Judge, 1906-12-22 · page 43 of 48
Judge — December 22, 1906 — page 43: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge (a satirical weekly) contains several distinct pieces: **"The Widow's Pension Fund"** satirizes Andrew Carnegie's recent charitable donation of professorship pensions by having "The Widow" (Judge's recurring character) propose an absurdly patronizing counter-offer: a pension fund for young instructors under 21 who can distinctly say "mamma" and "papa." The joke mocks both Carnegie's philanthropy as performative and reveals contemporary attitudes about intellectual maturity and childishness. **"Extra! Great Problem!"** ridicules a New York Sun article attempting to explain why women fear mice. Judge presents the Sun's pseudo-scientific hereditary explanation as laughably circular logic, satirizing both the newspaper's pseudo-intellectualism and period gender stereotypes. The remaining content is primarily **advertisements** (Gillette razors, Perrier-Jouet champagne, steamship lines) and **light comic bits** about coal-delivery and a drunk man's swollen head—typical filler content for the era's magazines. The page overall demonstrates Judge's mix of pointed social satire and commercial material.
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Brings the highest price at auction. Draw your own conclusions, Sole Agents W. A. TAYLOR & CO. NEW YORK L 7 “THE WIDOW” PENSION FUND. Some months ago The Widow's good friend, Andy Carnegie, offered to the col- | leges ‘and universities of the country a/ fand for the pensioning of antiquated professors. The Widow has been in- spired by this philanthropic deed to mie| asimilar offer, She regrets that the means at her command will limit the scope of her beneficence, but believing tat charity begins at home, she makes the following offer to Cornell : She would provide a fund, the interest on which is to be distributed as the trus- tees may decide, to pension young in- structors of the university under twenty- one years of age. She does not wish to sta minimum age limit, but simply stipulates that a candidate for pension must be able to say *mamma” and “papa” distinctly. She ties no other string to her offer, Tie Widow has always felt strpngly oa the subject of child labor and she be- lieves that this offer is a step in the right direction.— The Widow. EXTRA! GREAT PROBLEM! EXTRA! A New York wirelessgram to the Any- thing column says the New York Sun discusses the great problem of why women. fear mice in the following lucid manner and limpid style: «This fear is clearly hereditary. How are we to account for this hereditary fear being transmitted only to the female line? “Is there any well-attested case of a mouse having injured a woman in any manner ? “The instinct amounts almost to su- perstition in its hold on the female mind.” —Detroit News. TO TELL MAMMA. Little Sophia has just been informed that she has a little sister. “Oh, how lovely! Please, please let me be the one to tell mamma !"—TZrans- lated for Transatlantic Tales from El Diario de la Marina, -&,. SEASONING. Bringing in the coal, Bringing in the coal; All the men are busy Bringing in the coal. —Maverick, THE END MAN SAYS: + Rather swell affair, that, wasn't it?" * What was a swell affair, hey 2” “Dinggle’s head after ‘his Sunday spree !" (Exit, struggling.) — Detroit News. All of the Black and White Plates in the Christmas Judge by THE NORTH AMERIC! ENGRAVING Co., 225 Fourth Ave., New York City. 5 “i CT 2 NW i iby ONLY DIRECT ALL-WATER ROUTE New York, Boston and Charleston, S, G., Jacksomil, Fla, ‘St Johns River Service between slngpedag laden) The connection (or al pints South anc South lyde Line’ ackonvil, Pal Chatltcn, S.C. and Jackroavile, Fla, Palatka, Exserprise, Fla. favorite route between ‘Yerk, Boston, making direct Fast Modern Steamships and Superior Service ‘THEO. G. EGER, V.P. &G. M. General Office, Pier 36, N.R.; Branch, 290 Broadway, New York ee UNIQUE GIFTS. Christmas Baskets of PERRIER-JOUET Blue Top Brut or Special Reserve CHAMPAGNE. et tt U. S. Agents, JAMES BUCHANAN & CO., LTD., 29 Broadway, New York. ARTHUR J. BILLIN, U. S. Mgr. No Stropping Just Lather— No Honing and Shave! GILLETTE Safety Razor and the twelve double-edged blades that come with it will solve your shaving problem for months to come. Each blade will give from 15 to 20 clean shaves of comfort. When at last it commences to ‘‘pull’’ a little, throw away the blade, like an old pen, and slip in a new one. The razor itself will last a life- time—extra blades cost about 2 cents a week — 50 cents for pack- age of ten. If your dealer doesn’t keep them, send us $5 for standard “triple- silver’? plated set in handsome velvet-lined, leather- covered case. If after 30 days’ trial you are not satisfied we will refund your money. E HAVE bought the entire edition of ‘Science of Shav- ing,” a new work, the first text- book ever written, we believe, on the care of the face in its relation to shaving. It is worth a good deal to every man who shaves or lets others shave him—no matter how much he thinks he knows about it already. Fully illus- trated with photographs and drawings. In the first thousand copies of the edition we have added some pages about the Gillette Safety Razor with pictures and prices of the different styles. While these copies last, a postal card will bring you one free, with our compliments. Send for this Book To-day! SCIENCE SHAVING GILLETTE SALES COMPANY 263 Times Bidg., New York comicbooks.com