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This page from the satirical magazine Judge contains several humorous anecdotes mocking American social pretensions and bureaucratic incompetence. **"What Auntie Would Do"** presents a dated joke about unmarried women, presenting spinsterhood as inherently regrettable—reflective of early 20th-century attitudes dismissing women's autonomy. **"A Bernard Shaw Joke"** satirizes the famous playwright's long-windedness: after speaking ninety minutes, Shaw ironically refuses audience requests for more, suggesting his self-importance exceeds his actual contribution. **"Chewing Their Cuds"** mocks rural innocence through city children's confusion about farm economics, implying urban sophistication versus rural simplicity. **"A Sensation That Failed"** ridicules newspaper editors' manipulative assignment of "human interest" stories—an early critique of sensationalist journalism. The page is primarily advertisements (Sunny Brook Whiskey, Hotel Cumberland, Philip Morris Cigarettes) interspersed with these brief satirical pieces targeting pretension, gender expectations, and media exploitation typical of Judge's social commentary.

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STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE (Continued) WHY BE FAMOUS? It is a very much debated question WHAT AUNTIE WOULD DO. Once, at a dinner at which Dr. Emil Reich was present, the conversation whether we know pur great men, At turned on m: the present time the English papers are “That was of the old saying that a man of whom we have er heard has been clected Vice-Pre nt of the United States. Recently Leslie M. Shaw, one former Sceretaries of the Treasury, re: ved a letter addressed to him as retary of Agriculture, the communica- tion having been forwarded to his banking house from the Treasury I tment at Washington, ‘The letter read as follow: “Dear Me. has great int some philosopher," sa on you marry her or not, you regret it!" anovered Dr. Reich, “It re- of a certain old maid, who hing almost as good as Yea, minds: me would you do if you had your life to live over a lonely spinster r my child, before 1 hi decide to be an old maid, he distinguish. ing qualities of Surmy Brook Whiskey haw: The —— Magazine t in your work as a | Cabinet minister in the Department of Agriculture. We are writing you to ask whether you will not send us a raph of yourself, along with a s enough to| A BERNARD SHAW JOKE. After addressing an Edinburgh m | ing for ninety minutes, Mr. Bert a ment “Green St |Shaw remarked that the time was a article dealing with your work. and quantity, Ase Et quarter to ten, and he had intended to| In speaking of this letter, Mr. Shaw 1, in a mournful sort of way, “Such fia finish at nine o'clock, He did not s in the least fatigued; the audience was also quite fresh, and ‘when the speak wax about to sit down, loud cries of we raised on all sides, Do you really wish me to go of Mr. Shaw asked, Me was answered by r ing and more shouts of vat was the disapp when he replied, HOTEL CUMBERLAND J ace ‘point at wh SUNNY BROOK Distillery Co. Jefferson County, Kentucky fan CHEWING THEIR CUDS. Jacob Riis, for many years a police reporter on the New York Sun, but pos- sibly better known to the world at large wed cheer: | as the author of that sociological book, How the Other Half 1 much interested in the se air children’ summer months, He tells m jo on. intment, ther “That is th ex. | an experien which he accord- fore, of the, “Ask Any Canadian Gooderham & Worts Canadian Whiskey The favorite whiskey of Canada. Its flavor is as odd as it It has rare is exquisite. medicinal qualities. Wonderfully pleasing and effective after dinner in place of a liqueur or brandy. Stee WAKIt A Me ene "San we sew |speaker sits down, ingly did. ing experiences about these str chins when they first see th and the wooded hills. his best: A SENSATION THAT FAILED. In the nt of Pearson's Weekly “A couple of waifs, who for the first of own as The Editor's time were watching the cows be Notebook," ently appeared the milked on a Catskill Mountain farm, Paternal story of an editor of a New d very muel is York paper, who called a reporter to. noticing the him and said, countenance . | “I want you to write me a good story “The re 4 E do you about the trials and discouragement of mind telling us "how “much We. costs men who are looking for work ina big to keep dem animals in chewing | city. Get up carly to-morrow, put on jum and visit all the places that help in. the morning paper, Give an account of the number of applicants and the kind of men they vividly the fecli old clothes I TOLD YOU so. A good story is told by the Phila¢ walked miles be money to ride, and then meet disappointment. Draw it’ good and strong on the pathos, People like to read that sort of thing."” At noon the next day the reporter ap- | “Of told. you. ao peared at the office erestfallen, I'm (lets a geese ok afraid} hands, “Oh, wife, wife! What do you story.” suppose? ‘That brindle cow of ours has What's the trouble? nd eaten up our grindstone !”* ot three jobs old lady was equal to the occasion, Ledger about an old lady who » habit of declaring after every nt that she icted the same On one occasion her husband, who 2 of the 8 came into the phi i ft r already, and a Here is one of uplifted | PHILIP MORRIS | ORIGINAL LONDON CIGARETTES All good people like them, Near- ly all good peo- ple smoke them In Little Brown Boxes AMBASSADOR after-dinner sine CAMBRIDGE the reaslar site &&eA RRA ER Bugville Life for Big promise of two Promptly came the words, “TE told you old fool! [told you so ys would let it stay outdoors!" Y Try Able ana peur health, A bead Hitters “aly ROMEIKE’ 5! 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