Judge, 1904-12-17 · page 7 of 48
Judge — December 17, 1904 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** interspersed with light humor rather than political satire. The main content includes: **Left side:** Hunter Baltimore Rye whiskey ads with a sentimental poem about "uninteresting people"—ordinary families living quiet, domestic lives. This appears designed to appeal to middle-class values, portraying contentment in modest family routines. **Center:** Brief humorous anecdotes mocking various social types: pretentious homeowners, independent women at toll gates, new mothers recording their babies' remarks. These are gentle jabs at contemporary social pretensions rather than sharp satire. **Right side:** Advertisements for Packer's Tar Soap (hair care) and Equitable Life Insurance, offering Government Bonds and gold-bearing investments—appeals to middle-class financial security. **Overall context:** This reflects early 1900s values emphasizing domesticity, modest living, and financial prudence. The humor is mild, the tone conservative. It's primarily a vehicle for selling products to affluent readers while subtly reinforcing conventional social attitudes about gender, family, and class.
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UNINTERESTING PEOPLE, They live in a quiet sort of a way, In a quiet sort of a street ; They don’t meet a great many people, nor | | Impress the people they meet. |The newspapers never mention their | name: The worid doesn’t care what they do. They never go in for anything much, And their intimate friends are few. He never has had a favorite club, Though somebody said he might, For a fat little nose on the window-pane Awaits him every night ; And eight little fingers and two litte thumbs Undo all the work of the comb, As he sits in the quietest sort of a way In his quietest sort of a home. She doesn’t belong to a woman's club, She hasn't a single fad, She spends her time with a blue-eyed lass And a mischievous little lad. She never unraveled a problem of life ; She doesn't know lots of things ; She plays with the “kids” and works all day, And most of the time she sings. { The Premier Honor The world-wide reputation of He isn’t like most other husbands at all, She isn't like most other wives ; And they never attempt to make a change In the course of their quiet live But once in a while they dress the « kids " Baltimore ‘And go to spend the day Ina nice little, quiet country spot, e Ina nice little, quiet way —Collier’s. Mrs. Upmore—* Vou found a house to , suit you at last, did you ?” as the highest standard for Mrs, Highmus—*Yes, 1 found one purity, quality and flavor has yesterday morning, and I amused myself been justly and appropriately: the rest of the day by going around among position. by the award of the the real-estate agents and asking them if they had an eligible flat to rent toa family with fourteen childre: You don't GRAND know how much fun it w to watch them go into conniption fits."— Chicago after a most careful considera- Tribune, tion of the relative merits of all other Rye brands exhibited. May the thousands who will appreciate its value all the The spirit of independence rules in the “girl of the period” in the state of Ili- nois, Two beautiful daughters of Judge H— were driving out on the plank road, near Chicago, and stopped at the toll: gate and asked the keeper, “ How much is it “For a man and a horse,” replied the appreciate its value all the gate-keeper, “the charge is fifteen cents.” for the cheering comfort of Well, then, git out of the way, for , Malte cniow a we are two gals and a mare. Git up, Home's: Hospitality, enjoys Jenny !"— Philadelphia Public Ledger. Popleigh—“ My wife has a book in which she records all the bright things our baby gets off.” Smithkins— Why, | had no idea the little fellow was old enough for that sort Merry Christmas WM. LANAHAN & SON, ltaltimore, Md. Popleigh—« Oh, yes. He repeats every- thing he hears me say."—Chicago News. I asked a Montana conductor why his train was two days late, and he said, one-half mile of the d—— scenery fell down, That's what happened a. few days ago.—Chicago News. Coleridge was hitting the pipe. “If 1 were not full of dope,” he ex- plained, the magazines wouldn't accept my stuff. Seizing his pen, he jotted down the things he saw.—Milwaukee Sentinel, Mrs. Hoyle “ She was once in society, but she isn’t now.” Mrs. Doyle—* What shut her out 2” rs. Hoyle—" She got into the habit of going to the opera to hear the music.” Cleanliness Begins «tre Top. & D i To keep the hair and eatp" clean and healthy there's nothing like shampooing with Packer's Tar Soap It removes dandruff and prevents diseases which produce baldness. Fyrsaety Our leaflet, “The Valve of System- atic Shampooing,” mailed tree. THE PACKER MANUFACTURING CO. 81 FULTON ST., NEW YORK. Pittsburg Dispatch. of a Government Bond for $10,000. would please your wife, wouldnt it ? It would please you,too,to be able to give it — but perhaps you can't. $ You can, however—if you are in good health— make an investment that will give your wife—in the event of your death |. —an absolutely safe Gold Bond bearing 5% interest. Or the Bond will become your property in fifteen or twenty years if you live | Splendid opportunities for men of character to act as representati Ves. Write to GAGE E. TARBELL. 2 ce President For fall information fill out this coupon or write The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States 120 Broadway, New York Dept. 25. Please send me information regarding your new issue of Gold Bonds, issued to a mai jears of age. Address... comicbooks.com