Judge, 1907-08-17 · page 11 of 16
Judge — August 17, 1907 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **satirical magazine page featuring advertisements and humorous columns** rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: 1. **Miller High Life Beer ad** — celebrates the beer's sales success and purity; uses decorative Art Nouveau-style figures. 2. **Multiple short humorous poems/columns** on everyday topics: - Complaints about weather vs. Arctic explorers - A joke about confusing $10 and $20 gold certificates - A "Golfing Alphabet" satirizing golf terminology and frustrations - Complaints about mosquitoes while fishing 3. **Williams' Shaving Soap ad** — emphasizes the product won't irritate skin. 4. **Minor advertisements** for Angostura Bitters and Brotherhood Champagne. The humor is **light and domestic** — poking fun at everyday annoyances (weather, golf, insects, money confusion) rather than political issues. This reflects Judge's role as a general-interest humor magazine mixing social satire with advertising.
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SLC ——Z Ee HIGH LIFE BEER YOU ARE! You growled about the weather when just a bit below, But how “d you like to be now where they have perpetual snow— Where the polar bear is dancing, and the icebergs never go? Oh, you're envying those explorers who are crackling ice each day And hunting for the north pote where the flag can fly away— Where the icemen cease from troubling, and they ‘re hollerin ** Hooray !” —Atlanta Constitution. HE TEN-DOLLAR GOLD CERTIFICATES. Although the new ten-dollar gold certif- icates greatly resemble the twenty-dollar certificates, it would hardly be your luck to get $19.75 in change when you hand out one of tne tens for a twenty-five-cent pur- chase.— Exchange. NEAR TO NATURE’S HEART. Oh, to sit beside a purling stream, With rod and line,“and idly dream. Would tranquil happiness comprise Were it not that you had to fight, And comment in a way not right, About mosquitoes, bugs and flies. —Indianapolis News. Williams “The only kind that won't smart or dry on the face” Ks GH LIFE f “The ne Onsopagne of Bottle BEER Shows a greater percentage of increase in sales than any other beer in America. We were compelled to double our capacity to meet the demand. You cert High Life Beer leaves no after effect because it is absolutely pure and properly aged. ainly will like it. Henry C. Botjer, Distributor, 383 Broadway, Long Island City, New York. VIILWAUKEE A GOLFING ALPHABET. A is the Alphabet ; now let us try Its lessons to golfing’s sweet charms to apply. B is the brassie, the bogey, the ball, The bunker, where grief often comes to us all. Cis the caddie, who ‘s oft disinclined To look for the ball, which yourself you must find. D is the driver, and if 1 but knew Its secrets I'd gladly reveal them to you. Eis the elegant, exquisite ease Which your partner displays when he comes to the tees, F is the foozle, the foursome, the ‘fore, The latter announced by a fear-striking roar. G is the guttie, discarded and dead, So we'll take, if you please, its successor instead, | H is the handicap ; as we progress | We are proud to behold it grows happily less. Lis the iron, and J is the jigger, And K is the “ Kite,” with two shillings the figure. Lis the lie, and it need not be stated How often a good one is necessitated. M is the mashie, and also the match, And likewise the medal we all want to catch, Shaving Soap OR. SIEGERTS \ AnGOST Ua, Oreos N is the niblick, in trouble a friend. O the opponent, one up at the end. P is the putter, most useful, the fact is, For giving on drawing-room carpets some practice. Q is the question, which worries the soul, Why on earth it's so hard to get into the hole. R is the rubber-core, ancient device, Though with certain advantages as to the price. S is the stimy, and also the stroke, And likewise subscriptions ; but they are a joke. T is the tee, where the amateurs stand, With their noses just peeping o'er hillocks of sand. U, V, W, X, Y and Z Are useful to mutter in passions instead Of the sorry expressions which s »metimes distress me ; as 4 good gracious found it !" or “ Bless me!" —Liverpool Post. A TONIC OF EXQUISITE FLAVOR REASONABLE. The reason the Lord didn’t make all women pretty is so all men wouldn't be fools about them.—Vew York Press. 3 "Cone Such If you drink champagne because it’s good, ‘You're sure to drink the ‘* Brotherhood.” Bat if you drink it for a blot, Then imported is good enough. ‘The wine says the rest. Broturxnoon CHaMracne is made from grapes grown in the oldest vineyard in America, situated at ille, Orange Conery, N. Y. PRESUMPTION, A recently divorced Chicago woman says she still regards her husband with the greatest esteem, Presumably she got her divorce merely to be in style.— Washington Post, Suppose the dealer does make a few pen- nies extra by recommending an inferior soap. It’s your face that suffers, not the dealer. Insist on Williams’ Shaving Soap. May be had in the form of Shaving Sticks or Shaving Tablets. comicbooks.com