Judge, 1909-03-06 · page 12 of 17
Judge — March 6, 1909 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and humor snippets** from Judge, a satirical weekly. The main content includes: **The Boston Garter ad** (top left): A shoe garter advertisement using a joke about a naive Western visitor to New York City who's warned to watch his pocketbook. The humor plays on New York's reputation for pickpockets and theft—a common stereotype of the era. **Pears' Soap ad**: Standard product advertisement. **The "Second Thought" anecdote**: A racial humor piece (typical of the period) depicting a Black man complaining about ham quality using dialect humor—common but offensive by modern standards. **Various short jokes and verses**: Brief one-liners about relationships, college life, and social situations—mostly unremarkable by today's standards. **Bottom section**: Advertisements for Old Overolt Rye, Philip Morris Cigarettes, Hotel Cumberland, Wizard Repeating Liquid Pistol, and Pape's Diapepsin (a digestive remedy). The page reflects turn-of-century American humor: focus on urban anxieties, casual racism, product advertising disguised as editorial content, and domestic/relationship jokes.
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STYLE NEATNESS COMFORT THE IMPROVED BOSTON GARTER (TAKEN B’ WISE NEW YORKERS. “LT recko utch your pocketbook, t, an’ w ‘h, an’ so on, pretty fon't ye a West- ern visitor to New York d a friend, a native of that 4, as they we starting out te city, and, de- more quired, ve: d “to keep his “WAG The Name Is stamped | oye skin much to his friend's on every loop—Be sureit’sp on nn hers ly they entered a oF He, The New Yorker was dis- yly upon the greatness of his t the much when he observed th other had an expression « fac like that of a eat at a m “What are you watching so closely?” cusMioN suTTON CLASP LIES FLAT TO THE LeEO— NEVER SLIPS, TEARS, NOR UNFASTENS Worn All Over The Wi in’ an eye on my overcoat,” Lie the othe: i The New Yorker laughed. "yee ‘s all right. I'm not BD ctorce reo -, you see, and they T co. n INSIST ON HAVING THE GENUINE REFUSE ALL suBSTITUTE: Pears’ the Westerner drawled. ‘Mine's still there, but yours is gone—feller walked out with it "bout ten minutes or so ago.!'—-Philadelphia “No, the SECOND THOUGHT. ral store of a town in Ar- recently came a darky, ham which he had pol, h,"* insisted e complaining. that hased there w he ham is all right, Years’ Son saves + the storekeeper. I ears’ Soap leaves the “No, it ain't insisted the skin smooth, cool and Dat ham's sh “How can t continued the There's no free Only healthy. cured only alkali in good soap and pure. Pears’ tched his head reflect ally suggested, ts hal Western Christian Advocate. relapse.”* Sold here and abroad, CLEVER VERSE. All “elubmen"’ be may HOTEL CUMBERLAND NEW YORK 8, W. Comer Hroadway at 54th Street and all and rhow feel that-never Will folks refer to any they term it “el unless, | York Mail, INSTINCT OF SELF-PRESERVATION. “Wh athletics **Probably it's due to a determination that when they get back home corporal punishme Ii not be resumed with- out a strug, Cornell Widow, college boys so devoted to MAUD IN MIDWINTER. | Maud Muller, looking v | Went out to help to harvest ic | The judge was skating, turne | And instantly a tumble took. | —Louisville Courier-Journal. PUNISHED. Mra, Greene—""I_ hear young Jones | has married.” | Mr. Browne—'Good! 1 never did ___|like that man,""—The Independent. ‘Send for Booklet Marry P. Stimson pean Formerly aithittal imperial. Pormeriy When the fact is remembered that | Browning sold the love letters of his di tinguished parents, the wife who just ‘orced him won't be blamed much.— Philadelphia Ledger. A Rare Book of Humor Is a bound volume of JUDGE. best binder on the market is the one we are sending our sub- scribers for $1.25. This amount includes all charges for postage, ete. Address THE JUDGE Co. 225 FiltthAvenue New York Th He— ever, isn’t she She—"Yes; but she says it costs her more every year.’"—Ladies’ Home Jour- ace is looking as young as Snapshots in the World of Humor ESTABLISHED 1810 Y OTHERS) A POOR REPORTER. “1 wouldn't. make a confidante of May,”” said the conceited fellow, with a 5 isfied smirk, ‘She told me you 0 EREOLT said you were cru: rry me. Of course she’s no fi “No,” interrupted Miss Wi a good reporter, s,7 but ‘would b even Catholic Times. A STRAIGHT WOMAN AND HER P.S. WHISKEY, Chilton—"No woman ever wrote a letter without a postscript MADE TO. Misa Auguire—"My next letter will DAY THE make you take back all you have said. i, Chilton soon received a letter from SAME AS Miss Auguire, when, after her signa- IT WAS IN ture, she wrote, “P.S. Who is right 1810—AL- now—you or 12"—Western Christian ceraces, Advocate, : TURY ACO, A WONDERFUL HORSE. See here! That horse you sold me ki ites, strikes, and ir down the stable at night. that if I got him once 1 A OVERHOLY 6 CO, Pitsburg, Pa. tries to te You told mi A SHAM. “Ile puts his watch under his pillow ery night.” notice he likes to sleep overtime. —Christian Advocate PARTICULAR. | Mrs. Gailey (severely)—"T want | ‘ou to understand, sir, I pick my com- | yo Mr. Grouch—To pieces, madam.” Boston Transcript. HILIP MORRIS ORIGINAL LONDON CIGARETTES Pp Pp ADAPTED. The wise old rat looked at the trap, And a knowing smile smiled bi he said, Il good people like them. 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