Judge, 1907-06-01 · page 11 of 16
Judge — June 1, 1907 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge magazine contains primarily **short humorous anecdotes and advertisements**, rather than political cartoons. The jokes satirize American social conventions and hypocrisy: 1. **"Because He Is Sanctified"** mocks religious self-righteousness—a young boy claims his Methodist "sanctification" permits him to speak irreverently. 2. **"Force of Habit"** jokes that a Wall Street magnate plants only "suckers" (parasitic vines), reflecting his business mentality of exploiting others. 3. **"Certainly Not"** darkly quips that poor actresses needn't buy diamonds since they can have them stolen instead. 4. Gender humor appears in "More Than One," where a husband jokes his wife has a dozen dress ideas rather than one. The page is dominated by **period advertisements**: Miller High Life Beer (emphasizing "purity"), Packer's Tar Soap, Evans' Ale, and Abbott's Bitters. These represent early 20th-century consumer goods marketing typical of Judge's revenue model. No specific political figures or events are referenced; the satire targets universal human behaviors—greed, vanity, religious pretense, and marital stereotypes.
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BECAUSE HE IS SANCTIFIED. | Ben was the five-year-old son of good Methodist parents. One Sunday, while| his mother was getting a meal ready, he! fan intothe kitchen, Sniffing delightedly ithe savory odors, he exclaimed, | ‘Thank the Lord! we are going to| have chicken for dinner.” | “Ben, Ben!" cried the horrified mother, | don't you know you ought not to say such things 2" "Why not?" replied Master Ben, afd like to have you know I've been sanctified, and I can say what I please."| Chicago News. Add a little Abbott's Bitters to a glass of wine and you'll be surprised what a delightful tonic it makes. FORCE OF HABIT. “Ah,” said the friend of the big Wall Street magnate when he visited the lat-| ters country home, “I see you carry your business habits even into your ideas of planting 2” | “What do you mean 2" asked the puz- died magnate. | “Why, [observe that all the vines you have selected are suckers.”"— Baltimore! American, CERTAINLY NOT. « The actress who is too poor to pur- chase diamonds,” remarked the observer of events and things, «need not let that interfere with her having them stolen."— Yonters Statesman. In the warerooms of Sohmer & Co., Sohmer Bailding, 170 Fifth Avenue, the reader will fod instruments that cannot be surpassed, and the purchaser is perfectly assured of getting the best article in the market at a very reason- able figure. PRACT! 5 Alexander the Great paused before the | Gordian knot. “Pooh!” he said, «I've untied worse knots than this in my neck- ties!” No wonder he conquered the world.—Harvard Lampoon. YEA! Blest be the maid— A queen, say I— Who cannot cool AND DOES NOT TRY! —Buffalo News, | MORE THAN ONE. “The average woman,” said Grumbell, tas but one idea, and that's dress.” “Huh!” snorted Marryat, “my wife usually has at least a dozen ideas, and they're dresses.""—Exchange. A.wise man shuts up before he runs out of talk.—Exchange. | THE RESULT df inteligent, painstaking care of the scalp is healthy hair Packer's Tar Soap Pure as the Pines for over a third of a century has been rec- Omnized as an ideal soap for shampooing. not only cleans the scalp, but imparts | ‘igor to those glandular structures which | ‘Xe intimately concemed with the growth and vitality of the hair. AGH LE Be The Champagne of Bottle BEER The main point of beer, like everything else, is SUPERIORITY of QUALITY. Try a bottle of HIGH LIFE Beer and compare it with any other brand, and the question of Superiority and Quality will be settled for all time, We use only the best materials money can buy. We have spent fortunes to obtain, and are still spending large sums annually to. maintain ‘PERFECT PURITY.” You will find MILLER HIGH LIFE BEER for sale at all first-class hotels and clubs and on dining cars and steamships... HENRY C. BOTJER, Distributor, 353 Broadway, Long Island City, N. Y. A FOLLOWER. SIZING HIM UP. THE KIND HE ALWAYS USED. Sauer— Did he follow the medical | profession 2” Kraut —“ Yes—in a sense—he's an undertaker."—/rinceton Tiger. y “Well 2?” —Courier-Fournal, ir, you have a calculating look about “Why, those verses you sent_me were inane !" said the editor. “That's the reason I thought you would “Can’t I sell you an adding-machine ?"| use them,” replied the would-be poet— Yonkers Statesman, Its use means a clean, healthy scalp, Vistrous, luxuriant hair. The Packer Mfg. Co., New York City. A Good Hotel Man Anticipates the ‘ire- ments of his patrons, aod orders NOW a supply of (he soleyment and benefit guest. PY vacation days and Evans’ Ale g0 together, Whe lined te the brewery, DR. TALKS OF FOOD. PRES. OF BOARD OF HEALTH. «What shall [ eat?" is the daily inquiry ; the physician is met with, I do not hesi- | tate to say that in my judgment a large | percentage of disease is caused by poorly | selected and improperly prepared food. | My personal experience with the fully- cooked food, known as Grape-Nuts, en- ables me to speak freely of its merits. | “From overwork, I suffered several | years with malnutrition, palpitation of the| heart and loss of sleep. Last summer I was led to experiment personally with the new food, which I used in conjunction with good, rich cow's milk. In a short] time after I commenced its use, the dis- agreeable ‘symptoms disappeared, my heart's action became steady and normal, the functions of the stomach were prop- erly carried out and I again slept as soundly and as well as in my youth, for of “T look upon Grape-Nuts as a perfect food, and no one can gainsay but that it} has a most prominent place in a rational, | scientific system of feeding. Any one! who uses this food will soon be convinced of the soundness of the principle upon which it is manufactured and may thereby know the facts as to its true worth. Read “The Road to Wellville,” in pack- THE JUDGE COMPANY . . ages. « There's a Reason. @ Best Line to Cincinnati and St. Louis—NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES ‘Advertising in Colors IOLLOWING the custom of our es- F teemed contemporaries, JUDGE will occasionally accept an advertise- ment to be printed in three or more colors on the outside cover. If the interested advertiser will glance at the cover of our issue of June 15th he will see the very convincing and artistic announcement of the Bunker Hill Breweries, of Boston, Mass. The issue of May 18th carried the busi- ness-like and beautiful page of the Pompeian Mfg. Co., of Cleveland, O. The advertising patrons of Jupcg, like its subscribers, are not confined to any State or nation. Our first colored page was from Massachusetts, the next from Ohio, the third from Switzerland, the fourth from New Jersey, the fifth from Wisconsin. The outside cover of July zoth is for sale. Correspondence invited. 225 Fourth Avenue, New York City comicbooks.com