Judge, 1906-10-06 · page 15 of 16
Judge — October 6, 1906 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and promotional page** for Judge's 25th anniversary issue (October 1906), framed around the magazine's self-promotion as "America's Best Humorous Cartoon Weekly." The page contains **three brief comic vignettes** typical of Judge's satirical humor: 1. **"Hunting for Work"**: A tramp seeking employment claims to want legitimate work, but reveals he's actually looking for *his wife's* work—a joke about lazy wives or marital dynamics. 2. **"At Golf"**: A brief exchange where a man claims his uncle must be wealthy because he heard him "offer to carry auntie's clubs"—a pun on golf clubs vs. actual carrying. 3. **"Puzzled Natives"**: Observes people unaccountably wearing short sleeves in rain, joking about their uncertainty whether they'd get wet—likely satirizing immigrant or rural unfamiliarity with urban behavior. The **advertisements** (Miller High Life beer, Barker Brand collars, Penn Mutual Life insurance, Liquid Pistol) are period-typical product placement. The page demonstrates Judge's mix of mild domestic satire, wordplay, and commercial content targeting an early 1900s middle-class readership.
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HUNTING FOR WORK. ‘The tramp tarried at the door in rags| and. tatters. ‘What do you want?” asked the master of the house sternly. “Please, sity” whined the beggar, I'm lookin’ for work, Have you any scrub- bin’, or washin’, qr cleanin’ of any kind whatsoever ?"” The master paused, thinking how mis- ' y taken he had been in imagining the tramp 2 . was a lazy vagabond. ‘No one,” he A said, “would have thought you wanted ; work of that kind.”” “No more I do,” whined the tramp: ; wit's work for my wife that I'm huntin’ | iim The Champagne of Bottle BEER She-*+1 haven't seen you for an age, ierr Doctor, notwithstanding that we Seal Bi ve only a few streets apart here in Ber- The main point of beer, like everything else, is SUPERIORITY of QUALITY. T learned with so much regret that Try a bottle of HIGH LIFE Beer and compare it with any other brand, and vou've been ill this spring.” : ee i Herr Doctor—' Who told you that?” the question of Superiority and Quality will be settled for all time. Pi rAlop stra tartare We use only the best materials money can buy. i fagend 4 1 ndia."—Fliegende Blatter. We have spent fortunes to obtain, and are still spending large sums annually to. = maintain “PERFECT PURITY.” Finley SH Us outs know who's cs You will find MILLER HIGH LIFE BEER for sale at all first-class inning ?” hotels and clubs and on dining cars and steamships... Ethel — think uncle must be —I y, ard him offer to carry auntie’s clubs.” —lunch, PUZZLED NATIVES. While it was raining Friday we saw a mber of persons going around in their irt sleeves as though nothing was hap- . It had not rained here for so ; 1 Remember that as society becomes t they did not know whether they Collars and Cuffs BM |more ‘complex. your children’s chances| Wizard Repeating J get wet or not until they tried ii. : a rest almost wholly on you. A eee G&S BARKER BRAND &®, Have you insurance or ther benest? | QUID PISTON Ifa man ever got up early enough to] gammy (N : Easily obtainable in the cat his breakfast, without swallowing it K\ MADE OF LINEN J | PENN MUTUAL LIFE, all at once, he might think the cook 'aN \15¢ TWO 25< 34 ae 4 earned her wages.— New York Press. SIZES. EOP Nickel-plate ina. BELEy © -921-3-5 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. . America’s Best Humorous Cartoon Weekly QHE first number of Jupce was dated October 29th, 1881, and it is } the intention of the publishers to fittingly celebrate its quarter-century mark by issuing a handsome double number, combining this Silver Anniversary number with our regular annual Hotel and Club number, under date of October 27th, 1906. It is a matter of great pride to the publishers that JuDGE, one of the pioneers of cartoon journalism, is to-day more prosperous than at any time since its foundation, and ‘is recognized the world over as the. best American humorous weekly. °. We earnestly. request the co-operation of our friends to make our Silver Anniversary number the best ever published. It.will be an issue that will be kept for many years. We can recommend this. number ‘to all advertisers: Copy should be in our hands by October 13th at the latest. We want you represented. JUDGE COMPANY 225 Fourth Ave. New York City comicbooks.com