Judge, 1909-04-03 · page 14 of 16
Judge — April 3, 1909 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with embedded college humor**. The main content includes: **"Cap and Gown Smiles"** — a section collecting jokes from college publications (University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Yale). These jokes mock student life: dormitory drinking ("buckets full of booze"), trainers correcting athletes, and various undergraduate pranks. The humor is gentle campus satire typical of early 1900s college culture. **Key context for modern readers:** The repeated references to alcohol and drinking ("booz," whiskey ads) reflect the pre-Prohibition era (this appears to be ~1907-1909). Drinking was openly joked about in college settings before 1920. **The page is dominated by period advertisements** — whiskey marketed as "medicinal," safes, douche sprays, and "The Keeley Cure" (a real treatment for "liquor and drug using"). These ads reveal contemporary attitudes: patent medicines, casual alcohol consumption, and unregulated health treatments. The cartoons by James Montgomery Flagg are simple romantic/domestic vignettes with punchlines, typical of Judge's lighter fare.
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