Judge, 1908-10-10 · page 14 of 16
Judge — October 10, 1908 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** for O'Sullivan's Live Rubber Heels, using John J. Hayes, the Irish-American winner of an Olympic Marathon race, as the celebrity endorser. The main article "The Graceful, Easy Stride" argues that O'Sullivan's rubber heels enabled Hayes's running success. The page includes numerous **brief humor columns** typical of Judge magazine's format—short jokes on marriage, swimming, naturalization, and animal welfare. These satirize everyday American life: marital expectations, bureaucratic processes (naturalization of Irish immigrants becoming American policemen), and Victorian social conventions. One notable joke references "Americanization," portraying an Irish tenant becoming a policeman—commentary on Irish-American assimilation and upward mobility in early 20th-century America. The cartoons at bottom depict children and domestic scenes with sentimental humor about innocence and prayer. Overall, this is a **typical Judge issue combining product advertising with light social satire** reflecting contemporary American attitudes toward immigrants, marriage, and class mobility.
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UNDOUBTEDLY. instrument, “Do you play Mr. any 8; I'm a cornetist."” And your sister The Graceful, Easy Stride HE great triumph of John J. Hayes, the Irish-American lad who | won the Olympic Marathon race, exemplified at Central Park, New York. Young men, here is another convincing chapter proving the advantage of O’Sullivan’s Live Rubber Heels in se- curing the easy, graceful stride in running or walking medical 1 . Sharpe, 1 guess Philadelphia Press, HAD HIS RIGHTS. When w said the girl, f cours ry morn: i of the rules of our club, not to marry any n wouldn't shave every morn what about ti in time?’ young man, "*L belong to a club, too. Philadelphia Ledger, A HINT TO SWIMMERS. Said an old salt, “1 remem when the Kritannie was thought to b sinking, an up to me, grabbed d, ‘Oh, W > bottom! and y all ot How my li her w. verhe it, mad r fear! You cant “oto the bottom while your swims.’ ''——-New York Press, IN DOUBLE HARNESS. Jack—"Smith asked mi his home this eventny to celebrate his golden w ys he's only thre dack said it seemed dorfer Bluctter, to come to going been married like fifty." —Aeggen- NOT MUCH CHOICE. » blames the remi but what does th Indian ked the white ** queried the Linge missic He skins his fr »pper-cold Chicago News. ye 1"" answered the n of the forest. li you want to walk easily and gracefully, do it like John J. Hayes. If you want to walk brisker and farther with the same effort, do it like Dan O'Leary, head thrown back, chest out, with a cane for com- pany. Dan knows that true walking comfort and grace of carri spring from O'Sullivan’s live rubber heels. He eliminates the jar on his spinal column, his brain, by padding the point of greatest contact with live rubber. Why not get the live, healthy habit-walk ? When you order rubber heels and pay 50 cents, see that you get O'Sullivan’s. They are the only heels made of live rubber. Substi- tutes leave the shoemaker a bit more profit The name “O'Sullivan” on rubber is like “Sterling” on silver. AMERICANIZATION “What is me RETRACING OUR STEPS. Dat Darwinian theory,” said Unck nt by naturalization “wouldi none if 1 Naturaliza is the process by be ood a some of us ng of which an evicted Trish tenant n't doublin’ « trail.” —Wash- mes an American policeman,’ — Star land Leader, POOR CAB HORSES. REASSURING. in lil who uch afraid of iceberg: an (with exaggerated politeness) rs, mind J not passing the hors in what would happen in mt lady (who has just p: nT n minimum fare) **Why?"" ould move right ‘THE FIRST Cuts and Holds Its Edge ‘This is but one of the advantages found in orely Knives or Hiryan a Agents Earn $75 to $250 2 Month nw you quick for termaand Toawenta, Exclusive territory, Send 2c f NOVELTY CUTLERY CO., _11 BAR ST.. CANTON, 0. NOT INTENTIONAL. The little girl was very fond of pleas- ant days, and at th of a hea rain-storm petitioned in her prayer for fine w when, the ext morning, pright and clear, she b jubilant and told her prayer to he grandmother, who said, “Well, dear, why can’t you pray to night that it may be warmer to-morrow so that grandma's rheumatism will be better?”” “All right, I will,"" was the ind that night, ax she “Oh, Lord, please make for grandma," Piek-me-np. quick knelt, t hot SHE WAS FIRST a dime into her She would be nt, and the dime matter: * passed the foot of the bridge nsion by the City Hall the ring of a coin, as it struck the pavement, reached her cars, ne rolling at her feet. A fat man, subway bound, heard and saw it, Toth stopped to pick it up. She was first. His hand only fanned the dust from the sidewalk. “TL beg your pardon,” he said, as he straightened up, rather red in the face. “Not at all,’ she said. ‘1 thank you for your courtesy.” ‘Then she hurried down the stairs. Seated in an hand involunt A dime dropped in her lap, press train, her gloved ily went up to her hair. Then she understood, Outside, the fat man slowly closed his mouth. Th way in a northerly di Yark Globe. THE LIGHT OF THE HOME. Mr. Kich—“L suppose you find that a baby brighte hou: Mr twi burn nightly Answers, PROUSERS. Cabman se madam, just as if nothing had Toto Lam proud indeed, mademoiselles; it isa matter of dignity. Now no carrying for a shilling ‘ell ‘ave a pened,"’ and the old lady seemed greatly an say that na is the member of our family who wears trousers.” Pick-me-up. relieved. — Success, Le Rire comicbooks.com