Judge, 1907-11-23 · page 15 of 16
Judge — November 23, 1907 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and humorous anecdotes** rather than political cartoons. **The humor pieces** are brief, satirical takes on contemporary social situations: - "Uncle's Manners" mocks rural table etiquette - "More Truth Than Poetry" satirizes political campaigning—a senator admits avoiding public visibility because active campaigning backfires when opponents expose his flaws - "Indelibly Impressed" jokes about tourists - "Some Reason" presents a judge interviewing a thief who admits stealing from habit rather than necessity—a veiled jab at wealthy "trust presidents" (monopoly industrialists) whose corporate practices resembled legalized theft - "Force of Habit" plays on a former telephone operator's conditioned responses **The advertisements** promote patent medicines (morphine treatments), liquor (Angostura Bitters), and household products (oil heaters and lamps)—typical of early 1900s Judge content. No specific political figures are caricatured here. The satire targets general social behaviors and institutional hypocrisy rather than individuals.
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GOSTU BITTERS Celebrated Appetizer of ExquisiteFlavor Dr. SIEsERT’S The Only Genuine BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTES soto BY Leading Dealers WHERE BUTTONS ARE SOMETIMES FOUND. A Pennsylvania man made a collection of more than eighty thousand. different buttons. He must have had the run of a good many collection plates.—Exchange. There's hardly any fun at all coming home late at night if you don’t have to creep up stairs softly because your wife is away visiting Mew York Press. Sy James Montgomery Flagg. Copyright, 1907, Judge Co. “GOOD ENOUGH TO. EAT.” ‘The hard and fast law of nature, eat your cake and have it too,” is probably all that saves her. Photogravure in sepia, 151 One Dollar. Picture Derr, Jupce Co. 22s Fourth Ave., New York MORPHINE: == NT otters tim ein CORED Ec tenkemte reson, | fingers ? | it isn’t proper to take the pie in your | fingers.” | my knife !"— Yonkers Statesman. UNCLE’S MANNERS. “Ain't it proper when you're eating cheese with pie to take the cheese in your ked the Chicago man. Yes, uncle,” replied his niece “Oh, I never do, dear, I always use MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY. + How do you expect to get people to vote for you if you don’t hustle ?” “My friend,” answered Senator Sor- ghum, «the time has come when hus- Uing is fraught with danger. The way to do now is to act modest, and let the opposition keep talking until it queers itself by saying something clumsy.”— Washington Star. INDELIBLY IMPRESSED. First tourist“ What are you writing down ?* Second tourist—\'m making a note of a few things that have made an indeli- ble impression upon my memory, so I sha'n't forget them."—Cassel’s Saturday Journal. SOME REASON. Fudge—1 suppose you stole because you had a sick and starving family 2” Prisoner—" No; 1 had money in my pockets, I did it just for the pure love of stealing.” Fudge—* Well, well! You must bea trust president in disguise."—San Fran- cisco Call, FORCE OF HABIT. Lady (formerly hello girl) —“ Porter, why didn't you call me as I instructed ar porter —*1 did, ma'am ; sho's yo’ bo'n, I did. I sade +Seven- thirty, ma'am,’ an’ yo’ sade ¢Line’s outa ohder.’"— Toledo Blade. IT'S A POOR RULE, ETC. « Here, you !" growled the cranky man in the reading-room, ‘you've been snor- ing horribly. “Ugh ! hey ?” gurgled the drowsy one. “If you only kept your mouth shut,” went on the cranky one, “you wouldnt | make so much noise.” Neither would you, —Catholic Standard. replied the other A wan bath in a cold room is a “shivery”’ operation and is extremely liable to cause colds. The bathroom above all should be kept warm. This is easy and the bath is a comfort if you have a PERFECTION Oil Heater (Equipped with Smokeless Device) Itmay becarried from any other room to the bath room, which it will heat while you are preparing for the bath, Impossible to turn it too high or too low. The most economical heater you can buy—intense heat for 9 hours with onefilling. Every heater war- ranted. the best lamp for all- The © Rayo Lamp ws round household. pur- Gives a clear, steady light Made of brass throughout and nickel alaed Equipped with the latest improved central draft burner. Han somesimple—satisfactory. Every lamp guaranteed. If you cannot get heater and lamp at your dealer to our nearest agency. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Incorporated) Leslie's Hints to Money-makers Do you ever make investments in ‘Wall Street securities? Do you ever buy or sell stocks or bonds? If so, do rot fail to read “Leslie's Hints to Money-makers” every week in “Les- lie’s Weekly,” in which questions re- garding stocks and bonds are honestly and conservatively answered, and hints given as to the outlook in the stock market from week to week. ‘This ts the most teliable financial de- writing that it has either made or saved them money. Bary a copy of “ Lealie’s Weekly” at your newsdealer’s for ten cents, and sce fog your- ‘elf, ot send tea these mon: tion to * Lealle’s Weekly” for $1.00, which ‘will gtve you the right to free answers to any queations jing you may Adétes JUDGE COMPANY, 225 Fourth’ Avenue, New York. By Jamet Montgomery Flage Copyright, 1907, by Judge Co. ANOTHER . BRIDGE SCANDAL Photogravure in sepia, 14x 19 75 cents Send five cents for our iletried catalogue of beautiful prints : zt 1906, by Judge Co. HOLDING HANDS Photogravure in sepia, 14 x 19 75 cents JUDGE COMPANY, 225 Fourth Avenue, New York comicbooks.com