Judge, 1908-08-08 · page 13 of 16
Judge — August 8, 1908 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Judge magazine is primarily **advertising and advice columns**, not political satire requiring historical context. The main content is "Judge's Women's Department," featuring Q&A advice from "Mr. Hik Hok" on fashion, etiquette, and household matters. The humor relies on gentle period stereotypes: a question about summer dress styles, tin-foil fashion suggestions, shoe-matching advice. Scattered throughout are brief comic anecdotes (untitled, unsigned), including dialogue between characters with dialect writing—one featuring African American vernacular ("Ah 'spec so," "Yessuh"). These appear to be generic humor pieces rather than commentary on specific events or figures. There's a reference to "Bryan" in "Original Bryan Man," but without fuller context visible, I cannot definitively identify which Bryan is meant or what political point is being made. The page is dominated by period product advertisements (Pears' Soap, Philip Morris cigarettes, hotels, foot powder) typical of magazine monetization. The cartoons and jokes are lightweight domestic humor, not serious political commentary.
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a The Finest From Eriris Te Xing Edward Vit PHILIP MORRIS | JUDGE'S WOMEN’S DEPARTMENT. ORIGINAL LONDON For the benefit of our women readers in the myriad homes where June Perfect Ladies’ Companion,” Mr. Hil ‘ y . who has troubles of hous An exquisitely who will at intervals convey through these pages advice or comfort, as the eas flavored, high! may demand. vOrees enty High Ball Dear Mr, Hok: Please tell me what The last word is spelled wrong, but pro- satisfying blend of - Sold Reeryrehere. the prevailing style is in New York this nounced right, and virgin Turkish leaf. The Waldorf-Astoria summer forstreet dresses in hot weather? thing to be worn inste: AS 7 os 2 Importation Co. How are they trimmed for skirts, you will make no mistake if For fifty years . Mrs, Lucretia Hibbs, you use tin-foil; pour it over yourself in | the favorite smoke yey Binghamton, N.Y. a melted state and let it harden, then | ae 1 caves color to suit your taste. This is the only of critical people For Heaven's Mrs. Lucretia, possible way we can think of to obtain | everywhere. ask us something easy. In the first the kind of correct fit now prevalent. y “When a woman packs her trunk she yntilation is the main requ’ hoes and stockings should match, but puts her soul into the t makers are making oodles of money with fewer holes in the shoes. For fur- camarinGs AMaassADOR “And when a man packs a trunk he this year by selling their customers ther information ask Lydia Pinkham, jg boxes of ten puts his feet into it."—Cleveland Plain enormous quan who conducts the que column in 25. Daler. just Papa's Ba: We've done our best, ic tog but don’t try us again on this subjec layman, mauve peck i Hik Hok. of scrambled : I Parasols. should be worn up ears tucks, is the proper thing in gamps, when it is sunny. STORES UNNECESSARY. BLOODLESS SURGERY. soap is known by the “Ah gottuh git a ¢ foh_ mah “I suppose you heard about young | i t 5g, brekfuss. rgoing a serious op- | .,, The World's Best co it keeps. Pears “Why, it's nearly midnight, Mose. | is Bitters is found in wood society, — Aren't all the stores closec What was the operation?” | ne ba : a “Yessuh, Ah ‘spec so, Did yo'all father laid him flat and eut off ca oat gua: everywhere. wanter buy sumfin?""— Houston Post. his allowance."” The use of Pears’ Soap Ths Teale (Cordial \ po ee | ALWAYS MISSED IT. e eee Py al yetokens refinement. “T see they have taken the seven a.m, sity yous. | Enjoys ® Scented, of refer. train off this li Do you miss it?’” able as a cocktail, asked one suburbanite of another. “I d better for you. NRY LINDENMEYR & SONS — miss it, certainly, but not so often as 1 aad i yous PAPER WAREHOUSE gcd to when it was on.” —Philadelphia ponents < Heaneh Waren a U, 8. Agents, Now York. | POOR THINGS! NEW AMSTERDAM that big building over at's the home for aged: and in- HOTEL digent n mentioned coreman v 4 comrans, at von | 4th Ave. and 21stSt.,New York | 2" th Cleveland ORIGINAL BRYAN MAN. anit Lente at's Wrigley talking He has just named Bry The leaving, Wash- + for Preside ingtor . tx to be the first in the fi “Well, sgood-hy« da friend. suppose the citizens will be out in force "The smoking of [ttle boys is de- to meet yout plori ays the Muily Chronicle “Edn they will,”" replied the And not half so nice as tobacco, we congresst Exchange. should think. Punch, ' European Plan Rooms with use of Bath $1.00 and up. With Private Bath $2.60 for one, $2.50 for two and upwen NEW BATHS and PLUMBING Most Convenient Location in From 23rd Street railroad ferries of from Grand’ Central hotel; no transfers SPECIAL RATES MADE Relieves CATARRH of the : sits ‘15¢ 752 25¢ atch him, daddy, eatch him lunch, comicbooks.com