Judge, 1908-04-18 · page 14 of 18
Judge — April 18, 1908 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page contains mostly **advertisements and filler content** rather than political satire. The main editorial material includes: **"The Fatal Gift of Beauty"** — A brief literary satire about a novel-reader demanding the author write about an ugly heroine instead of beautiful ones. The novelist complies, yet still describes her as radiantly beautiful ("roses bepowdered with gold"). The joke mocks the impossibility of truly depicting plainness in romantic fiction. **"Passing Strange"** — A theater joke about an actress needing to understand how a "broken heart" behaves, with the manager suggesting she study the playwright's own emotional state after seeing the rehearsal — implying the playwright will be heartbroken by the poor performance. The rest is **period advertising**: Hunter Rye whiskey, Grape-Nuts cereal (with testimonial), White Rock table water, Palliser house plans, asthma treatments, and various patent medicines. These ads reveal common early-20th-century consumer concerns and marketing tactics rather than social commentary. The page lacks recognizable political figures or significant satirical content.
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THE FATAL GIFT OF BEAUTY. | The nuvel-reader cried : | k of the beauties of Enid the] ; | e 1 Lady Gwendolen gives me} -faced yirl with red - ~ jo} a novel of plain Mary x So the noveliat wrote, sal Denies te ‘“‘The World’s Best Table Water ”’ Like roses bepowdered with gold was her fac Funntest book of the year, “Richard's Poor Almanack,” bound and illustrated, A halo of flame-colored tresses had sent for 10c. Address White Rock, Flatiron Bullding, N.Y. 74 x} S cb : & ch ob 3 : o & Though a duchess, she waive HUNTER 2) (2 wu ne Mas | BALTIMORE Eechange. | LOST $300 BUYING MEL WHEN RIGHT FOOD THE STANDARD OF EX- | WAS NEEDED. CELLENCE FOR OVER i % FIETY) YEARS. A, BLEND | _toney spent for" tanten'* anu © 1 OF MARYLAND'S! FIs ers"? to relieve indigestion, while the 1 STRAIGHT RYE CAN poor old stomach is loaded with pastry YN 7 UNBEQUITED: LOVE CENTLEMAN'S WHISKEY. and pork, is worse than losing a pocket- / ‘ a ee —- ning the HOEY, eee. (if a5 They say the he money only ix lost it’s ba¢ aby’s clingin enough, but with lost health from wrong, riled ri aiad eating, it is hard to make the money g at back. | A Michigan young lady lost money on drugs, but is thankful she found a way ‘ Ot heaven to get back her health by proper food, a Thave ad | She writes: y “Thad been a victim of nervous dys- pepsia for six years and spent three hun- | dred dollars for treatment in the attempt toget well. None of it did me any good. “ Finally I tried Grape-Nuts food, and the results were such that, if it cost a dollar a package, I would not be without 25 Purr Ave. New Youn My trouble had been caused by eat- ing rich food such as pastry and pork. “The most wonderful thing that ever fappened to me, I am sure, was th change in my condition after I began to eat Grape-Nuts, I began to improve at once, and the first week gained four ____ | pounds, 14 will wend you| —** 8 which ma eaven above, JUDGE COMPANY Expectations are good enough assets | if you never try to take them out of the reserve, —Ex. el that I cannot express myself in terms that are worthy of the benefit very | Grape-Nuts has brought to me, ani ip is earthed, “Term, #20) for | ate perfectly free to publish this 1a notices, Munky Komeixe, 110112 West 20th if it will send some poor sufferer relief, Street, New York. _ such as has come to me."? guaoresrayoureD | Name given by Postum Co., Battle STHMA Creek, Mich. Read ** The Road to Well- chong in packages, ‘There's a Rea- PASSING STRANGE. nT have a pass over your lir the railroad n ‘ " pee AT HAND. By GEORGE A. PALLISER. SANTA L The actress "In this new play I'm Ww: have just published a new book, with above title, containing 150 supposed to die from a broken heart. up-to-date plans of houses, costing from $500 to $18,000, which Now, how am I to know how a person ; : CAPSULES with a broken heart behaves?” anyone thinking of building a house should have if they wish to save The manager **T'll tell you what to Hl money and also get the latest and best ideas of a practical architect and emi- do, You study the author of this play : B is after he sees the first rehearsal.” -Illac, ff nent designer and writer on common-sense, practical and convenient dwelling trated Bits, houses for industrial Americans, homes for co-operative builders, investors and everybody desiring to build, own or live in Model Homes of low and medium cost. These plans are not old plans, but every one is up-to-date, and if you BL 0 0D POISON . ’ are thinking of building a house you will save many times the cost of this book by getting it and studying up the designs. We are certain you will find some- x ure as tas tate Bod Pc ; ° thing in it which will suit you. It also gives prices of working plans at about one-half the regular prices, and many hints and helps to all who desire to build. 9 160 large octavo pages. Price, paper cover, $1.00; bound in cloth, $1.50. the old methada of treatment and stil hava Sent by mail, postpaid, to any address on receipt of price. Sore Throat, Pimples, Copper-Col ta, Ulcers on any part of the body, Hair o By x Address all ceders with remitances 10 COOK RE ey A JUDGE COMPANY, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York COOK REMEDY Co., ae , ; 7 1480-55 State St., Chicago, Ill., U. SA. Remit by money order or check---doo't send currency. comicbooks.com