Judge, 1908-12-12 · page 13 of 16
Judge — December 12, 1908 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content** rather than editorial cartoons. The dominant features are: **Main Cartoon**: "He Led the Class" depicts a schoolteacher asking students what motivated soldiers to enlist in war. A boy answers "Locomotives"—a joke suggesting soldiers were motivated by the novelty of trains rather than patriotism. This appears to reference **WWI-era recruitment**, likely mocking either naive youth or questioning the genuine motivations behind enlistment. **Humor Sections**: Brief jokes about football dating, road trials, and an Egyptian mummy ("too risky" to revive due to labor costs). These reflect early 1900s everyday concerns and workplace humor. **Advertising**: The page features whiskey brands (Old Overholt, Sunny Brook), hotels, cigarettes, and promotes a children's book called "Bugville Life" illustrated by cartoonist Gus Dirks. **Context for Modern Readers**: Without specific dating visible, the WWI reference and advertising styles suggest **early 1910s**. The humor relies on period-specific cultural references now largely opaque to modern audiences.
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OVERHOLT RYE A STRAIGHT WHISKEY, MADE TO- DAY THE SAME AS IT WAS IN 1810—AL- MOST A CEN- TURY AGO. AL OVERHOLT 6 CO, Pittsburg Pa. NEW AMSTERDAM HOTEL 4th Ave. and 21st St., New York tify Z HE LED THE CLASS Vhen the war broke out, all the able-bodied men who could leave their vy. Who ean tell me what motives took them to the front 7” Locomotives.” REFLECTED HUMOR TRIALS OF THE ROAD. FOOTBALL COURTSHIP. | mister, don’t! Autumn maiden—full of fun! | Football player—chapter one, Maiden v a flag of bluc tand— chapter two! turns to see you never do no work?’ Dewey Kee Well, if youse knew how hard it wuz fer a college-bred man | to answer questions asked by ungram- yer wouldn’t ask dut.”” ve European Plan Rooms with use of Bath $1.00 and up. With Private Bath $2.00 for one, $2.50 for two and upwar NEW BATHS and PLUMBING Most Convenient Location im City Down t ys, as surgeons me “T've won my goal,” and that’s the end! Except there'll be'a wedding soon, And then a happy honeymoon! ~Chicago News. ‘The popularity of grape fruit ax a breakfast diet is really enhanced by Abbutt's Hitters, -that's el TOO RISKY. “L think from the utensils about him that this mummy must have been an} Egyptian plumber.” “It would be interesting to bring him back to life.” * But too risky. Who's going to pay ins for his time?" —Louisville Courier- | Journal, A Pretty Christmas Gift for Sunday Schools One of the most difficult problems for the Sunday-school superintend- ent is to choose the proper gift for distribution among his pupils. Something new is always desired. | Something that the children can keep, and that will be not only amusing | but instructive. The famous Gus Dirks, the artist who created a unique line of interest- | ing, humorous studies, involving bird and insect life, contributed a large num- ber of his drawings to Judge, and these have been gathered into a substantial book, handsomely printed and bound with an illuminated cover, consisting of 60 pages with illustrations and pleasing jingle rhymes on each page, the latter written by a former editor of Judge, R. K. Munkittrick. The book is called “Bugville Life fur Big and Little Fale,” and is pub- lished by Judge Company, at 25 cents per copy. A specially !ow price is made for Sunday schools or associations for lots of 100 or more, for distribution among the children. ‘A sample copy will be sent on request to any one inclosing 10 cents in coin or stamps to JUDGE COMPANY, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York City. flavor, delicate mellowness and bouquet of Sunny Brook Whiskey Itisalt natural whiskey distilled and aged in the good old a positive assurance of we, proof and quantity, Sunny Brook Distillery Co. Jetterson Co. Ky. AVOIDING THE "s going to yrive sdding instead of RISK * All right; we'll have the cers at high noon then, instead of o'clock!" Why, what for * Banks close at three. Pears "Just soap,” is good ome, but most having enough fo women ir Pears’. Ask some girl with a good complexion—why ? on Sob by the cake and in boxes, UNEASY LIES THE HEAD. Snicker—"* 1d 1 last night that T was a millionaire. Kicker—" Well, 1 might as well have been one for all the sleep 1 yot last night."’—Bohemian, INESTO CIGARETTES “IMPORTED” “ROYAL NESTOR * from land to lai jad the NESTOR brand $i Did MONS credit A Rare Book of Humor 1 bound volume of JUDGE. best binder on the market i the on seribers for $1 all ch includes Address THE JUDGE CO. 225 Filth Avenue = New York comicbooks.com