Judge, 1908-11-28 · page 14 of 16
Judge — November 28, 1908 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* magazine consists primarily of **humorous prose sketches and light satirical commentary**, not political cartoons. The main content is a piece by **George Ade** (a famous humorist of the era) mocking the predictable, clichéd conversations tourists have in Egypt—about Cleopatra, Moses, the Nile, crocodiles, and the Sphinx. Ade satirizes the banality of tourist speech and wonder. Other brief jokes target: - **A typewriter key** that "makes a blur" to hide spelling errors—mocking modern technology - **Marriage dynamics** and dinner-party etiquette - **Beggars' economics** (the humor of a beggar calculating his "cost of living") - **Coeducational colleges** and what happens when women are removed The page is largely filled with **hotel and product advertisements** (White Rock water, Hoffman House hotel, etc.). There are no identifiable political figures or events—this is humor aimed at everyday American middle-class life and tourist culture of the early 1900s.
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FOR A HIGHBALL iT HAS NO EQUAL Sold Everywhere AN OLD TRUST. Scott —"*What makes you think that the trust originated in Rhode Island?"" Mott--*Dad used to speak of the trust in Providence as far back as when I was —Hoaton Traveler, MADISON AU AIK, NEW YORK yy Fireproot | HERE AND THERE. GEORGE ADE DOES EGYPT. “So you are just back from a circular tour of the Mediterranean, including, Egypt and the Nile. Well, wel ‘The speaker was George Ade. Shak- ing the hand of the brown young farmer, he went on. “1 know the sort of conversation you heard over there—in Egypt, say. Lis- ten and I'll tear off a yard or two. It ike thi | “*Isn’t it lovely! Cleopatra lived here, and Moses, and Pharaoh. It s your head swim, doesn’t it?’ "s the bad air. It hurts Is that the Nile?’ basking in hile Rock “The World’s Best Table Water”’ my head, "Look at the crocodile the sun. IN BOSTON TOWN. HE DOES NOW. “Is he basking? Oh, Maude, d “What is this peculiar key on your. Teacher—‘Tommy, you should have by the way, is your new basque to have typewriter? I never saw it on any known. better than to fight with that the fashionable long sl before.” Williams boy.”” e! there's the sphinx | “Hist! My own invention. When- — Tommy—'‘I know, ma’ but I And that must be the des But ever you can’t spell a word, you press thought I could lick him."’—Chicago this key and it makes a blur."’—Boston | News, Transcript. A MISTAKE. Husband—"Only think! OBEDIENT PUPIL. Father—“Frank, why did you hit col- Peter in the eye with that lump of ¢ to travel on a railroad where they don’t have any soot?’ “*Yes; and do you notice the balmy, My spicy smell?’ league, Cohen, whom we had to dinner clay? “Yes, indeed. Just, like cloves, last Sunday, has died suddenly!" | Frank—"The teacher forbade us to j isn't it?) What can it b Ib ask the) Wife How I wish we had invited throw stones.'’"—Meggendorfer Blactter, Brakeman im?" 4 that spicy smell come |him for next Sunday !""— Blaetter, Meggendorfer A. FAITHFUL FOLLOWER. HOTEL CUMBERLAND NEW YORK | from?’ aea"ecne 4 thie en for fe ., “When they take woman away from Mroadway at 34th Street lon. this here line." *—-Philadelphia | Ne co-educational college,” sald the speaker, “Twill | dience. ‘what will follow !"" cried a voice from the au- —Success. Bulletin, MODEST REQUIREMENTS. A steady job that pays me well, A pleasant home in which to dwell, A raincoat when it's raining; THE SIMPLE LIFE. Passer-by—See here, you are the} man who struck me for a dime three days ago Beggar—'*Yes, sir; but do me best, I jcan’t keep me expenses any lower than | three and a third cents a day.’’—Boston | Transcript. A never-failing appetite, The wit to say things tha And I will quit complai A chance to travel now and then, The friendship of my fellow-men, The luck to never stumble; Hair that will not forsake my head, A nose that never may turn red, Sweet dreams when I crawl into bed— And I will never grumble. THE ONE LUXURY. “Why do you indulge in such extrava- | gance of speech “Because,” answer never gets an office travagance I can afford. the orator, who "a the only ex- —Exchange, A manner that the ladies like ‘The strength to knock out w A bright sun o'er me shinin, A little richer every da: Youth that will never wear awa: Three times a y rai And I will cease re THE CRANK. innearly always eome- I strike, HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE 34, and 36 Bleecker Street Branch Warchscss 0) Beckman Strese New York 8 Washington Star. NEW AMSTERDAM HOTEL 4th Ave. and 21st St., New York European Plan use of hath $1.00 and up. With $2.00 for one, $2.50 for two and yom 23rd Street railroad ferries oF from Grand” Central Station, take care direct to. SPECIAL RATES MADE To have that which I want without ALL KINDS OF PAPER MADE TO ORDER, ‘The sorrows of delay or doubt, A tongue that's never furry; To be from worldly 80 free That other men will ™ To wake each morning filled with glee— And i will never worry. Chicago Record-Herald. Only 25 Cents FOR This Picture in Sepia | Drawn by F.Y. Cory SO SAID THE EDITOR. Marion—"1 showed papa those verses you wrote and he seemed pleased.""| Harecy did?” Marion—Yes, He said he was so flud to see you were not a poet.” Philadelphia Inquirer, “Tis better to have loved and lost WISDOM. Than never to have loved at all “1 suppose your wife was tickled to enjoy myself 3 [thought Iw for aicouple of weeks Nashville jun guar widay Copyright, 1907, by Judge Co. 8x to produces like."" UNREQUITED LOVE Sometimes it doesn't, for the doctor JUDGE COMPANY just told us it was the well water that Illustrated Catalogue sent for eight cents 225 Filth Avenue New York Cay pus allsick,’’— Baltimore American, ‘Trade supplied by the Anderson Publishing Co., 801 Third Ave., New York. comicbooks.com