Judge, 1907-03-09 · page 12 of 16
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This page from *Judge* is primarily **advertising and filler content** rather than political satire. The layout consists of multiple commercial ads and brief humorous anecdotes. The notable elements include: **"Wilson" advertisement** (top right): A whiskey brand ad playing on the surname of President Woodrow Wilson, using his name for commercial purposes—common practice of the era. **Humorous vignettes** scattered throughout satirize mundane complaints: a cook's labor strike for fifty cents weekly wages, a prima donna hitting high notes, an Englishman's wordplay about Worcester, and railway workers owning government. **Product advertisements** dominate: Hunter Baltimore Rye whiskey, Sohmer Pianos, Santa Midy capsules for "kidney troubles," Blood Poison cure, and Postum coffee substitute (marketed as cure for nervousness caused by regular coffee). The **satire is mild and domestic**—no major political commentary. The page reflects early 20th-century concerns: labor disputes, nervousness (attributed to caffeine), and commercial remedies. The Judge Library advertisement claims circulation of 100,000, suggesting this was a popular publication despite its modest satirical content.
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uae HAD TO CONCEDE IT. “Well,” said Subbubs, «I've just weathered a little labor trouble that's costing me seventy-five per week. “What !" exclaimed Citiman, « sev- enty-five dollars a week.” lo; seventy-five cents. Our cook struck for a raise from four dollars and Wilson — twenty-five cents to five dollars."—Cath- olic Standard. Yor guarantee gf warty, Orchestra leader—* | never heard the ?@ Andk's WY prima donna do that high note as well as she did last night 2” Intending parchasers_of a STRICTLY FIRST- - CLASS Plano, or Pano and. Self-Player “combined, Stage manager—*Nor 1. You see, just as she reached it she saw a mouse in| Do you get up tired and feel tired all day ? | should not fail to examine the merits of the world- the wings !"— Yonkers Statesman. |Try a tablespoonful of Abbott's Bitters in sweetened water before meals. At grocers’ or | druggists’. _—_ A CHANGE OF ACCENT. | An Englishman hailing from Worcester | PIANOS Invested some cash in a rorcester. “i CECILIAN” task Now, the Britisher’s fowl | Shes sorpeseal ete TAN” Teskde Pleyern, All used the broad vow, | Catalogue mailed on application. So the bird couldn't crow as he yorcester. | SOHMER & COMPANY, NEw York. — Princeton Tiger. Warerooms: Cor. Sth Ave. 224 St. FROM a list of fifteen weeklies considered, Juoce has just been se- lected as one of three me- diums to be used during the coming year by one of our largest National adver- tisers, the only humorous weekly to be used and the fifth renewal of this order. THE LEGIONS OF CAESAR WERE NOT NEARLY SO NUMER- OUS AS THE VAST MULTITUDE WHO DAILY FORTIFY AND COM- FORT THE “INNER MAN™ WITH A “WEE NIPPIE” OF HUNTER BALTIMORE aT. | “Do you think the railway men will ever own the government ?” asked the alarmist. Mr. + No," answered Dustin. Stax ; ‘not unless governments show more jsigns of paying dividends than they do now."— Washington Star. Ifa man keeps his friends it's a sign they don't see much of him.—J. Y. Press. | THE AMERICAN GENTLEMAN'S WHISKEY CCFFEE THRESHED HER 5 LONG YEARS, “For over fifteen years,” writes a pa-| tient, hopeful little Illinois woman, « while a coffee drinker, I suffered from Spinal Irritation and Nervous trouble. 1 was} treated by good physicians, but did not| get much relief. * [never suspected that coffee might be aggravating my condition. I was down- hearted and discouraged, but prayed daily BLADDERz ¢ 1), | might find something to help me. Relieves all $ | «Several years ago, while at a friend's Discharges ing | house, 1 drank a cup of Postum and 24 HOURS thought 1 had never tasted anything REP oN @ | more delicious. Beware of (aay) “From that time on 1 used Postum in- councerfets. stead of Coffee and soon began to im- ‘etl ty al @reegic, prove in health, so that now I can walk half a dozen blocks or more with ease, and do many other things that I never FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS we have made the cure of Blood Poison a thought I would be able to do again in iaity, "Blood Polson’ Permanently Cured. this world. “ My appetite is good, I sleep well and find life is worth living, indeed. A lad; Vou can be treated at home ‘under same anty. Capital $20,000, obstinate caves. Ti you have of my acquaintance said she did not like imethods of 11 Aratciass cafes and by Jobbers Sanaa PANAHAN &€ SUN, haltimore, Ma Wh! CAPSULES A TOSS-UP. “Say, mate, any more food left? “aye, aye! captain; one biscuit yet that your wife made. “Well got to eat | ate, let's go odd or even to see who's ‘TRIUMPH OF BRAINS, Whyte—« Biones says he is going inte farming. He has just sold everything had and bought a farm.” WHY THEY NEED HIM. Gunner—« But why are you fellows so | anxious to have that writer of fiction join your club? He doesn’t smoke, drink or play poker | Browne—* But is he sure that he cat Guyer—“No ; but we need a writer of|make it pay ? Sometimes it is pret Postum the rest of their lives.” Name] fiction to frame up stories for those who] hard to make things grow.’ given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. |do. He can create a clever yarn that| WAyte— Oh, Bjones is all righ Read the little book, * The Road to Well-| any wife will swallow."— Chicago Daily| says he is going to devote himself & in packages. Ther News. lirely to self-raising buckwheat." r. SiS HOPKINS Postum, it was so weak and tasteless. “1 explained to. her the difference when it is made right—boiled according todtrections. She was glad to know this, because coffee did not agree with her Now her folks say they expect to use hausted ll have mples, Copper. Colored Spots Uicers on any part of the body, Hair of Eyebrows Gahingout, weite for prools of cures. sco-page Book Free COOK REMEDY Co. 1480 MASONIC TEMPLE, Chicago, IIL, U.S. A. a reason.” (A MAGAZINE OF FUN) @ There is room in this great, busy, throbbing country of 80,000,000 people for a real magazine of ** Fun," full of Laughter, wit and cheeriness, replete with clever, humerous, yet refined stories, Published on the 15th of every month preceding date of issue, This magazine is celting like hot- cakes wherever i ls displayed. A new cover every month and a large amount ef original matter has done the trick. Advertising rates 25 cents a line, 20 cents a line for twelve consecutive insertions. CIRCULATION RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE 100,000 MARK. }OWN BOoK'| SIS HOPKINS’ OWN BOOK ts published the first of every month with the cream of the jokes, cartoons and funny stortes that appear tn Judge week by week, carefully selected and edited, A handsome cover de- signed and colored especially for Sis Hopkins’. The thing to beguile leisure moments. Advertising rates 25 cents a Line, 20 cents a line for twelve consecutive in- sertions, 60,000 copies monthly. GQ JUDGE'S QUARTERLY meets the demand for ‘our copyrighted pictures and jokes in permanent form. Sizty pages, best humorous artists and wits of to-day. Beautiful cover, designed especially. Handsome col- cored pages of pictures, Published every January, April, July and October, on the 15th of the month preceding date of issue, Advertising ra Hine, 20 cents a line for four consecutive insertions, 200,000 copies printed every year. 25 centea ‘THE JUDGE COMPANY, 225 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY comicbooks.com