Judge, 1906-04-14 · page 17 of 20
Judge — April 14, 1906 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **period advertisements** rather than political satire. The small humorous items are brief jokes typical of Judge magazine: **"GOES THE LIMIT"** mocks reformers advocating "simple spelling and phonetic life"—a reference to early 1900s spelling reform movements that proposed simplifying English (e.g., "nite" for "night"). The joke trivializes these efforts as extreme. **"THE NEW MALADY"** jokes about "Magazinitis"—a made-up illness supposedly caused by reading too many April magazine issues, likely poking fun at magazine addiction or oversaturation. The remaining humor pieces are mild social observations about inconsistent men and library priorities. The dominant content is vintage advertising for liqueurs, pianos, champagne, and notably a **"Le Radium" perpetual cigar lighter**—a radioactive novelty product, reflecting the early 1900s craze for radium consumer goods (before its dangers were understood). This would seem alarming to modern readers but was marketed as a miracle product at the time. No significant political cartoon or caricature appears on this page.
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ooo The Supreme After-Dinner Cordial LIQUEUR EAGLETTE specially fine Am ged by connoi tion, and a cordial of delightful flavor, it is without a rival. A fitting finale toany feast. EAGLE LIQUEUR DISTILLERIES Rhi B ‘Cinetu: We're most exacting cads, we men— An inconsistent crew— ake a fellow’s word and then Expect he'll keep it, too. Catholic Standard. “Intending parchasers of a STRICTLY FIRST- CLASS Plano, or Puno and. Sell-Player combined, Sicald not tail t0 examine the merits Of the world: SOHMER PIANOS SOHMER - CECILIAN " Inside Players, | ‘atalogue mailed on application. SOHMER & COMPANY, New York. Warerooms: Cor, Sth Ave. 224 St. and the which sur A book of sound advice for the comic-art student About Caricature | $1.50 by mail ADDRESS E, Zimmerman, Horseheads, N.Y. HOTEL RULES. Guests suffering from nightmare will find bedding in the barn. Don't use towels for shoes. Guests falling down the elevator shaft will please not scrape the plastering off with their front teeth.—Horel Life. y do drink, drink F lp, one ye GOES THE LIMIT. | Knicker —* Is he a reformer 2" Bocker— Ves ; he advocates the sim- ple spelling and the phonetic life." —Exc. LITERATURE AND LIFE. “We now have ten books in our libra- ry,” says a Georgia poet, “but. what we| are banking on is—the value of ten bales of cotton in our warehouse."—/Atanta Constitution. "Laugh, and the world laughs with you: feep, and you weep alone, For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth But has trouble enough of its own.* Geumble Green Label. AT ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS. THE NEW MALADY. Knicker—* Poor Offnut fancies himself | the object of a conspiracy.” Bocker—— Magazinitis ; he has just fin- ished reading all the April numbers."— New York Sun. LE RADIUM A Great Boon to Smokers Cheaper and Safer than Matches Surely Less Trouble Resists Strongest Wind 54,000 Sold in Montreal, Canada PERPETUAL (leaported trom France) ‘of a metal vest pocket tube contai yn compound which, when exposed to the air, becomes incandescent and produces @ Remove the cap and there iasiantly appears a steady flame which will light cigars, cigarettes, lamps, gas jets, will Kindle fires, or light the he dark. When the cap is replaced the flame is extinguish NO MAMIPULATI This self-firing pocket light jolutely safe, ‘exposed to the air. y care ia practically indestructible. jenience tO autoits, canocists, yachtsmen, etc. OF strong. Price, complete, postpaid, 50° EACH (If not as represented, return it, and we will cheerfully refund your money. AGENTS AND DEALERS WANTED EVERYWHERE We make a most liberal proposi:i c International Auto & Yacht Agency, Dept. M. M., 119-121 Nassau St., N. Y. City HIS useful French novelty ¢ WO ADJUSTING. I not ignite unless the cap is removed and the Is water-tight, and operates faultlessly in The Truth Can be told about Great Western Champagne the Standard ot Mmeriran Ware Soyer rerrererrrrrrcrerrrrttr4 | There is nothing to conceal in ts produc. tion. Teis PureGrape Juice, termented and aged to exact pertec bom for health al sessing. the bow: conmnowseure. desire PLEASANT VALLEY WINE 6O., Sole Makers, Rheims, N.Y. Positively no Free Samples seat ueder any pretext. PPSSEEES4O6484: Sackett § Wilhelms LCithographing and Printing Co. Parker Building, 225 Fourth Avenue, corner ith Street, Aeneaaaaaaaneoeecesnsonsoncooooores, SANTAL CAPSULES ew York, are prepared to furnish the anty. Capital $500,000. ii pbbbbbbbabhphbaaabobadbah eae t ik N989999991899985999908559900sssssssssTTTITSSTIISSSTITT FES fan ss ROMEIKE’S fret Crit iettharer clippings which may appear about you. your inends. Seer newpaper aed procdcal of importance in the United Staten aad Europe is vearched. Terms, 63-20 (oF soo notices. Haxey Romaixe, 33 Umon Square, N. ¥ HENRY LINDENMEVEC & SONS Book Free. PAPER WAREHOUSE Noa. 22. Branen Warebone ‘ALL KINDS OF PAPRE MADE TO ORDER on any’ part of the body faling’oue, write for prools of cures. too-page Timbjg» Actual Size. For KIDNEY TRouetes and ‘TARRH of the BLOOD POISON FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS we have made the cure of Mood Poison a obstinate cases. If you have e: methods of treatment and still IB and pains, Mucous Patches in red Spots, Hair or Ryebrows COOK REMEDY Co. 1480 MASONIC TEMPLE, Chicago, Ill, U. S. A.