Judge, 1908-05-02 · page 15 of 16
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This page from *Judge* magazine contains three distinct sections: ## "Strictly Medical" Verse A satirical poem joking about early 20th-century organ transplant claims. It humorously imagines people receiving animal organs—a man with a dog's lung "working like a dog," another with a steer's stomach "eating like an ox." The satire mocks both the implausibility of such procedures and people's literal behavioral transformation afterward. This reflects public fascination (and skepticism) about emerging surgical possibilities. ## "Very Likely" Joke A brief anecdote mocking folk medical remedies—an elderly man claims that adding "a little walk of a marnin'" to one's routine will extend life to extreme old age. The satire targets outdated, superstitious health advice. ## Judge's Women's Department An advice column offering tongue-in-cheek etiquette guidance for dinner behavior. The humor lies in increasingly absurd rules (using napkins as jaw-slings, the suggestion to adopt house-flies as pets). It gently satirizes rigid upper-class dining formality while mocking readers who take such conventions too seriously. The page is primarily humorous/satirical rather than politically charged.
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| HILIP MORRIS ORIGINAL LONDON CIGARETTES have made their re- putation ; but they do not depend upon it. They stand upon their present merits. STRICTLY MEDICAL. [Several eastern surgeons have de- clared that it is now possible to transfer the organs of animals to the human body. —News item.) A canine’s lung is in Bill Brown, His friends are all agog; Though once the laziest in town, | He's working like a dog. Miss Sally Pry is often se ‘The stomach of a steer is sewn Inside of William Knox, And so ‘tis not surprising h Is eating like an ox. ‘Though he is always butting in, Don’t put the blame on Sydney It was a goat that saved his They're of the selfsame kidney. Detroit Free Press, VERY LIKELY. A neighbor —* And what did the doctor! say?” | said no more medicine, alk of a marnin’ Old man but if ye take a little on the common and you'll live to be woxygena r, mebbe ne Punch, JUDGE'S WOMEN’S DEPARTMENT. we ies’ Companion s troubles of household or h rt in may demand. Dear Mr. Hok: I have a young daugh- ter who is just old enough to begin going out todinners, I must con 3 that in our own home w © never paid very much attention to table manners, Will you a few simple rules that her during the first few af- e has be her will guide me Oshkosh, Wis. If whter, madam, | attends |s strictly to the business of eating and not open her mouth too often for f purposes, she is not likely to put her foot in it. A few simple. instruc- tions, however, from me may help he atfirst. 1. Do not eat green pease with s aknife; they roll, 2. If the jaws be- tired from constant chewing, do hot rest your on the table, A sli can be made very simply by a napkin tied vertically around the head. Rest your lower jaw in this. 3. When using your own Spoon in the general sugar bowl, see that you first make it neat and 4. Do not wipe your mouth on ner of the table cloth, unless no is le Between courses isa plea and will amuse the ing your fork into game of mumblety- | 1 with oyster forks. ved don m before tasting. 7. 4 down to the table, the one IL egies are tiously sm ves, forks, the interiors of nd spoons, and y dishes that you may find at your ph 8. Before leaving the table do not forget to bathe in the) finger bowl and to splatter water play- fully over those about you from th of your fingers, rules Conformity nda few others entitl in comparatively high s Dear Mr, Hok: Lam tired of bbits and ‘y birds and l my children insist on uschold pet. Can you help me hy a suggestion? Anxiously, Mrs. B. We suggest, Mrs. Be, tl how much ined fron ‘oughly tamed common house-fly. Even in their wildest. states alize into an arrange Mr. Hik Hok who will at intervals convey through these pages advice or comfort, as the ¢: I pains to wipe off with your. s | the ** gre two days it will L re June roof * The ly among our readers ‘to Mr. Hok, Any perfect | zo in perfect confidence how readily one of th nseets will light upon your eat out of your hand horoughly t Hiness ax well as their imply They ught to fetch and carry simple asonable size, A little band of ned and friendly flies can transport 8 of a sug ar bowl from one an incredibly ort time. ‘The real annoyance of a fly -s in the uncertainty of its behavi He irritates us_ be where he is going to light. an unpleasant tingling sens rrvous expectancy over every you have not normous. tr the entire cont point to another result is ion of be taught always to light in_one place +, upon the tip of the no mes, callous and ults, A little for instan and that point soon b no nervous irritation r nerve tonic and muscle bu ilder fed to these little pets gives remark able results. A band of strong-arms can 8 90n be culti- vated for houschold protection, Twenty or thirty of them can easily drive every strange fly or other insect fre m the house i ce of an hour, ‘There much more that I could jmy favorite household pet sum fi companion, but I fear that m y own pre} 0 may lead me to becomes prosy. 1 appy for a year now in the companionship of two of tise species, Rollo and Elfrieda, that [ niight over- Others might not be so RECIPE FOR SPRING HAT. A bundle of str: A quart of cherries, One full pint of greens. A pint and a half of gre andful of grass, if you have it. thers may be i stead of fruit. Mould the straw in a plate form, shap- ing the crown high abo When it has become firm, crown with the fruit (or fle ns" at discret in a dust-pr it sachets, and in quite r " Set it a liberally with Scranton Tribune. we we Jo not know 5, ay in behalf of d used ins, Just write down the exact words the old Large, # of box, lined him Dissect My Razor “ GILLETTE”? perfection Observe its convenience — its in every detail. Figure out how much time and money you can save by adopting the “Gillette” habit. why over ovo million men are “Gillette.” You will then know proclaiming, the superiority of the BECAUSE it gives shave in three to five perienced you are, BECAUSE the harshest beard, though on the ten- detest skin, willingly yields to the soft, easy action of the keen “Gillette” blade. No Stropping, No Honing. BECAUSE BECAUSE its blades are so inexpensive that when dull you throw them away as you would The Gillette Safety Resor Set consists of a triple plated bolder, 12 double-edged flexible blades 24 heen edges, packed ia a velvet-lined leather case, and the price is $5.00, Combination Sets from $6.50 to $50.00 aife inex- you minw clean, comfortable, —no matter how the holder lasts a lifetime. “Gl LLETTE SALES COMPANY 263 Times Bids, 263 Kimball Bde, 260 Stock Exchange Ble. ‘New York Boston chicago NO Be ‘NO eS Ree PUTTING IT UP TO HIM. 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