Judge, 1906-02-03 · page 13 of 16
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This page is primarily **advertisements and miscellaneous content** rather than political satire. The main notable item is a poem titled "TO THE ATHEIST." ## The Atheist Poem Written in dialect (attributed to T.A. Daly), this poem presents a working-class immigrant perspective defending religious faith against atheist arguments. The speaker—using heavy phonetic dialect suggesting an Italian or Eastern European accent—argues that faith provides comfort and beauty that reason cannot explain. He contrasts an atheist's claims of superior logic with his own experience of finding meaning in love, family, and hope for the afterlife. The satire targets atheist intellectuals as arrogant and unfeeling, positioning simple faith as superior to rationalist skepticism. ## Page Context The remaining content consists of period product advertisements (Pears' Soap, Sohmer Pianos, Rambler automobiles, Cook's Champagne, etc.) and brief miscellaneous items. One anecdote describes a man pawning his mule to pay for a marriage license—a folksy humor piece. The page reflects early 1900s concerns about secularism and immigration alongside consumer culture marketing.
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TO THE ATHEIST. Say ! you gat to hal weeth your talk ! 5, 1 gatta da troubla my own. = 2 SORE UPS, You please me by taka da walk— FROSTILLAZ 7 Rue I wanta for seet here alone. UNBURN Eh? W'at? Yes, I s'pose fam dumb, An’ so you no maka me wise No matter how moocha you com’ For tryin’ to open my eyes. Jus’ s'posa my eyes dey are blind— So blind like you theenk dem to be— More beautiful theengs dey can find Dan wa't you are able to see. You want I should tal you da sight Isee w’en I seet here alone ? You wanta for see? Alla right, I geev you my eyes for your own. Com’, look ! dere is beautiful girl, So sweeta, so good an’ so true ; Ah! you are a keeng of da worl’ To know dat she smila for you. Now, see! she is geevin’ her han’ Forevra da wifa to be To * no-good-for-notheenga" man— Dat no gooda man, eet ees me! Now-— presto !—da peectura change. Da beautiful girl eesa gon’; Da man ees look olda an’ strange An’ he ees jus’ settin’ alone. But steel you can see weeth hees eyes, So blind, like you say, an’ so dumb, An angela up in da skies Dat smila an’ wait teel he com’. You sneer ; you no gatta belief. You tal me we die an’ we be Like dogs, an‘ you com’ lika thiet For steala my faitha from me. Eef you go to hal an’ be dam, An’ cef wa't I see ees no true I radder be dumb like | am Dan wisa beeg foola like you ! —T. A, Daly in Catholic Standard. WHERE BABIES SWIM. P IANOS “1 shall spend the winter in Samoa,” Chen 23H With Ave said a traceler. “It is always summer Ditaitee oT i San Sohmer Building, Quzsiemum| there. There the babies swim. ‘aaciseo, 125131 Golden Gate Ave | New Vork’ Agency, 130-W. Ssth St. Aven cor 4d Can you imagine a quainter, a more Thos. B. Jeffery @ Company = charming sight than a host of babies, none over two years old, laughing and crowing and swimming like fish in pools of clear sea-water ? USED ALL OVER THE WORLD. PERF<CTLY HARMLESS TO THE MOST DELICATE SKIN Ss Ewepsten. lage thas wot got It ead Baste ‘prepaid. CLAY W. HOLMES, ELMIRA, N.Y. ‘The goodness in Pears’ Scap is an antidote for all bad complexions. A Car of Power and Steady Service Equipped with a four cylinder, vertical motor, 35-40 H. P., providing one full horse-power to every seventy-five pounds of dead weight with car fully equipped, ‘The entire power plant and controlling mechanism refined and simpl:fied to the Rambler standard of serviceal Elegance of design and appointments mark this the ideal car for which you hace been +. aiting. Itis but one of seven models for 1906. Our catalog, giving full details, mailed upon request. For goodness sake use Pears.’ Sold in America and elsewhere, TH “SOHMER” HEADS THE LiST OF THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS Main Office and Factory, Kenosha, Wis., U. PAWNED HIS MULE FOR A LICENSE. — James Richardson, of Rodger, Mills To prove the exccllence COOK'S “You will see this sight in Samoa. Samoan women believe sea baths benefit babies, and in that equable climate they The best place for jcounty, tendered a mule to-day as a chat- tel toa Cheyenne money- to get funds with which to CHAMPAGNE 6 Faqeeueal try a bottle. Sick people. drink it as an invigorator; well people Quality and purity avorite Champagne. SERVED EVERYWHERE AMERICAN WINE CO., ST. Resi, Recteaion or Recuperaion at this season is license and pay the preacher. He had ridden the mule in—eighteen miles—and expected to walk back home in ATLANTIC CITY jtime for the wedding.— Guthrie Gazette, and the new Fireproof bathe ‘their little ones daily the year around. “The youngsters soon learn to swim. They can swim before they can walk. “And to see these pretty brown babies | swimming in the sea is well worth a five- thousand-mile trip to Samoa."— Phila- delphia Bulletin, The Prettiest Auto Pidture Out Louis 50 BULBS 25 Cents. LITERALLY CORRECT. “Twant to git a wreat’o’ roses fur a funeral,” said the customer, “ an’ I want ye to put on it, ‘ He rests in pieces."” “Er—you mean ‘he rests in peace,’ “T mane what I said. *Tis fur poor Casey, that was blowed up in the quarry. —E£x. 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