Judge, 1908-07-18 · page 12 of 14
Judge — July 18, 1908 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and advice columns**, not political satire. Judge magazine here functions as a lifestyle publication rather than a political cartoon vehicle. The content includes: - **"Judge's Women's Department"** advice column addressing domestic complaints (neighbors' phonograph noise, household hints) - **Leap year proposals**: Letters about women proposing to men, reflecting early-1900s gender role anxieties during leap year tradition - **Household tips**: Practical advice on cooking, beauty, and home management - **Commercial advertisements**: Whiskey, cigarettes, hotels, adding machines The satirical edge is mild and social rather than political—it gently mocks domestic frustrations (wanting to buy a parrot to retaliate against neighbors' noise) and gender conventions (women hesitantly proposing to men). No identifiable political figures or events appear. This represents Judge's evolution from pure political satire toward a general-interest magazine mixing humor, advice, and advertising for affluent readers.
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— JOHNJAMESON x wk who will mi t intervals convey through th demand. Dear Mr. Hok: The family opposite us have a ggraphophone and keep it going. most constantly, In retaliation T have irst in popu- ided to pureh: parrot and cage outside, My husband larity because tens to dynamite the owners of the first in quality shophone. 7 Yours, et Mrs. Wa Could you give us any Sule Agrots TAYLOR & CO. New York a Diehl. M m Det Would you advise v WA vit h. rhs. training of your ehild- Mrs. Diehl, and return uy a hurdy-surdy Remember the hood, my des srood for evil. How to Keep Cool in Summer | vive tite front) rts UNIVERSAL Adding and Listing Machine little dog that he the sound . musie, yar at your morn work v th the wind uyhters When your neighbors mmpromise or joint co latter method money may from Jents on both sides of your strcet if you whistling. UNIVERSAL TWO MORE OF THOSH LEAI-YEAR PROPOSALS Dear friend: Maidenly pride iss ways expeete ppreciated by the y lady should be: rd nee and sgt and. conditions when we can jut better man, and not hesi to show our inmost heart, and fully who + honor, and, al Il, trust our tire future to his To love you, , should UNIVERSAL ADDING MACHINE COMPANY 3836 Laclede Avenue fess our love to HER HALF we are married,” he said, every effort to mak and { must insist that this you, and in time toe you appear in pub- love in such a ma cked gown,"* t. : I must confess that my future wel alfof must be decided by July 4th; yet it se, but to fully reali; e forever. Tr tely your with asperity, ** but us, and T shall dress m ng Men's Maga only half as I pl ne. The Whittier Inn [arercrere] Sea Gate, New York Harbor On the Ocean and near the City Located ia « Besstifel Residential Private Park OPEN ALL THE YEAR Kaltimore, Md. 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T kinds, At all good dealers, Ma hattan (whiskey base) and Martini (gin base) are universal favorites, A SENSIBLE LITERARY CHAP. 1 now running ate farm in n with the literary business, ”” wot Singer of Southwest nd so the outlook is 1 I hope to make th cotton | » my pocms published in a boo ugh corn to feed the family while itin’ for the public to buy the hook, [also take contracts for the dig- ging of wells in my hours of r w, and these little able me to show American litera- connect the or xation will e1 ture just what f ean do!"’—Atlanta Con- . sation GFHeublein® Bro THE EGG FAMINE. HARTFORD NEW YORK LONDON The two-hundred-and-fifty-dollar_hen at her surroundin ok ex | THE MONEY CURSE. This chicken coop didn't cost more! 4 apy eure sate or than three dollars, all told,’ she. said. «My cares upon you, ungrareful poy? “It's an insult to ask me to lay high). jWCll new. Kovernor,”” replied the " yD prodi me your priced eggs in such a shack,”? 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