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This page from *Judge* magazine contains multiple short humorous stories and advertisements typical of early 20th-century satirical publications. **"Their Hard Luck"** recounts an anecdote about artist Phil May's courtroom sketch of a repeat offender. The joke relies on sympathy for the prisoner's persistent bad fortune. **"Misunderstood"** tells of Scottish comedian Harry Lauder's story about a Glasgow husband who arranges to surprise his wife with an afternoon visit, only to find her absent—a mild domestic comedy about miscommunication. **The fashion/dress reform section** satirizes women's restrictive Victorian clothing (tight corsets, heavy layers, small shoes, elaborate hats) by describing absurdly impractical fashion requirements. **"Cause and Effect"** and other brief items offer observations on food, digestion, and social behavior. The **Karo syrup advertisement** dominates the right side, using period-typical marketing claims about appetite appeal. Overall, this reflects *Judge*'s format: genteel humor about everyday social mishaps, mild gender commentary, and advertising integrated with editorial content.

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STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE “Teannot tell how the truth may be ; Toay the tale as "twas told to me.” Let ’em come THEIR HARD LUCK. |blanket and a counterpane round your Here is a Phil May story. In his legs; buckle astrap round your waist so youth he worked on the Bulletin of Syd- | tight you can’t draw a full breath or eat ney, Australia, Occasionally the young, @ hearty meal; have your hair all loose | man would be assigned by the Bulletin | and fluffy, so that it keeps tickling your people to the police courts, and from ears and getting into your eye: these he would bring back sketches, now | high-heeled shoes and gloves a si humorous and now pathetic, that were |small for you; cover your face with a} admirable. veil full of spots, that make you squint; | 1 Y , One of the best of the Bulletin | fix a huge hat on with pins, so that} 4 sketches hangs in the library of Mr. every time the wind blows it pulls your| as ., OU can t set Chamberlain, It portrays a thin, hang- hair out by the roots; and then, without J L a limit to a griddle cake appetite when dog man in the prisoners’ dock, talking any pockets, and with a three-inch Mr. May's story of the sketch is go for a walk and enjoy yourself. You J, Aero is on the table. toa very mild and sympathetic-looking | square of lace to blow your nose with, : judg f} ju . tke fei? that the prisoner had been dragged be- would like it! fore the judge every few months for a | ‘The best syrup for every purpose. number of years, | MISUNDERSTOOD. In air-tight tins: 10, 25¢, 50¢. Your face is familiar here,"’ the lat- Before Harry Lauder, the otch A book of recipes for cook- ter now said. . comedian, came to the United States on . ing and candy-making sent his recent engagement, a farewell din- = = hee oa Fegucet “ner was given to him in London. He : " uNot set, told a good story then, and as nobody . 4 Not at oh ppears to have put it into print, it : FSI wirinine company ai that you have been engag is just as well that JuDGE should record Wwe New York Sa . it. Seven years, your honor."” So long as that? Why in the world havent. you got married in all that time “E It was the story of a Glasgow friend, | — = — who arranged with his wife that he HE WAS WISE. | THE POSTSCRIPT. would come home early one afternoon 'Yes,"’ said Phamliman; ‘my daugh-| Small Wallace accepted an invitation and make a long-promised call on some ter is to be married next month to Count | to a party, as follows izhbor for five: lock tea. Brokaw " | “Dear Loui: I will come to your | tobe both out of sail at the ‘The faithful husband arrived home—| Ah," remarked ery- party if it don't rain’ (then thinkin ia rived home to find his better half out, thing's settled, eh that he might have to stay home in that ean soy FOLD Fie seers. and no message left to explain her ab-| ‘No, sir-ree! You don’t catch me |case)-—‘tand if it de Exchange, sence He searched all o the hou: Brewer, of the United States | for mH * paying in advance.”"—Exchange. Justic . | BOTH ENDS THE SAME. At last he rang a bell and t Supreme Court, says that it is usually said appeared. IN 1920. | . Sasa aa ; id_ appeared, Marie—'*1 think Cholly lightful ‘y matter to pick out the truth «Martha,’? said he, xpress elevator. for the roof!"”| daneer—he se light on blo feet pent nce. BY | anything about my yelled the starter, ‘We drop the din-|"“fithan—"When you're. better a way of illustration he tells the following 1 can’t, : r . .”* said sh ing-car at the one hundred and sixty-|quainted with Cholly, you'll diseove incident, which took place in a little! hesitation r,’” said ‘Y- | quainted with Cholly, you'll discover but I suppose they are in| sixth floor."’—-Western Christian Advo- | that he's light on both ends!—Town an among a lot of conflicting evid | | | | village near New York : thawaak cate. ; “A house-hunter, who had just got off ‘Y’ 8" - — pend Country. the train, stepped up to a boy hanging — UNANIMOUS DECISION. | Mrs. Putton-Ayres—* Waiter, you a re tha fenot, Sith aie atation, CAUSE AND EFFECT | Mamma—'*Marion, 1 am_ surprised | may bring me a culinary mosaic, slightly “*My lad, I am looking for Mr. " that you should suffer a manto kiss you!"’ | umberated.’” = s Good Digestion Foil Right Food. i y | . Smithson’s new block of si ached gestion enose:m Ons ts Marion—"* But, mamma, it wasn’t suf-| Waiter (at the slide)—"*Hash, and houses. How far are they from h tion and the attendant di fering.""—Chicago Record-Herald, have it brown.”?—Ezehange About twenty minutes’ walk,” the forts of mind and body are ¢ boy replie ww continued use of improper food. | * Twenty minutes!” exclaimed the| ‘Those who are still young and robust boaie-huntets nse! The adver-| are likely to overlook the fact that, as iisemeat bays dropping water will wear a stone away ‘you can be-| at last, so will the use of heavy ve the adver. rich food finally cause loss of appetite n’ to make a and indigestion. | Fortunately y are thoughtful | enough to study themselves and note the DRESS REFORM NEEDED. principle of Cause and Effect in their Mrs. J. Gardiner Merritt, the sculptor, “aily food. A New York young woman is very fond of illustrating the need of Writes her experience thus | dress reform for women by the following |, “Some time ago I had a lot of trouble | iéxperienes: from indigestion, caused by too rich| MTheard a young man, a rather lazy 1004. I got so Twas unable to digest | young man, tell a pretty girl the other, scarcely anything, and medicines seemed day that he envied woman her idleness, | US¢less. at he ike ve beer “A friend adv that he would like to have been born a) 4.8 og. anal Manis und ae = gi i last resort I tri » Iam thankful to The girl, tos end . ee her heed and soort |say that Grape-Nuts not only relieved You'd like to be a woman! Oh,|™e of my trouble, but built me up and yes! Just try it foraday! Fasten a/ Strengthened my digestive organs so *! that I can now eat anything I desire. | Give Something Name given by Postum Co., Battle} Different Creek, Mich. Read "The ffoad to cca an prove out hruchtatnes toe | Well Vi in packages, »|_ Ever read the above letter? A| new one appears from time to) n time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. A GREAT SMOKER. Not long ayo a gentleman was dining Y | with J. Ogden Armour, the present head Fee SS of the great Chicago packing-house of i = 2 ok Armour & Co. Toward the close of the f = BenefPahiudst lunch he offered Mr. Armour a cigarette. ‘ e “No, thank you,"’ said he. ‘I am a AS OUR ENGLISH COUSINS SEE US. . b (eet smoker, though.’” The cartoon reproduced above is from the London Punch. It is of special interest im Anrly to Nearert Deater or writs to “What do you smoke, Mr. Armour?’’ that it shows how the presidential election was seen in England, ‘The caption under the @B.EVANS&SONS - HUDSON, N.Y.| ‘‘Bacon,’’ was the prompt reply. cartoon was, ‘Thank You, ‘Teddy !"" : or you can bell nt, but [ain't try — r aa Ny MILL as ised me to try Grape- comicbooks.com