Judge, 1908-04-11 · page 11 of 16
Judge — April 11, 1908 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page combines satirical cartoons with period advertisements from approximately the early 1900s. **"An Unprofitable Customer"** satirizes a barber's frustration: a customer requests a haircut, but the barber (Professor Crayon) suggests the boy is unteachable—so hopeless he should be "harnessed like a truck." The joke mocks both the barber's harsh assessment and parental anxiety about children's abilities. **"His Only Chance in Germany"** jokes about a nanny returning children who look completely transformed. The mother questions whether these are even her own children, satirizing German discipline and suggesting the nanny improved them unrecognizably—commentary on perceived German strictness. **"The Triumph of Virtue"** appears to be a wordless comic strip showing moral lessons through sequential scenes. The remaining items are period advertisements (Karo Corn Syrup, Cook's Champagne, Postum coffee substitute, and the Pierrepont Hotel) and filler humor pieces, typical of Judge's mixed editorial-commercial format. The magazine mixed sophisticated satire with commercial content for middle-class readers.
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Help down a hot griddle cake ona cold morning with CORN SYRUP exes memwed. The health-giving essence of AN UNPROFITABLE CUSTOMER. golden corn. ‘Tastes good “ Hair cut!” —Punch. % 2 Joes good HIS ONLY CHANCE. | IN GERMANY. : In alr-tight tins, 10c., 25¢., S0c. Ancious mother —** Oh, professor,, Madame (to the nursemaid, who has don’t you think my dear little Reginald | just brought home her four children from will ever learn to draw?"" ja walk)—‘*Dear me, Anna! How Vrofexsor Crayon—* No, madam; not| changed the children look since I last you harness him up toa truck.""—|/saw them! Are you quite sure they are | unl Came Cubes the right ones?” —#ltegende Hlaetter. INSTINCT. Wait a year before you buy ‘ the novel “What is instinct? It is th’ nachral of the day," and you won't have to.-~ THE TRIUMPH OF VIRTUE. tendency iv wan whin filled with dismay Somerville Journal. to turn to his wife.”’—Mr, Dooley. When the baby has the colic, his first | A MEAN ONE. impulse is to advertis vr. - Envious The Sunday comic supplements will be contin ‘The law is against ning Mail. New York E from the * have the proud? Sven if men ar nd monkeys," said Miss Peppe onkeys any reason to fei Me Journal, THEY GROW. GOOD HUMOR AND CHEERFULNESS FROM RIGHT FOOD. Cheerfulness is like sunlight. It dis- | pels the clouds from the mind as sun- light chases away the shadows of night. The good-humored man can pick up| A CLEAR HEAD TE! and carry off a loud that the man with a DRINKING grouch wouldn't attempt to lift. | gees ° Anything that interferes with good | health is apt to keep cheerfulness und | igen good humor in the background, A Wash- Discomtt ington lady found that letting coffee I wu CHAMPAGNE ure alone made things bright for her. She EXTRA Om eae | Because it is made from the pure ‘ juice of luscious grapes. Millions of aii tier, yur years ago I was practically soap a petit atin ete n up by my doctor and was not ex- Jicious flavor and bouquet of OR:PRESSFURPOSES: j en pected to live long. My nervous system ne perfect vintage. in a bad condition. Sold Everywhere, Keporter—* | suppose you don't know! Mistress—‘ Jane, I saw the milkman!” [ut | was young and did not want to ——— ‘ | THE wot. PIERREPONT what the senator thinks about this tariff- you this morning. In the future I’ die so 1 began to look about for the caus West 32d St.and Broadway, NEW YORK reform business: will take the milk in. of my chronic trouble, I used to hav ‘mator's private secretary—* No; no! Jane—* "Twouldn’t be no use, mum. | ne than you do. I only know what he | He's promised never to kiss anybody but about it.”’—Chicago Tribune. ."—Lamdon Nlustrated Bits, 1 after cach spell it would take me ore I could sit up in a chair, ame convinced my trouble was c by coffee. I decided to stop it and bought some Postum. “The first cup, which I made accord~ ing to dire a time I nearly lived on Postum and ate food besides. Iam to-day a healthy family and relatives wonder if I ame person I was four years ago, when I could do no work on account of nervousness. Now Tam doing my own housework, take care of two bat one twenty, the other two months old. I am so busy that I hardly get time to write a letter, yet Ido it all with the cheerful- and good humor that comes from joying good health. “T tell my friends it is to Postum I owe my life to-day.” 1 Name given by Postum Co., Battle | Mich. Read ‘* The Road to Well- THE LITTLE CHUKCH— —AROUND ‘THE CORNER, ville,’’ in packages. ‘*There’s a Neason."” HARRY L. BROWN ct Motel Vitoria, Bowtoa, and Istestoro toe comicbooks.com