Judge, 1904-08-27 · page 12 of 16
Judge — August 27, 1904 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page contains mixed content: advertisements, poetry satire, and brief comic vignettes. **Main Content:** The "Ruby Yacht" poetry satirizes temperance advocates' attacks on alcohol consumption. It mocks prohibitionist rhetoric—referencing "hydropathist" crusaders condemning drinking—while defending taverns and moderate drinking. The verse puns on whiskey brands ("Double-Yew-Sea-Tea," likely riffing on "W.C.T." for Woman's Christian Temperance Union). **Comic Vignettes:** Small humor pieces include: a proposal anecdote, a joke about a woman wearing a golf medal instead of a lifesaving medal, and "Chicken Charlie," a stereotypical African American character (in offensive dialect) joking about becoming vegetarian—playing on period racial caricature tropes. **Advertising:** The "Think it over" section promotes advertising strategy. Hunter Whiskey and Wilson Whiskey ads appear alongside Leslie's Weekly promotions. **Historical Context:** This predates Prohibition (1920), reflecting pre-Prohibition-era debates over alcohol. The content reveals period attitudes toward drinking, prohibition movements, and crude racial stereotyping common in early 20th-century American humor.
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SOME MORE STANZAS FROM THE RUBY YACHT. Lo! from his lair the damp hydropathist Breathes at the Potter venom ; shrieks "Desist From this thy traffic with the demon Rum; ‘Wine is a mocker’; topers are hell's grist.” And what is he, this tankard filled with WHISKEY gas? This * only child and brother to the ass"? Mayhap, he hath but water-on-the-brain ; Mayhap, his thirst hath atrophied, alas! TH ; Hark! what a squall from Double-Yew- AT i} ALL ! Sea-Tea- es goeth forth in shrill staccato key inst “dedication” of a poor man's club, Nay, gently, sisters, let the bishop be. PFFII SIS FFSIIISITITTD i 5 “Ah! where is ‘Sister Nation’ with her axe? | ‘Anathema!’ he should have said, not * Pax | Vobiscum !" for the bogey’s eager claws Seize jag-juice drinkers, melting them like | wax. | Hunter Whiskey lesa tn peaute tawirsneny * Oh, for a Boole to bust this boozing-shop, This slide to sheol, slippery with pop. Where those that come to sneer remain to tsmile— Can nothing this vile guzzling habit stop 2" on its quality, age, purity, flavor, all as one Then in the Midway Tavern, dedicate By holder of the staff apostolate, We thirsty sinners mod'rately will tope, While water-nymphs bewail our awful fate. —New York Times. Madge—" | never see her wearing that medal she received last summer for sav- “Did he propose on his knees ?"| ing three persons from drowning.” — Beautifully ; you see, Marjorie—" Why, you little goose, that | crawling under his auto."—New | girl has a championship golf medal to | | wear now."—Zown Topics. Perfection Boul at a ane eaten an wan NUR SOST ral PEREESEEE ESOS SAEED ESE SESE ESSE EOEESESESOSSS SOOO OSES EE SEEE® dd hhh dhddddadddatddtddaddduhddhd bd dba QDIGIGISISSFSFSFFTIFIFFH ANOTHER CONVERT. Chicken Crartie—" Oh, Lordy! ef | eber git out ob dis I'll be a vegetarium all de res’ ob mah life.”* itover LESLIE’S WEEKLY WANT to eee aoe es Oldest and yet youngest story that may illustrated paper in America Hs be of value to you. Q The other day I Qwent into a store With a 7 . ; lend of mines “He boaght'a Every part of the paper of human interest renga > certain brand of goods. I " ashed him why he did not buy some other brand, as there were several on the market Jasper’s hints to money- just as good. Q “Well, you see,’’ said he, “ this is the k 1 only brand I know of. I have seen it advertised so much me ers alone are worth ten that the name has been impressed upon my mind.’’ times the subscription price So it is with every branch of business. If you can only advertise enough you will kill any competitor, more especially where your goods are in any way superior. Sg per Year SZ for 3 Months Select a good medium and stick fo it. Aman, woman or child in a good mood is more liable to read your adver- tisement than those who are not. The” JUDGE” puts them in a good humor, and when they read your advertisement they remember it. Q Enough sald. comicbooks.com