Judge, 1907-09-28 · page 13 of 16
Judge — September 28, 1907 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertising** for various alcoholic beverages and products (Evans Ale, Cook's Champagne, Sunny Brook Whiskey, I.W. Harper Rye) interspersed with brief humorous anecdotes typical of Judge magazine's satirical style. The main jokes include: 1. **"An Honest Church"** — A rural visitor assumes a Parisian church is more honest than others because he found his umbrella there, missing the irony that all churches are equally honest (or the anecdote plays on provincial naiveté). 2. **"Trouble Coming"** — Social satire mocking a Chicago fashion trend announcing tight shoes will be fashionable, suggesting this will cause suffering for those with corns. 3. **"Up Against It"** — A woodcutter refuses payment because he fears being fined by beggars' unions, satirizing labor disputes or street-level extortion. The page reflects early 1900s concerns: agricultural/urban divides, fashion absurdities, and labor relations. The heavy advertising reflects Judge's business model during the Prohibition era's approach.
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TS POPULARITY must be more than a_ passing fancy to have stood the tet of 121 years. els, Restanranta, Clabs and Saloons, co Ss EXTRA DRY CHAMPAGNE Its not only the bert American champagne. but the Co chtail TITLED DELIGHT IOUSANDS have discarded the idea of making their own cocktails —all will after giving the CLUB COCKTAILS a fair trial“ Scientifically blended from the choicest old Liquors and mellowed with age make them wipe AN HONEST CHURCH. A certain young hayseed from the coun- try, visiting Paris, left his umbrella in one of the churches one day. He went back into all of them again, searching for it, and at last in the fifth he found it. “Ah,” he said to the verger who gave | it to him, “they are evidently more hon- est at this church than in the others,"— Americain Hlustré, Mothers will find Mre, Winslow's Sooth- ing Syrup the best remedy for their children. asc a bottle. NO, SIR. Employer (to his clerk)—" Is it true that when the clock strikes six you put down your pen and go, even if you are in the middle of a word ?" Clerk— Certainly not, sir. If it gets so near six as that, [never begin the word at all."—Rire. Abbott's Bitters are noted for their digestive properties. At all druggists’. ‘TROUBLE COMING! A Chicago contemporary announces that * tight shoes are to be in style hence- forth.” People with corns are not likely to develop a high’ regard for the party who has set this new trouble on foot.— Washington Post. The Sohmer Piano is the prime favorite for artists for both concert and private use. —_ | TWO THINGS. | The hills look mighty high, and that’s | why we want to go there ; but getting to the top is one thing, and rolling down is another.—Adlanta Constitution, | The Government of the U.S. is the only Govern , ment in the World that provides its citizens with a simple means of distinguishing between REAL whiskey and imitations. Under Bond Act, whiskey bottled un- der Government Supervision -. must bear over the neck of each bottle a Green Stamp on which is plainly stated the exact age, strength and quantity of whiskey in the bottle. When your health requires a stimulant, demand, qi ny Brook THE PURE FOOD his key DISTILLED IN KENTUCKY Because thein you will KNOW that the whiskey you driak Is not immature, artitl Glally aged of adulterated in any way. SUNNY BROOK ls distilled sclentifically, matured thoroughly. ripened and flavered by age only, and bottled under the direct supervision of U. 8. lnternal Revenue Officers. It reaches the consumer with ts high ‘quality and soft, rich flavor fully preserved — a whiskey without an cqual — the cholcest product of Kentucky's greatest Distillery. SOLD BY ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS \ BOTTLED IN BOND “On Every Tongue” I. W. Harper Rye Famous for generations as the best whiskey for all uses. Sold | By Leading Dealers. ES the perfect cocktails that they are. Seven kinds, most popular of which are Martini (Gin base}, Manhattan (Whiskey base). ie following label appears on every bottle : If you drink champagne because it’s good, You're sure to drink the * Brotherhood.” Bat if you drink ic for a bluff, ‘Then imported is good enough. ‘The wine says the rest. Brorwrxwoon Cuamracne is made from grapes grown in the oldest vineyard in America, situated at Washingtonville, Orange County, N. Y. UP AGAINST IT. Man or THe nouse—'* You will get one mark after you have cut the wood.” Beccan—"* Yes; and get fined two marks by the beggars’ union, eh? Not much."* 3 30th, 1906, ‘ —Fegende Blatter. G, F, HEUBLEIN & BRO.,'Sole Props. Hartford New York London Williams Face insurance is about as important as life insurance. The safest policy is to use Williams’ Shaving Soap. May be had in the form of Shaving Sticks or Shaving Tablets. : Shaving Soap “The only kind that won't smart or dry on the face” comicbooks.com