Judge, 1905-07-08 · page 15 of 20
Judge — July 8, 1905 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page contains several distinct satirical pieces: **"What's the Use?" dialogue**: Mocks technological progress by suggesting faster train travel defeats the purpose of trips—you'd lose time enjoying your destination. The joke plays on early-20th-century anxiety about modernity's relentless pace. **"Lost Some" joke**: References a Russian admiral (likely from the Russo-Japanese War era, given the context), with a dark humor quip that his short name resulted from battle wounds. This targets both Russian military losses and the absurdity of casual wartime commentary. **Product advertisements** dominate the lower half: Iver Johnson revolvers emphasize "safety," Krementz collar buttons, and Heublein cocktails. These ads reflect consumer culture and emerging product-safety marketing. The page primarily showcases Judge's blend of social commentary, wordplay humor, and advertising—typical of early-1900s satirical magazines targeting middle-class readers concerned with modernity, technology, and leisure.
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WHAT'S THE USE? “Doyouthink they'll ever be able to run the trains so fast that we can go from Chicago to New York and back in a day ?” “1 hope not What's the use | going to New York, if you can't stay all night ?” — Chi- cago Record- Herald. Iver Johnson Safety Automatic Hammer, $5.00 Hammerless, $6.00 NOT SO WON- | DERFUL. She—" Here js a wonderful | thing. They're actually grow- ing potatoes and tomatoes. © same No Fear of Accidental Discharge Extra length Barrels, if it's an sec. per inch, Pearl Stocks, $1.35 extra, / Noth- | sovery won- | rful about Cabbage tobacco ¢ long been wn that * — Paila- hia Bul- IVERJOHNSON Safety Automatic Revolver mer never touches th ONE PIECE COLLAR BUTTON No sharp edges to cut the neck. Easy to button and unbutton. Always stays buttoned. Can't break in service. You get a new one FREE If damaged from any cause. Made of rotled plate, st by leading jewelers and Ir Button Booklet on req HREMENTZ @ CO. 73 Chestnut St.,. NEWARK, N. J. LOST SOME. Bacon—"En- | quist. seems a pretty short name for a Rus- sian admiral.” gbert— | “Yes; perhaps | he had part of it shot away in | |that last en- gagement.”"— Yonkers States- | man. because the revolver This safety principle, to the fact that the lever which tra mer to the firing pin is never in position to do so except when the trigger is pulled all the way back. All hardware and , sporting goods dealers sell Iver Johnson Revolvers and can verify these facts if they will. Send fortttustrate booklet Shots,"mallel free with descriptive catalogee, wer Johasoa's Arma and Cycle Works, 153 River Siret, Fitchborg, Mass. Nite fone ’oerice: te Gnarivers Bice ne EL IND LOVE. Love ought to thank its luc stars for its blindness, it would © many funny s were its open.— ford Mer- of gold, Sold lashers. Cole eyes Mt cur THE LUXURY OF AN OUTING. Inis rather n 's thoughts wander cut from the city to anticipation of summer je the woods, where we are to be made over and drawn close to the breast of Mother Nature. Bur, bef » far into the actual cure with the minimum disappointment Perhaps the surest way todou- w joys of vacation days is to follow the exe f Robin Hood and his merry men, who. knew nocareas long as their supply of good old hand, for then, as now, lovers of out- depended upon ale to open the way for benefits and good cheer that followed. That the same good old customs which pre- | vailo in olden times are in existence to-day is evidenoud by the gr he ranks of the army of recre thei le, which has a A guesswork cocktail is always a new experiment. You rarely get the same thing twice from the same mixer. ., <-LUB COCKTAILS are scien- tifically blended from choicest liquors. Their aroma, taste, strength, are always uniformly ex- cellent, and their ageing is a virtue the tried taster can appreciate. Always ready. ust strain through cracked ice and serve. yment it imparts to an outing. tion of the camp, the solace the joy of the golfer, and of good fellowship among all me c is suitable for all places, whether mountains, at the seashore, on a yacht, of traveling by train or boat, because it is always in the same perfect condition, and be- t cannot spoil, no matter how abused in handling. due to the fact that it does not cun- thin « particle of sediment. It is easy to get and always easy to serve, being bottled with town corks for those who desire that style. Seven kinds—Manhattan, Martini, Ver- mouth, Whiskey, Holland Gin, Tom Gin and York. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sole Proprietors Hartford New York London Sb pone ZA ene ON REVIEW. We see again the summer flirt, Whose bathing-suit is shocking. She picks her out the shortest skirt And eke the longest stocking. A ROMANCE OF OLD BENNINGTON 4y THEODORA PECK Frontispiece by Tnomas Mrrenmte Paix ¢cByEsTER OF THE GRANTS" isa spirited and whole. some story of love and war in’ Vermont dure the Revolution. ‘The Hampshire Grants, ia which the scene of the story is Laid, were described in an oficial report of Generai burgoyne: of the Hrileh forcen "as a country which abounds 7a the most active and amost te- illous Face ‘of the continent." The herol daughter of that race and Eiorylatultof ection sent Story is fullof action, sentiment, courage and patfiotism, the characters are ail skillfully drawn and the plot is developed with convincing force and effect. ‘The euthor is deeply imbued with t Iraparted ita full strength to tna Dub just to say that Mise Peck has treated her theme th womanly fling, grace and dramatic art gta high Order. The whole story sbeundain the Greem Mounwaia Stinospheres"—Army and Navy Journal $1.50 AT ALL BOOKSTORES Hieu WtFre THE BEST MILWAUKEE BEER comicbooks.com