts for Beginners For last year's gags will never get a[ahead er de shirff!"—Adanta Constitu-| Duke— But since then I've seen the A billion a year! That sum, The New Vork Times hand! fad — girl Teen Topics. tats isi spent wn this country for advertising. Th —Chicago Record-Herald. . Shae hs hada mos aaa Mr. Dash—“1s your cook amiable ing the past ten years. when you bring home unexpected com- One hundred thousand | We note with affairs reminiscent pany to dinner ? men and women are now Gagaged in disectng the | The changes the decades have played ;| M/r. Rash—* Oh, we have a guaranteed expenditure of that vast His words of love delight her, She's such a lonely lass. He makes her life much brighter By turning down the gas. tare of that vast | The crust of society isn't asbestos curtain between our dining-room E Philadelphia Press, ftowing need for people| The kind that our mothers have made. | and kitchen."— Cincinnati Tribune. 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