Judge, 1905-09-09 · page 13 of 16
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This page is primarily **advertising with satirical article sidebars**—typical of Judge magazine's format. The main visible cartoon/article is titled "SELF-AUTOPSIES," which satirizes early-1900s self-help culture and introspection trends. The author humorously describes a "Professor Miller" from Chicago University who posed questions designed to reveal one's character. The joke: the author admits he scores well on the first test (dogs follow him, proving kindness) but fears failing later ones. The satire targets wealthy philanthropists like Rockefeller and Carnegie who perform public virtue while the author mockingly suggests they should examine their own flaws rather than judging society. The other brief cartoons joke about class anxieties: "Thought It Was a Proposal" mocks wealthy women worried about money, and "The Retort Courteous" features a wife leaving her bored husband while shopping. The page is otherwise filled with period advertisements for Evans Ale, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Sohmer Pianos, and other products—standard Judge content reflecting consumer culture of the era.
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THOUGHT IT WAS A PROPOSAL. The man—“\ trust, Mrs. Backbay, that you don't agree Maud ¢ | when she says brainy women shi | worries me because I do see so many | things besides dollars and cents, Fre- | quently when I am gazing on a few dol- Hars and the bunch seems to be moving | my way a tall dark object, looking. suspi | ciously like my landlord, glides between |me and the money and | never see it jagain. I guess | rank high on this count nne 1 not This is so The inl from Boston precipitate, “dear Mr. Breezy !" Plain Dealer, THE RETORT COURTEOUS. “Is any one waiting on you 2” finally asked the haughty saleslady, condescent- ing at last to notice the shopping person “I'm afraid not,” replied the latter “My husband was—I left him outside- but I'm afraid he's become disgusted and gone home."— Philadelphia Press. Lea & Perrins’ Sauce SELF-AUTOPSIES. A fault of this pres- ent age is that so much searching in- vestigation is aimed at the mass, while the individual side- steps the alert eye of to brag about my rating on this point. Here is where I come in for a perfection mark and tons of supererogatory merit besides, Will a lonely dog follow me? Why, any dog will follow me. Dogs have a perfect passion for following me. | could write a million books on “ Dogs That Have Followed Me.” Some have | last, though. Can you see sunshine in a mud-pudiie 2" he asks, j| WHERE 1 co DOWN HARD. | as well come out fiat- footed and be honest preached in a sort of dim, religious-light tone of voice about seeing good in every-| and loving everybody and being kind and gentle to the big brutes that go about | The professor sends me to the ropes at No, I can't. I might about this point, There’s a lot of rot thing, and not worrying about anything, the world treading down innocence, riot- the inquisitor, When we read in our daily paper, or in our “success” expos- itor, of qur tailings and defects we should refrain from tabulating these things and fitting them to our mother-in-law, our wile, our friend, and ejaculating whispered hisses, such as, "I wish I could get her to read that,” or * How true that is of Jones,” ete, We should rather inquire | into our own state and see if there is not something there which might be amended, abrogated, or otherwise polished off at the next session of the legislature which assembles in our own bosom. The latest searchlight has beamed forth from Chi- cago University, the lamp of enlighten-| ment which no bushel can hide. Pro- fessor Miller works the glare. He asks some questions that plow right down and xray you to the core. These questions show whether you are civilized, gentle, | kind and good, or just a plain barbarian. | In order to he an example [ will heroic- ally face the music and see just where I am at, and I trust Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Carnegie, Mr. Morgan, Dr. Dowie, Mr. Depew, Jimmy Hyde, the Gould boys and | many other humorists will do likewise. We philanthropists who have money to burn (and do) should lead the way. It is pleasing to me to know Iam solid and a. k. on the first test. The pro- fessor’s question is: Will a lonely dog fol- low you?" If so you have the groundwork of a lovely disposition. I may not show up so well on the later counts, so | am going vans: Easy to Get Easy to Serve Crown Corks Always Ready U.S, A. LIQUID PISTOL step the most vietons dog magh ehhent permanent dinner of OR Ei neta Feling eager Tiquide Ne ete 19 abate inane longing. A or ‘mall, bee. Wal covered holster Se. extra: Parr, Siares & Sation, 290 South St, Dept E, New York followed me lazily, with the languid in- terest of the connoisseur. Some have fol- |i lowed me as if they didn’t want to, but just Aad to. Some have followed me with business-like regularity and a single- ness of purpose truly admirable. My conscience ! here have been times in my life when the whole flabbergasted universe before, behind, above, below, resolved itself into one seething’ mass of enthusiastic, agitated dog. o “Can you be happy and high-minded in drudgery ?" is the next stab. Weil, | am happy and high- minded, That ought to atevery pore. on the mud-puddle proposition. see anything in it but some bad “Can you see beyond the stars?" is his fin: so far that my eye travels round and rests end of things. Bitters. and cheerful. ng on virtue, and exuding filth and:slime Count me out, professor, I don’t ater. Oh, yes, millions upon question. On a clear night I see millions of miles. on my own back at the distant telescopic ‘The day after, you need Abbott's Angostura Braces the nerves; sustains you ind makes you feel bright hroughout th At druggists’. settle that point, but 1 am not bragging about this. The next is “Can you see as much beauty in washing «dishes and hoeing corn as in playing golf and the piano?” I pass. I don't do any of these things. I can jar the varnisn out of the seams of a piano, but affection for my neighhors stopped the performance long ago. Are you good friends with yourself?" is the] next in order. Not very. There are times when I wish I could get a divorce. + Do you see anything in life besides dol- lars and cents?” Oh, yes. Tons and acres and valleyfuls of things, In fact, it STRONGER THAN MEAT. 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