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This page from *Judge* magazine presents a humorous domestic narrative titled "How We Earned Our Automobile," written by "A Housewife." The story satirizes early-1900s middle-class aspirations and the emerging automobile culture. A couple decides to purchase a car through aggressive penny-pinching and scavenging—selling trading stamps, buying used parts at auctions, and collecting discounted batteries and speedometers. The humor lies in their comical desperation: they accumulate mismatched automobile components (wheels of different sizes, a pneumatic tire with punctures) while making personal sacrifices. The accompanying cartoon illustration depicts the chaotic jumble of automobile parts and accessories they've assembled. The satire targets both automobile enthusiasm and domestic frugality culture of the era. It mocks how middle-class families obsessively saved for modern conveniences (the automobile being the ultimate status symbol), often with questionable judgment about what they were purchasing. The page includes period advertisements unrelated to the main narrative, as was typical for *Judge*.

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woman with She had it nailed to a broom hi ‘ JUDGE’S WOMEN’S DEPARTMENT For the benefit of our women readers | readers who has troubles of household or | using it as such. in the myriad homes where JUDGE famous editor of | through these pag * Companion,” Mr, | as the case may demand. Any perfect lady among our The F Hik Hok. BY A HOUSEWIFE. IGHT or ten years ago my husband| John dear showed a g 1 myself decided to buy a motor-| thought in all these operations, » were given ** demonstra- | price of gasoline will go up very shortly, ina number of those crude, |he said. ** We had better lay in a goodly $o I cashed in no sense di: car. tions earlier models, and would have purchased | supply of it right now. at that time had it not been for the | some root-beer bottles and sold a book of| pretty name), ‘we must save fact that our bank accounts were ina bad | purple trading stamps to the lady next| penny. I have thought out a plan by 2 hed in only two years, door, and with the proceeds we bought a| which I see our way c! John," I said, ‘ if we sacrifice a few | stock of seventy-six-degree test gasoline | plete car within a few years, luxuries for the time being we can soon | —three gallons of it. own acar, You are earning twelve dol- ati |dealer and surprised me exceedingly by | the department stores. bringing home a tire that was It was pneumati may get fourteen per, next year, I be- e that by going at it mildly at first we will soon become two of the foremost motorists. I saw a honk-horn yesterday for ninety-eight cents. Don’t you think | the punctures in it. | hai w ht buy that as a starter?”” | By all means,” replied John. He smiled upon: us, for one the next day. | carbureter drop off. He knew that this|what each pays t Il fifte sibility, also two pairs of goggles at stead of stopping, how: twenty cents per pair. John was de-| the ear told him to ii d with these. Then we each saved|said that he might k up for a week, and he saw an opportunity | streak of luck we met one day was whil tu huy a speedometer at about one-third | we were out for a walk. of its cost price. It was offered at a great bargain, because it did not at all accurately, but, of course, we did not mind that. Then I saw an advert! t offering a set of batteries very xo instead of going to the matinee and buying chocolates, I got the batteries and toted them home. We found them quite w ulated hi re h and vigor by the time we would wish to use them, never mind,"’ and | n in that aby was nearly big nd soon he would not absorber, enough to walk LINDENMEYR & SONS: WAREHOUSE 1, ard 35 Hecker Street Tewk HENRY PAPER Ne Heaiveh W Kidney and Bladder Diseases URIC ACID DIATHESIS, STONE, GRAVEL, ETC. From an ancient frieze discovered by Punch. Pane thinking that it was an ash sifter, [heart may go in perfect confidence to| for eleven cents. A week later my hus-| yet, a favorite, we have entered into an ar-| Mr. Hok, who will at intervals convey |band bought two pairs of good wheels | coul advice or comfort, | and an oil-can at an auction sale, at rock-|be much nicer than taking boarders. | bottom taxes. We were both somewhat | am going tosee about raising mushroor disappointed to find that all four wheels| in our cellar and garret. Our garret it deal of fore-| were of different sizes, but we were in ouraged. It must be re- membered that all this had been accom- to own a com-, — Twill pay you for doing up my shirts and collars, | Then Jobn sold his old suit of clothes | and I will buy some socks of you, if you| !f 47 S and Land an O ana a U, lars a week and the chances are that you for a fair price to a second-hand-apparel | will knit them, instead of patronizing ‘ I Youtroniaek And an E and a Y and an E spell I, arly new. | charge your maid, and I will learn how |p, Pray what is as any way. John said he| to massage your wrinkles and give you| Then if also an S and an I and a G would get some chewing gum and mend| the electric treatment and marceline your r faa We might avo fire that manwho | There is nothing much left for a speller It seemed as though fortune really washes the windows and attends to the ay an auto| furnace and garden, and you can pay me such « kind, dear husband, I bought it, whizzed past our house and John saw its | to do that work. ‘Then we can each sav ¢ other. [know we Two days later I saw a second-hand | was a most important part of the mech-| owe two months’ rent, but that need not | pair of acetylene lamps for sale at a bar- | anism, sohe ran after the ear and shouted | worry us, for Iam thinking of moving, gain. I bought them on my own respon-| to the driver that he had lost a part. In-|any way. Don’t you suppose you could n pounds of tea to some of the i ghbors? I read in an advertisement M ak. Another | how one woman earned asewing machine | oney-makers i and another made enough We noticed a money to buy a self-playing piano. A honeycomb radiator. haps you could secure some subscriptior dl and, to @ woman's magazine and make son , Was | money that way, for we will have to bu We bought it from her | an engine and a whole transmissicn ca addition to the frame. If yo arn money in this way, it wou very light, as the sun. comes in on « sides, and I believe the mushroom vinx ; would grow well there."" So I did everything that my husban! suggested, and in less than five years w had saved enough to buy all the parts required to complete the car. It is true, we mortgaged our cemetery plot and soli our piano and carpets, but it was such a joy to get that first ride that all thes: unpleasant details were overlooked. Oh, it was delightful! The car bumped a little—perhaps more than it should have —because of the wheels being all differ- ent ; but this made the ride ex- hilarating. We have had the car in commission for two weeks (at this writing), and have had no difficulty with it whatsoever, with the exception of a broken crank- sbaft and differential. John is such a mechanical genius. He told me that he had had considerable experience with various political machines. Oh, we are so delighted with our car!!! M. WORTH COLWELL. HEALTH WITHOUT DRUGS “Nora,"’ said John (for that is my) lage as compared to lower ani- every lant health. Touches upon | all common ailmenta. Write now to 4. LAMBERT DISNEY, P. 0. Sta. S, Box 12, Jamesbarg. N.J. DUN IN RIME. With an X at the end, spell Su; Pray what is a speller to do? And an H E D spell side, todo But to go commit siouxcyesighed. Winnipeg Review, Jasper’s Hints to Per- @ Do you ever make investments in ‘Wall Street securities? Do you ever buy or sell stocks or bonds? If so, do not fail to read “ Jasper’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 is the most reliable financial de- partment published in the United States, and thousands have testified in writing that it has either made or saved them money. Buy a cony of Lestie’s Weekly” at your newslealcr’s for ten cents, and see for youre tell, or send in a three montha? trlal mubscrip= tion to ** Leslie's Weekly” for $1.00, which will give you the right to free anewers to any questions regarding stocks and bords which you may Address JUDGE COMPANY, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, “Between CHICAGO, SINCINNATE, ST. LOUIS, the WEST and @ LUXURIOUS THR ~~” TRAINS SEReatsncreanet sr STON and NEW ENGLAND comicbooks.com