Judge, 1908-01-18 · page 3 of 16
Judge — January 18, 1908 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces typical of Judge magazine's humor: **"Be Your Own Correspondence School"** (top) mocks mail-order teaching schemes promising easy money. The satire targets get-rich-quick correspondence courses that were apparently common and dubious. **"Cruel and Unusual Punishment"** (bottom left) jokes about a man charged with "havin' seven wives," with the punchline that he's "disrobed him...with all seven of his wives waitin' for him in the corridor"—a marital infidelity joke. **"The Great Unwhipped"** (right) appears to reference political figures, likely mocking perceived lack of consequences for powerful men. The cartoons throughout use exaggerated caricatures typical of early 20th-century satirical journalism. The page primarily targets financial scams, marital misconduct, and political accountability—common Judge subjects reflecting era-specific social anxieties.
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BE YOUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL. BY MAIL WE EACH YOU HOW TO TEACH BY MAIL HIS is a unique proposition. For a purely nominal sum, merely enough to pay for postage and packing and a small per cent, commission, we will teach you how to teach others how to teach by mail by the correspond- ence method, nk it over! A correspondence school is the easiest and surest way of making money of any yet discovered, An in- XORMOUS PROPORTIONS is positively nyone whom we teach, ‘The plan is very assured simple. You are your own correspondence school, and you learn from us how to teach others to embark in the same business, Of course you take a little commission from cach one of your pupils, and another commission from each one of your pupils’ pupil until the money will Hy come rolling in upon you in such quantities as to make the clearing- It is the gr and so on down th seale, ise certificates look sick. test me ey-making scheme ever conceived of in the brain of mortal man! We are proud of it, It has any endless-chain letter scheme beat in a walk, Write now and secure exclusive territory. You can start it by working nights, and you will soon be making enough moncy to throw up your job and buy the business in which you were formerly a menial servan t Correspondence hers of Correspondence Teachin; | Box 3-11 Cranton, Pa, OME youns: men are remarkably light on their feet in dancing-pumps, but awfully clumsy in business shoes. WHAT! AGAIN? F A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR. i AMissionary—* Do you ever contribute money for the heathen in foreign lands, sir?" Millionaire“ Oh, yes. Both of my daughters married foreign noblemen, THINK IT OVER. POLITICAL orator was speaking in a certain place where both “standard” and “local” time were in use, Having no watch, he paused to inquire the time of a laborer near by, who replied, ven-thirty.” The orator then asked. the usual question, * Local or standard ? gure it out for yourself, you dump-head !" was the retort, © There is. only a halhour's difference. FORTY-FIVE CENTS A DOZEN IN THE CITY MARKETS! THE GREAT UNWHIPPED, ACCIDENTAL, Ti KE'S aman in old Missouri who could go before a S the man any money?" queried the older surgeon. jury ; en ” And swear he'd never felt his mother’s hand, Not a cent,” replied the younger man. “Tis only ry he may have been berate asset is an accident-insurance policy. = answered the more experienced operator, " your ‘And lis tame Is Juseph Falke, # understated, n lies in performing an unsuccessful operation.” As things appear today, we can pretty safely say ‘There are others wh punked as yet; CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. For 1 It if dear Fairbanks ever ventured youthful 66CO Silas was charged with havin’ seven wives? Was pranks Judge Corrigan severe on him 2” He was always stiff and dignified, [bet «Awful! He discharged him, with all seven of his wives “Then you really must admit you weaild soon get tired uf it waitin’ for him in the corridor.” If yous trae te» hed Hill Taft ace _ While Min pretty sure that Hughes wouldn't stand for such abuse, ~ —= And I'd like to see the man who'd wallop me There is really ne denyin’ Uncle Sam has tackled Bryan, that Willi wit worst vised KK. Ye be chastised, For Tthink he'd lick the other fellow first Though this lack of castigation may not wildly thrill the } thing that we © ot but deplore : When at Aud the ¢ nt is picked all the others will Le licked, 1 Uawwhijped will Ie unwhipped ss snc HIS WEAPON, Editor Watterson (to assistant, irately) Don's admit that fellow death.” Assistant» What with? Editor Watterson —* Dogyerel !" He hounds me to FAIR WARNING, Oo ae Ves n fF clathes on the treas speculate?” y steps ar the water “WHAT A FUNNY BILL THAT AMERICAN EAGLE HAS!" comicbooks.com