Judge, 1905-10-28 · page 12 of 16
Judge — October 28, 1905 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and humor page** from Judge magazine, a satirical weekly. The content mixes light social commentary with period advertisements. **Key Humor Pieces:** - **"The Argufiers"**: A one-liner mocking people who debate automobiles versus horses—suggesting they can't afford either - **"A Letter from Europe"**: Rural dialect humor about Emmy's European trip and a sphinx - **"Unkind Comment"**: A jab at women's clubs, implying their goals are unclear/ineffectual - **"Threatened"**: A cartoon captioned about Professor Moore threatening student Willie Hipp with a thrashing for inattention **Advertisements** dominate: Pears' Soap, Red Top Rye whiskey, Prudential Insurance (with income guarantees), and Sohmer Pianos. The large illustration titled **"Threatened"** shows a classroom scene with physical punishment implied—reflecting early 20th-century attitudes toward student discipline. **Judge's Quarterly** (price 25 cents) is promoted with a circular portrait, likely a cover or content preview. The page reflects period humor conventions: class anxieties, gender stereotypes, and casual endorsement of corporal punishment.
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Pears’ No impurity in Pears’ Soap. Economical to use. It wears out only for your comfort and cleanliness. ‘Sold in every land. ++sNOW READY... “THIS @ THAT” About Caricature By ZIM A book of sound advice for the comic-art student $1.50 by mail Address Zeese-Wilkinson Co. 215 East 24th Street, N.Y. THE ARGUFIERS. Most of the disputing as to which is better, to keep an automobile or a horse, is done by people who can't afford to keep either.—Somerville Fournal. A LETTER FROM EUROPE. Mrs. Struckoil— Paw, Emmy writes that the most interestin’ thing that she’s she just loves it.” Mr. Struckoil—“ Well, you write to Emmy to buy it an’ fetch it home with her, Like to see one o° them darn things myself."—rooklyn Life. Digestion’s greatest aid—Abbott’s Angostura Bitters. A ‘*nip” after each meal affords relief. UNKIND COMMENT. “What is that woman's club aiming at?” “I don't know.” * L wonder how I can find out ?” “Just lie low and wait until you sec what it misses."—Aontreal Daily Star. ‘The Sohmer Piano has always maintained a leading position, and today it has few equals |and no superiors. The Sohiner can rest upon its merits, and win every time. 10 BY HIM. Mrs. Tatum Mr. Tarts And suspected Master Tatum ; Asked him what he took ‘em 4, Frankly he replied, «18 ‘em.” —Catholic Standard. wo" AMERICAS FIN It's T WHISK up to peu "out An Annual Income Guaranteed for yourself, wife, children or other beneficiary, for a number of years, or life, through the instalment feature of The Prudential’ You can assure yoursel THE PRUDENTIAL , MAS THE STRENGTH OF *F GIBRALTAR s Endowment Policies. f or beneficiary of a regular, stated amount to be paid every year by the Company and dividends, What it Costs. increased by annual When Paid. How Paid. Will be freely and plainly told if you will THE Insurance Co. of America. 9 A eTocs company ‘SY THE STATE O mew stzer¥ JOHN. DRYDEN, Home Omee: President. NEWARK, MJ. seen in the hull trip is the Sphinx—says| . WILSON WHISKEY THREATENED, Proressor Monx—"' See here, Willie Hipp2; if you don’t pay attention to me I'l give you a thrashing JUDGE’S QUARTERLY PRICE 25 CENTS comicbooks.com