Judge, 1909-04-24 · page 19 of 20
Judge — April 24, 1909 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or editorial content. The cartoons present are minor comic filler between ads. The two small cartoons at bottom-left are simple joke exchanges: one about distinguishing bad eggs (domestic humor), another mocking wealthy people wearing monocles as affectation masking limited intelligence. The page's main content promotes: - **20th Century Limited train** (NYC-Chicago luxury service) - **Blatz Beer** (Milwaukee brewery, emphasizing quality and healthfulness) - **Old Dominion Line** (sea cruises to Old Point Comfort) - **Old Grand-Dad whiskey** (Kentucky sour mash, marketed as traditional/"forefathers' " quality) These ads reflect early-20th-century leisure culture: railroads, steamship travel, and alcohol consumption as respectable recreation. The Grand-Dad ad's nostalgic appeal to pre-Prohibition drinking habits is notable—this likely predates or approaches the Prohibition era (1920-1933). The scattered quotes beneath cartoons appear to be filler content from contemporary publications like *Yale Record* and *Kansas City Journal*.
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é Ait ri ht ere all the way. t A1-ONG the Hudson River, through the Mohawk Valley is rs £2) and by the shores of the Great Lakes, the famous e 20th Century Limited New York and Chicazo “Water Level Route." makes its one-night run betw over the smooth, casy-ridin It saves a busi ** and in addition its luxurious appointments appeal to ladies as well as business men. Leave New York 3:30 P.M. | Leave Chicago 2:30 P.Al. Arrive Chicago 8:30 A.M. | Arrive New Yorkg:30A.M. The 18-Hour Train Tickets and Sleeping-Car Accommodations by special repre- 1641 Harrison. SUGGESTION FOR YOUNG WIVES. “How do you tell bad eggs?’ queried the young house “dn tol NO OVERCROWDED MIND. “I wonder why swells wear an eyegl eplied the fresh Jane—Why, to block up one eye, 80 if I had anything that they shall see just as much as they ‘d break it gently.” can understand at a time."—Christian Endeavor World. st aid to the host. Fine all at meal time imes. LAIZ You can tell a Blatz Bottle a block rhe achieve one notable nent in brewing. The veritable fulfillment of beer character, quality and Always the same Good Old Blatz healthfulne Jatz Brewing Co., jonine this paper, for booklet entitled be jenial Philosopher.” AT APOLLO REHEARSAL. NO PLACE FOR A CHAPERON. Director (in a thundering voice)—| ‘Going to take your chaperon to the “Why on earth don’t you come in, when play to-night?” I tell you to?”” “Well, I don’t know. There are so First bass (meekly)—"‘How can a fel- many passages in these modern plays low get in if he can’t find his key?""— that are hardly fit for elderly folks to Yale Record. hear."’—Kansas City Journal. SPRING VACATIONS AFFORDING PLEASURE AND REST A Short Sea Trip to Old Point Comfort Old Dominion Line Including accommodations at HOTEL CHAMBERLIN Covering entire expense. 20 le |) DAYS' OUTING, includ- ing transportation and hotel 17 % 5 York every day except Sunday at 3 p. m., arriving Old Point Comfort fol- accommodation Return leave Norfolk daily except Sunday at 7 p. m., arriving in New Dp. m. DAYS? OUTING, includ- ing transportation and hotel accommodation... and stateroom reservation Pier 26 North River, New York. Send for Illustrated Pamphlet. | J. J. BROWN, Gen'l Pass. Age. W. L. WOODROW, Traffic Mgr. General Offices 81 Beach Street, New York. The OLD GRAND-DAD is a Sour Mash Whiskey such as our forefathers drank. It is made out among the hills of central Kentucky, and it is dis- tilled from the finest grain and the purest limestone spring water. It would be impossible to produce a finer Kentucky Sour Mash than the OLD GRAND -DAD. comicbooks.com