Judge, 1906-12-22 · page 47 of 48
Judge — December 22, 1906 — page 47: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements and short humorous items** rather than political cartoons. The brief jokes comment on early-20th-century domestic life: one depicts a husband unable to enjoy a traditional evening with a friend because his wife forbids smoking indoors ("lace curtains"); another satirizes automobiles as so rough they flatten musical notes; a third mocks a man who quit smoking to save money but now spends savings on a car instead. **Main advertisements** include: - An Iver Johnson revolver marketed as a safe Christmas gift for men - A $10 book on marriage and reproduction ("The Science of Marrying") - The "20th Century Limited" train (NYC Central) The satire is gentle and domestic—poking fun at changing social conventions (wives' increasing domestic authority), new technology (automobiles), and masculine contradictions (self-denial undermined by new consumer desires). No specific political figures or events are referenced; the humor targets universal middle-class anxieties of the era.
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OLD-FASHIONED EVENING. «Wish you'd come over to-night, Jinx, {you have no other engagement. Til do it, old man ; we'll have a good, qud-fashioned! evening like we used to have jathe old days !" «You bet !” “Til fetch some good cigars and” «Oh, my wife won't let us smoke —lace cartains, you know.” «Oh, well, we'll cut that out—charming FLAT, INDEED. Redd—I ran over that new song while out in my automobile, to-day, and I thought it sounded rather flat.” Greene—" Yes ; it's apt to make any- thing lat to run over it in an automobile.” —Yonkers Statesman. CONSISTENCY. The man who swore off smoking Ten—twenty years ago, girl, your wife, I'll be delighted tocome, | ecause it was expensive eyhow.” . ‘And kept his finance low, “That's the stuff! My little girl re-] q just reward now reaps in shape cies * Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night,’| "Or much domestic naggin’, oa J come to think of it, old man, I can't possibly come ; I've "—— « But I don’t let her do it to-night.” All right! I'll be there." — Detroit JUST LIKE A WOMAN, News. «She doesn’t repine at-their present —_ circumstance: SMILE! “ Why is that ?" Smile and the world smiles with you— ifyou are setting ‘em up.—/deal Power. | they are greatly reduced."— Exchange. To buy a chug-chug wagon ! — Buffalo News. A Safe Gift to Him ‘There seems to. be inborn in every man a love for good firearms. When the annual Christmas eee, What shall tire Bin” comes around, it is always safe to IVER JOHNSON Safety Automatic Revolver It is 90 good and so safe that of all other makes combined. It's ‘and the best for the pocket. If the hammer hits against the bureau-drawer, of catches in the pocket, the revolver cannot dis- charge. Inlact youcan‘sHammer the Hammer""withoutfearof wc- tal discharge. "Pull the trigger and it quick and Our Free Booklet “Shots” Tells = la etal rules cent precacusreceine SP Loox for the owt's Ser ecds capass reat IVER JOHNSON'S ARMS AND CYCLE WORKS . sa River Street, Fitchburg, M: Reo ne, Pts Sam fear Alameda ‘Makers of Iver Johason Tress Frame Bicycles wer Johnson Single Barrel Shotguns A Special Offer to Judge Readers A$10.00 prep 00 $100.00 IN GOLD! feast Sco casutved she Bichon esacamanie every thoughtful Mam and mended to every well-wisher of ‘the human race. TO AL ALL ill) ARE MARRIED, $f,Sfe contemplating marriage, it will iatre tne In formation worth HUNDREDS OF DO! Besides cont ferrng lasting beoett nat on ‘upon them, but rapen thet chien Every tiinkine man and women should ‘this work. Any person the book before purchasing it may send to ue for eur iepawe de- re cesir vow full and complet tabla of contents It will be sent free by ae following is the table of contents: yen Is Abrnte Chapter II Age at Which To Chapter IV-“Love A ter V— for 3 ‘Duration. "Chapter. Disorders of Chapter a mf Mot Mother end Cut After silvery, Ch Soavter XxI— Pe Pecultat to Men. Chapter XXV-"Mastorbation,. Chapeer SEVI- Stelle Iienen Che ee EVI Sables of of Which More Might Be Said. Chapter XXVIII—A Happy Mar~ Life: How ‘ishork a mdern,ad yeaysth and contains 400 pages, with 100 illustrations, and Will be sent by mail, postpaid, and securely sealed, for 63.00. SSPEGAD OFFERITO: YOU: FER TO YOU. Mawes 7, Shove valuable werk by mall, postpa’ reset pt, ly 82. lieu tie tact that you saw this Rdvertiscment in SUDGE “adress ul orders J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 64 Rose St., New York. ARE YOU IN LOVE? s2-rarvsnant sate!" srmtetets, Till the money that he’s saved he spends “I do not know, unless it_is because “Without exception the best Toilet Perfume made” THE CENUINE MURRAY @ LANMAN’S FLORIDA WATER An acceptable gift at all Seasons but especially appropriate as a Christmas Box. Bo sure you get the genuine Murray & Lanman’s, “THE 20TH CENTURY LIMITED’’ Fastest Long Distance Train in the World, * 960 Miles in 18 Hours, Via the LINES “« America's Greatest Railroad” ‘This magnificent train is equipped with Pullman cars of the very latest design and has all the special features which have made the New York Central service so deservedly popular. Barber, Fresh and Salt Water Baths, Valet, Ladies’ Maid, Manicure, Stock and Market Reports, Telephone, Stenographer, etc. A dozen other fast trains between NEW YORK, BOST AND BUFFALO, DETROIT, CLt.\VELAND, COLUMBUS, CINCINNATI, INDIANAPOLIS, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, the West and Southwest. C.F. DALY, Passenger Traffic Manager, New York. comicbooks.com