Judge, 1906-05-05 · page 12 of 16
Judge — May 5, 1906 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page primarily contains **advertisements and filler content** rather than significant political satire. The main cartoon, "Her Weak Point," satirizes **early female police officers**. It depicts a female cop who arrests porch climbers (burglars) but is distracted by vanity—when a criminal mentions her disheveled appearance, she abandons her suspects to find a mirror, allowing them to escape. The joke mocks women's supposed inability to resist primping, suggesting female cops are unfit for duty due to feminine weakness. This reflects early-1900s **anti-suffrage sentiment**: as women gained voting rights and entered previously male professions like law enforcement, satirists used humor to argue women lacked the discipline and seriousness needed for such roles. The cartoon dismisses feminist progress through gendered stereotyping. The page also includes a secondary cartoon, "Envy," about mermaids envying humans—minor humor with no clear political content. The remainder comprises **liqueur advertisements** (Pères Chartreux, Great Western Champagne) and promotional material for *Judge* magazine itself.
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HER WEAK POINT. | The dream of suffrage had been real- ized, There were female police. After . a desperate struggle one of the brave Ww lady cops had arrested two porch-climb- \ $ NW- ae Hop to rest” aba hitsed ; if “ are to resist,” she his you do shall shoot Whe ony whaskey thet places a commee, ‘There was an ominous click. “Don't shoot, lady,” said one of the quarariteed ondlusis on each every, bat e- porch-climbers suavely; “we won't re- sist, but I just wanted to tell yer dat dur- ing de row yer hair got mussed an’ yer Seeback \abel | hat ain't on straight.” The lady cop flushed with embarrass- ment. «Gracious !" she exclaimed.“ Where can I find a mirror? I could never think of going along the street like this. Wait here until I return.” And the porch-climbers slipped off in| the shadows, while the lady cop went to find a mirror.—Chicago News. +444: An ounce of sherry and a tablespoonful of | Abbott's Angostura Bitters before meals is a| / wonderful appetizer. | |= . LIQUEUR PERES CHARTREUX —GREEN AND YELLOW— HONORS IN INDIA. Appointments: Pandit Kanhaiya Lal, | of Shahjanpur, to officiate as subordinate judge of Shahjanpur, vice Babu Shambu Nath Dube, Vakil Moradabad, to officiate as Munsif ‘of Shahjanpur, vice Pandit Kanhaiya Lal; Babu Pyare Lal Chatur- vedi, Vakil Agra, to officiate as Munsif of Lalitpur.—Lahore Tribune. STESSSh444494499949494094000000000000000004004404. 4 . The Sohmer Piano is recognized by the music-loving public as one of the best in the world. Visit the wareroums, Sohmer Building, 170 Fifth Avenue, before buying elsewhere. ENVY. iT ’T LEAP-YEAR, EITHER. a AND SE Ea : Macoie Mermaio—"" Ain't he han'some? Jes’ to think, Mayme, we might have bin She (shyly)—** You know you said yes-| in her place if we was borned on land!”* terday, George, that I was a peach.” He—"Sure! You are ‘She— All right! Shall we make it a pair?” —Somerville Fournal. A PERIODICAL PUPIL. “Tunderstand she learned to skate this winter.” “Yes, She learns every winter."—Vew The best place for Vico Resi, Recreation or Recuperaion at this season is ‘AS been published once a week for more than twenty-five years, without The Truth H change in its furm, price, or frequency of issue. For more than a quarter of a century JUDGE has been bringing innocent merriment to millions of Amer- ATLANTIC CITY Seoienire i ican homes. Great Juvce is the only Republican illustrated humorous weekly in America with colored cartoons. and the new Fireproof } \ Western Jupce. is for sale, or on file, in every first-class hotel, club, barber-shop, and in every news-stand, railroad train, and steamship line in the world. JuDGE C il A L F 0) N | E Champagne has, therefore, a bunch of readers every week of not less than half a million. nthe tata ot ‘ irs E There is nothing to 4490044999420094449900090044490000900944000000000040000000000000888. ca + gr + ? 3% a + ? 3! ? + ba ° Batjer & Co, Sole Agents for | is especially well equipped to supply the wants of those who come to, secure them. Write for Illustrated Folder and Rates to The-Leeds Company Always Open On the Beach From the advertiser's only sensible point of view—that is, price, relative to circulation—Juvce is worth considering. TIcK. If the watchmaker lives on_tick, the ie The Juvce Company also publishes the only humorous monthly magazine pawnbroker lives on tickets.—Somerville oy in America. The Magazine of Fun (formerly Judge's Library) has shown a ‘Fournal. remarkable growth during the past year. and is now circulating upward of One Hundred Thousand copies monthly. Each issue usually contains as many as twelve original humorous articles and thirty pages of pictures. Sis Hopkins’ Own Book is another monthly publication filled with light A book of sound reading, jokes. cartoons and funny stories, carefully selected and edited. i RE: Juvce’s Quarterly, as its name implies. is published four times a year, perce os ae) noveNruR Slow, dated January, April, July and October. It is a very handsome publication, comic- A large circulation. dent are areal ie BA sells for 25 cents a copy, and has a large circulation. neat binding for the purpose of distribution $1.50 by mail his many admirers. Upon receipt of $85 we will send this book to any address, postage prepaid. JUDGE COMPANY, New York