Judge, 1904-12-17 · page 3 of 48
Judge — December 17, 1904 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with minimal editorial content**. The main advertisements are for: 1. **Club Cocktails** (top) - promoting holiday spirits with an attractive woman serving drinks 2. **Krementz Collar Buttons** - emphasizing durability as a Christmas gift 3. **No. 4711 Eau de Cologne** - luxury fragrance marketing 4. **Bond & Lillard Whiskey** - spirits advertising The only satirical content is a brief poem titled "A Professional Secret" (center) about soap-scrubbing drudgery, followed by a short joke about someone named "Poor Richley" and an unknown "Bonson." The page reflects **early 20th-century consumer culture**, with heavy advertising typical of Judge magazine's revenue model. The satirical element is minimal—mostly advertising-driven rather than editorial commentary on political or social issues.
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The holiday spirit for all seasons A Club Cocktail cheereth the good friend — maketh the host glad and the host- ess carefree and assur- Cocktails —alone are worthy to begin the feast. They're exquisitely blended and aged to a de- licious aroma. Just strain eth the whole company i Merry Xmas. i NA =o, serve. Manhattan, Maztini, etc. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO. Proprietors HARTFORD NEW YOR LONDON Xantippe was scolding Socrates. “If you don't behave better,” she A PROFESSIONAL SECRET. threatened, “Tl elope with the ‘chauf- SCROW Ge ek Readjusting her side-combs, she sailed With visage sweet, Because aright from the room.—.Vilwaukee Sentinel, And all the record I work to glean Simply beat. The shekels bright, COLLAR BUTTONS for CHRISTMAS & STAND FOR Pop out of sight, g T have to smile And giggle while * I sling the soap in Royal style, The which I get, And swift, you bet, When on the page of ‘OR Ferd, ithe €.0/ Ger. SOLD EVERY YEAR. ; Noctors, When he makes a mistake in qauney tas ‘Ts Postlle; spelling he owns up to it like a man; he | never tries to lay it off on his typewriting- Set of 4 makes Excellent Christmas Gitt. machine."—Boston Transcript. BOND & LILLARD WHISKEY sie baal ep IS THE BEST And that is why I Nellie. Scrub and sweep. iegs—* Noctors is a good sort of Because, in fact, The testimo- While hydrant-backed, Nial I throw Every Krements Collar Button Insured. You get Tam a walking Anent the soap and se, te of cost if broken or damaged from any your dealer for the Krements, Write for Cataract. Brush, you know, Hi By of Cr on I'm brushes, too, Till near and far, ‘73 CHESTNUT STREET, That wildly woo In trolley-car KREMENTZ & C0,, EW ARES ES: The pavement grime with And magazine from “Poor Ritchley! He proposed to that Much ado. Star to star, Boston girl last night” But not for fun “And was turned down ? I scrub and run “He doesn’t know. She used such big And squirt until words he couldn't understand what she T see the sun was saying." Philadelphia Ledger. * She suffered in silence.” Frances—“Vll_ bet she suffered Punch Bowl, THE ELECTROTYPING OF ALL OF “JUDGE"’ PUBLICATIONS IS DONE BY WILLE & SAAM 134 ano 136 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK HALF-TONE WORK A SPECIALTY ESTIMATES GHEERFULLY FURNISHED