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This page from Judge magazine contains several humorous anecdotes and advertisements typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"A London Shave"**: Actor David Warfield recounts a comedic experience at an English barber shop, poking fun at British barbers' incompetence—their dull razors, poor technique (lathering nostrils and lips), and mechanical hair-brushing apparatus. The humor targets British customs for American audiences. **"A Real Novelty"**: A theatrical manager seeks "genuine novelty" for a play, rejecting realistic elements like actual boxers or naval disasters—satirizing the absurdity of theatrical producers wanting reality while avoiding authentic performers. **Other sections** include health testimonials for Grape-Nuts cereal, Evans Ale advertisements, and various brief humorous observations about American life (privilege of single-ticket travel, cynical observations about romance). The page reflects turn-of-the-century American attitudes: mild mockery of foreign (British) culture, trust in commercial products as cure-alls, and gentle domestic humor. No specific political figures or events appear to be targeted.

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——___ —_——__ - —. rc A LONDON SHAVE. David Warfield, the actor, was de- | scribing his European trip. ‘The best |thing I saw was the Milan cathedral,”’ |he said. ‘The worst was the English |barber. ‘The English barber uses a dull | razor. He lathers your nostrils and |your lips. He brushes your hair with a| revolving brush that runs by machinery. | “I'll never forget my first experience ‘of a London barber shop. It was a dim, stuffy room. [ sat in a straight-backed chair. The barber, though his razor was dull, cut me three time “Will you have a close shave, sir?’ he asked, after going over my face once. “T wiped a few ruddy drops from my ‘I shall certainly consider uisville Times, | A REAL NOVELTY. FROM OUR CORRESPONDENC “What I want,’ said the theatrical FILES, manaj 8. a genuine novelty.” Dear Jui omething realistic?" asked the f in itl and ma sai ther sill be havea ch an whieht ~ playwright. | but I don't want any real pugil- " ists, or real naval disasters, or real li spiteof yur wickid Stock, or real battles in i , The playwright, after a p rte het fill | Yours tr use, in: Evelin Rose J quired, “How would it do to Dead Mans Guleh Ariz. something with real actors in ee ine lo y pictur. Do you know | Hume May ota husband fur me? —_ ASTONISHED THE DOCTOR. OLD LADY GOT WELL WITH CHAN OF Foob. A GREAT PRIVILEGE. by the papers," said the Chi- “that a ticket one way from -w York costs almost as| A great scientist has said we can put excursion ticket.” | off ‘old age’? if we can only nourish Yorker. the body properly. k to Chicago) To do this the right kind of food, of You don't hay with a single Philadelphia | cours: sary. The body manu- Prox, | factures poisons in the stomach and in- testines from certain kinds of food- athe added | Stuffs, and unless sufficient of the right erapefruit. kind is used, the injurious clements| overcome the good. | ‘My grandmother, 71. years old," writes a New York lady, ‘* had been an invalid for 18 years from what was! prick lave a vcr, dis, Called consumption of the stomach and | brick! yer ands Plumber als bowels. ‘The doctor had given her up to| saree theteny wane "1 saw so much about Grape-Nuts | ' that I persuaded grandmother to try could not keep anything on’ her stomach for more than a few minutes, | began Grape-Nuts with only a poonful. As that did not dist her and as she could retain it, she took ja little more, until she could take all of tery ent ana! flav A CYNIC. mber once," says Prof “hearing two very ordinary yourself is to run aw + “The plumber shook his head and 5b sneere ," he said, *y Mothers will tad at ely for and her troub entirely. good health for one Nuts saved her life, The doctor was astonished that ine 1 of dying she got well, and without nthe ason,"* Co., Battle to Well- vil ackages, | Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to . They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. | Shi 0 old, wot to enjoy POSSIBLY, IF- dd we know fellow marry © -y of five hundred dolla an, replied the his employer to When you want a full gravity Ale that is perfectly brewed and perfectly bottled by its makers order ALL SHE WOULD DO. @ A new railway was beinge mado, and, the design including: a small farm, the officers of the line paid a visit to the owner, an old lady. “M said th we understand that you own this farm, and it is my duty to inform you that our new ailway will run through your barn.”” | | “Oh, will it?” said the old lady, | Well, let me tell you that the last train will have to be not later than nine It makes a connoisseur of the most casual Clock, because you'll not catch me sit- ale drinker, and affords a pleasure that ting up after that to open the doors for is a revelation to the uninitiated. it or anything else. CLUES, RESTAURANTS AND SALoons, Bits, HE finest sauces for meats, fish or vegeta- bles, as well as Mayonnaise dressing, can only be made by using KINGSFORD’S OSWEGO CORN STARCH Sixty-six Years of Superiority. Economical, also, for it reduces the number of eggs. Kingsford’s is the best, purest and most wholesome com starch. Of wonderful value in the preparation of wholesome, tasty dishes, Send for our book “Original Recipes and Cooking Helps,”” compiled by Alice Cary Waterman and Janet M. Hill. ‘Tells you how. useful Kingsford’s Oswego Com Starch is in all cooking—write to-~day—it's free. Grocers—pound packages—10c. T. KINGSFORD & SON, OSWEGO, N.Y. ‘MATIONAL STARCH COMPANY, Seccrstors, | NOT TILL THEN. “T dreamed Jast night that What does that AND THE PRAYER WAS ANSWERED. Little Dorothy, at the age of six, wax| Perey very thoughtless regarding the care of you had accepted me. her clothes, and the many admonitions | signify?” she had received, about neatly arrang-| Edith—That you will marry me." ing her clothes on a chair each night be-|_Perey—*Ah! When?”" fore retiring, were daily forgotten. Edith—“When you dream again!" One night, just as she was ready for London Opinion. bed, her mother came in, and finding the little garments in a heap on the floor, as usual, said, ‘Dorothy, you may say prayers and then mother will have to punish you for not minding her about your cloth Having said this, she Stepped into the adjoining room| and partially closed the door. In a few moments she heard Dorothy, who was a firm believer in the power of prayer, repeat, ‘Now I lay me,"? and after the “Amen "she heard this appeal, “And, dear Lord, if ever you wanted to help a little kid, now's your chance.”” Exchange. FROM LIFE. Sculptor- Phere! ‘That wave A WOMAN'S REASONS. su ie hairdresser of any emporium Wife—" Geoffre: _ _ leading a double I STILL TALKING. “T hear Miss Chatter is talking etting married again.”” “Didn't know she was ever mur- Have I ever Indignant husband- ground for any given you the slighte: suspicion of that kind of Wi you eat twice as much! as Te el twice as much as Tried.’ do, and your clothes cost you twice as She—* much as mine do.""——Chicago Tribune, ing of it again,’” Sh She wasn’t. I said she was talk Comic Cuts, My BV. Cory. \ Of heaven's delights: Thave a ds I'd say, off-hand, Ty cut it out. Copyright, Judge Co. wor UNREQUITED LOVE COMPANY New Vouw 1UDGE Trade aupptiot by the Antero Publishing Company, 101 Third comicbooks.com