Judge, 1907-11-09 · page 14 of 16
Judge — November 9, 1907 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** rather than editorial cartooning, typical of Judge magazine's revenue model. The main content includes: **"The Quick-Lunch Fiend"** - A brief satirical piece mocking Americans who rapidly consume cheap meals (beans, pie, coffee) while standing, resulting in indigestion. This reflects early 20th-century social anxiety about modern urban pace and working-class eating habits. **Scottish Dialect Joke** - A pun-based exchange about English place names (Motherwell/Fatherwell/Bothwell), using heavy Scottish dialect for humor. The page is dominated by **product advertisements**: Iver Johnson revolvers (emphasizing safety features), Trimble Whiskey, Club Cocktails, Williams Shaving Soap, and Simon Bros. Whiskies. Notably, these ads for alcohol and firearms appear without modern regulatory restrictions. Minor **humorous quips** about gender relations and social behavior are scattered throughout, typical of Judge's light satirical tone. The page reflects period attitudes toward consumption, gender, and product marketing in the pre-Prohibition era.
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‘THE QUICK-LUNCH FIEND. NO NEED FOR WORRY. Heboltsasandwichandsomebeans, An Englishman traveling from Edin- Apieceortwoofpie ; burgh to Glasgow one day suddenly came Andgulpsacupofcoffeedown to Motherwell, whereupon he exclaimed, Whileyoucanbatyour eye. “Motherwell, Motherwell! Is there a Fatherwell ?” “ Naw,” said a Scotchman Then, later on, there comes to him | sitting. beside him; «but if yell bide a ‘A very common question ; wee ye'll come to Bothwell.” — £x- The ONLY revolver you can buy at ry q * change. . 4 He wonders how it was that he se any price, that simply CAN'T be fired until you pull the po is the Contracted indigestion. A woman wants you to call her endear- IVER JOHNSON ittomnc REVOLVER —Milwaukee Sentinel, |ing names even in a squabble.—£x, No button to press, no lever to set before you can shoot. The safety feature IS the mechanism itself, When you pull the trigger, the rest follows —swif, hard ‘and SURE. Our’ FREE Booklet “SHOTS” tells all about it and will convince you. ‘WER JOHNSON SAFETY IVER JONNSON SAFETY MAMMER REVOLVER ‘HAMMERLESS REVOLVER: Binchnarral slcksslted | inch baral nickel plated nas oF * $1.00 ricer deter meres seven errs tren rae (WE JOURSONS. ARMS &. CYCLE WORKS, 153 fier Street, Plnberg, Mass, ir Yorn Camas Pate Cran a Pri tee scien ce Shap yutine, Pesca nares arate Matra of te oheren Stage Grrl Shatgens aod Trees Biden Weyles Look for owls head on grip nd our name on bégre! ISN'T IT? It’s hard to find exception to The well-established rule That every chronic kicker is A good deal of a mule. —Kansas City Tics. A woman gets mad with the cards when they are against her, and a man with his wife.—New York Press. achangs (Lite grt, having deposited small baby near Smith rapidly mates off oj her componons Surru—" Here! Take It away at once. You mustn't leave it here!" ; ; ; ; Lime oint—"*I decane you wouldn't mind. You're such a nice soft-looking gentleman.”* Te eae ores ee pn after giving the CLUB COCKTAILS a fair — 1, " Scientifically blended from the choicest 7 aT quors and mellowed with age make them rink, d the perfect cocktails that they are. Seven ou do rink Tri | kinds, most popular of which are Martini (Gin base), Manhattan (Whiskey base). ‘The folluwing label appears on every Lotile : G. F, HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sole Props. Hartford New York London DIDN'T READ THEM. A kind old gentleman, seeing a little Ask for ; boy carrying a lot of newspapers under his arm, said, Tanah ed bem tall those papers make you tired, The best of all. “No; I don't read ‘em,” replied the | lad.— Poughkeepsie News-Press. THOSE FASHIONABLE TERMS. Ari nble “What's all that jargon we hear com- ; ing from the room where the sorority is “GOOD THINGS OF LIFE” “wiskey fs e s ] | meeting? Is it a new mystic ritual ?” _ reen Label. | «Naw. They're just discussing the AY ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALER features of anew gown one of them has.” || SIMON BROS. WHISKIES, Leuivile, Kr. | —Chicago Fournal. | Shaving Its thick, cream-like lather has never iams Soap been approached by that of any other Shaving Soap. May be had in the form of # "The only kind that won't smart or dry on the face™ Shaving Sticks or Shaving Tablets. @ ST. LOVIS— ye 3% Oey TRAINS 5, NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. NEW YORK AND BOSTON comicbooks.com