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This page from Judge (circa 1906) mixes short humor pieces with advertisements and art reproductions. The cartoons and jokes reflect early 1900s American social attitudes: **Short Jokes:** Include working-class humor (tramps discussing electric shocks), domestic stereotypes (wives improving husbands through deprivation), and gentle mockery of masculine pretension (the "tenderfoot" learning to lasso with a giraffe's help). **Advertisements:** Hunter Whiskey and White Rock mineral water dominate, selling products through appeals to tradition and health—common marketing for the era. **Art Reproductions:** James Montgomery Flagg's photogravure images address romance and marriage with titles like "Cupid's Nightmare" and "With This Ring I Thee Wed," suggesting satirical commentary on matrimony as obligation rather than joy. The overall tone is lighthearted social satire typical of Judge—poking fun at marriage, drinking, masculine vanity, and class differences without serious political intent.

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wage | A LONG MEMORY. “I got a shock from a ‘lectric battery ter-day,” said the first tramp. “It's a funny kind of a feelin’; feels just like a bath.” exclaimed the other one, * you must have a great memory."— 7it- Bits. DOES LOOK THAT WAY. The fates conspire Sometimes, we think, To jostle us When on the brink Of taking stuff We shouldn't drink. —Birmingham Age-Heratd. anud MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS aco HUNTER WHISKEY A tablespoonful of Abbott's Bitters in a glass of sweetened water after meals is the greatest | aid to digestion known. MORE LIKELY. The average man, when asked a hypo-| thetical question 15,000 words long, | would answer simply “I don't know, Philadelphia Inquirer. Isn't it more likely he would repeat that question, won't you ?” FIRST OVER THE BARS eA HINT TO WIVES. | “One uv th’ best ways fer a woman t* git her husband ¢’ properly ‘preciate her cookin’,” said Uncle Josh this morning, is U send him ta quick-lunch restaurant fer a week onct a year, b’ jinks !"—De-| troit News. j ‘The musician of artist who buys a Sohmer | Piano gets an instrument that is a work of art, | and the result of many years’ hard study and labor. MAGIC FINANCE. Little drops of water And a lot of sand Make the railroad millions row right out one’s hand. —Baltimore American. HENRY LIYDENMEYR & sons | PAPER WAREHOUSE Now, 82, 84, and 94 Ileecker Street St The supposedly witty man who fails to impress others pt to consider them j hall witted.— Chicago News. White Rock “The Champagne of Waters” A WILLING SIGNER. Laoy—"* Say, little man; don’t you wish to sign this pledge which binds you to never smoke cigarettes the rest of your life?" Boy—"'That I will, lady; in a hurry, too. I've always been against them coffin-nails. Good, big, healthy cigars for me every time.” FOR LESSONS. Texas pony—* What are you doing out here on the ranch ? Giraffe— They're using me to give a tenderfoot his first lesson in lassoing.” AH, YES! A man, no matter what his bent, Does well enough in life Who makes enough to buy the drinks And dress a little wife.—£x. LATEST PICTURES Copyright, Jadge Co., 1906. THEIR BONY MCON. —UP IN THE den naceetiety, wer en Sk Photogravure, 15x 20 —One Dollar. Copyright, 1906, by Judge Co. THE ONLY CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE ‘The only continuous vaudeville, and every one pleased with hinsel Buy for your friends—a joke all merriment and no sting. Photogelatine, 8x 11.—23 cents, JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG Finished in photogravure or photogelatine —the same process by which the repro- ductions of famous paintings are made. ight, 1906, by Judge Co. RECIPE FOR A WEDDING CAKE Such a lot of flavoring. Gold, gold, gold, Love served as hard sauce, Cold, cold, cold. Photogravure, 14x 19.75 cents, Picture Department, Judge Company 225 Fourth Avenue, New York Trade 2 Onion Copyright, 1906, by Judge Co, WITH THIS RING I THEE WED A more substantial one To the: I'll give If thee'll stop laughing And get down to biz. Photogravare in sepia, 1419 —One Dollar. Copyright, 1906, by Judge Co. CUPID'S NIGHTMARE Photogravure in blue-black, 15 x 49-—One Dollar, and mat ara Ap INL AA PRA aN ALAA NLA POL | comicbooks.com