Judge, 1908-08-01 · page 11 of 16
Judge — August 1, 1908 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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Looking at this page from *Judge* magazine, the visible cartoons and jokes reflect early 20th-century American social concerns: The cartoons appear largely text-driven, using dialogue-based humor. One joke mocks a clerk's confusion over a customer's name spelled "O.K. Jepson"—a simple misunderstanding pun. Another satirizes newfangled divorce laws allowing men to separate from wives' relatives, poking fun at both modern marriage complications and in-law tensions. A piece on health and income uses Grape-Nuts cereal (then a real advertised product) to joke about the connection between physical health and earning potential—reflecting contemporary anxieties about productivity and modernity. Other fragments joke about barbering, jewelry (with a surgeon needing "engagement rings"), and domestic disputes over smoking habits—typical genteel humor of the era, targeting middle-class anxieties about marriage, money, and modern life. The bulk of the page is advertisements for period products (Packer's Tar Soap, Keeley Cure institutes) rather than substantive satire.
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BOUND TO SELL. The man with a soft, low voice had | _ ‘*There’s going to be a big demand for just completed his purchases. those newfangled divorces." said Mr. “What is the name?" asked the clerk. Mumm the other evening. “Jepson,” replied the man. “What newfangled divorces?”’ asked ? Mrs. Mumm. “Why, that new kind, where a man can keep his wife, but gets an absolute i? divorce from her relations.""—Detroit Free Press, 0. K. “Jefferson?"" “No, Jepson; Jepson?” “That's it. Eighty-two" “Your first name- initial, pleas “0, K. Jepson? cuse me, it isn’t O. K. Sep GOOD CAUSE. “In your opinion,"’ asked the member of the investigating committee, ‘what I said is the cause of the evident unrest among the Indians?” Comanche F the noted scout, blew loud of smoke into the atmosphere. he took his pipe out of his mouth. he answ —Chicage Trib- ‘Oh. 0. Jepson?”” “No; rub out the stand."” Th The assistant looked annoyed. F Will you please give me your initials“ O and let the K & HEALTH AND INCOME. KOTH KEPT UP id O. K. it your- aps you had better wr self.” I said ‘Oh’"* “Just now you s NTIFIC FO Good sturdy health helps one a lot to of health one’s income “Allow me to finish what I started to i$ liable to. skrink, if not entirely I said ‘Oh,’ because I did not un- dwindle away. derstand ol aking we Wh ly has to make her aid pot ns it was my own living, good health is her best as : is Kirby Jepson.” . H “Tam alone in the world,” writes a now’, but. an: ago girl, endent- on my own ae thee’pentll it (lforts for my living. I am a clerk, (ee you meant. and about two years ago, through close : application to’ work and a boarding se diet, L became a nervous invalid, nd got so bad off itwas almost impos: for me to stay in the office a half at a tim pe luxury tey a fruit s Hhitters, erage Feit CUTTING THEIR WEEDS. as friend suggested to me the idea ee of trying Grape-Nuts, which I did, mak- yker- Why did you give y smok- Hat Why did you give up smok- iy thin food a large part of at least two “In order to marry a rich free from brain-tire, the ills an over- Jy nourished brain uts 1 owe the th and the ability ion and. income.” Ito see the connection. refused to give up her weeds unless T would give up mine," of my he my pos ‘sa Ke given. by; Mich. Ke: in package A QUIET TIP. arber's you expe tips in vill display that ‘no | Postum Co., Battle j ot gent (giving *The Road to Well- ip) this pla tuities’ pl asxistant “Well, sir, best. Sorter reminds sg wnch, Ever read the above letter? A new . one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human * interest. find it aie”: ts, THE NECESSARY. “Oh, doctor,” JEWELER'S LAST CHANCE. after the marriage) pu the weddi yxclaimed the eminent sur, nervous jn (soon jeweler who sold nt you to opera ct at And 1 have Expense is no obj four engi at rings from Meqgendorger Blartter, We will ope at once," replied eminent surgeon, without looking at ty ient.-Hertzberger's Weekly. with AFRAID TO GO HOME. “TE fell out of the window of my flat rday. And > you haat was terri on the fourth floor, Prickly Heat and Irritated Skin use te face the ted seme Paul Pioneer CAT STORIES. “My cat is very sa mus. She col- tracts spur. | rows, whi My | buys reed- birds from d ind then yor into thus swindled neigghl er in this AT ALL Cosrs. H1“In spite of this being: le r, the women not proposin, Why is it, T wonder [Moe's ps that they want th Exchange, ly due to the fact last word in every HOW HE FOUND IT. “* How did you find the steak, sir?” asked the waiter at the cheap restaurant of the man who had dined. * By perseverance,” was the repl “The morsel was hiding under a Brus- sels sprout; but I tracked him dow: Chicago Journal. SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN. y take the fol- ing conv president record t jously con ner (sententiously) not perfeet.""— Home Herald, OPTIONAL. Professional wanderer. “Sonny, is On and off like a coat and every time this here town one o” them local-option YOU put it on, and every time you take towns?” it off, you'll be pleased with a Boy—"Yes, sir; 1 guess so, sir. , can get it either at the drug store SHIRT —Bellman, $1.50 and more ONE MORE CHANCE. th went to the - and said, np at the door, and he she has had nothirg to cat for six TV URTT, PEABODY & CO. 481 River St, Troy, N.Y Vacation Time is incomplete without a supply of Aiylery most Delicious Bonbons, Chocolates and other unequalled Candies tch him in,"* said the editor, ve ean find out how he docs it w run this paper for another week ! THINK so? We know what Sherman said of war, I know a el Who claims t yg is by far More true of work, St. Paul Pion Kk v Press, Sor mis Fautt. ‘ 7 The same care is exercised Magistrate (sternly) “Didn't. 1 tell 7 you the last time you were here [never in the manufacture of all our nu to come before me again Goods as in the purchase of %) sir; but 1 couldn believe it.” Prisoner the ONLY THE BEST MATERIALS that enter into the same. STRAIGHT LAW. to-day in which two men bit.” ", why didn’t you divide If camping do not forget a supply of our COCOA and CAKE CHOCOLATES if you want Purity and Quality Stores D manywhere —~<——- 12> = xX! Tdon’t split hares in my court.’ Exchange. THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT. The barber's assistant (doubtfully) “Haircut or sha The teh. a Our Caramels Stand Unexcelled Would You Marry paar eiih a pec many rich, frm al ee Gunsels, Toledo, Obie. 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