Judge, 1909-05-15 · page 10 of 16
Judge — May 15, 1909 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple brief satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century humor magazines: **"Exceptional Manners"** and **"Like the Ambitious Politicians"** are short joke verses playing on wordplay and social observation—comparing politicians' ambition to matchsticks that "lose our heads" once they reach success. **"Man and His Ways"** jokes about contradictory male behavior regarding flower beds and worms. **"Not Drugs"** is a testimonial advertisement for Grape-Nuts cereal, claiming it cured chronic constipation without laxatives—representing the era's fascination with "scientific foods" as health solutions. **"Two Ways"** and **"Quite a Problem"** are brief social jokes about art criticism and women's hats in public spaces. The bottom section advertises **Evans Ale**, while a small cartoon shows caricatured apes/primates in human dress—typical period imagery using animal caricature for satirical effect, though the specific reference is unclear from visible text. The page blends entertainment, advertising, and gentle social satire characteristic of Judge's format.
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EXCEPTIONAL MANNERS. HERE was a fisherman potite Whose manners were xo fine, Wh rhe went to catch a fish He'd drop him first a line. LIKE THE AMBITIOUS POLITICIANS. First parlor match—"You and 1 are like those ambitious politicians." Second parlor mateh—"*Are we?” First. parlor mateh—"Yes; Soon as we get up to whi asy snap we lose our h an MAN AND HIS WAYS. 4 = WILL not 8) lower bed; But wait— Jot instes For worms to use for bait. NOT DRUGS. FOOD DID IT. After using laxative and cathartic medicines from childhood, a case of and apparently incurable con- } stipation yielded to the scientific food, | Grape-Nuts, in a few days. “From early childhood I suffered with such terrible constipation that I had to use laxatives continuously, going from one drug to another and suffering more or less all the time. “A prominent physician whom I con- sulted told me the muscles of the digg ive organs were partially paraly could not pe and form their work without help of some kind; so I have tried at y laxative and Thad final! come discouraged and had given my case up as hopeless, when I began to use the predigested food, ¢ Nuts, $ “Although I had not. expe y food to help my trouble, to my great surprise Grape-Nuts digested imm ately from the first, and in a few d was convinced that this was just what my system needed, The 8 performed their func- 1 Lam now comp! y cured of this awful Truly the power of scientific food must be unlimited." ** Th a Rea- son." R package 3 Ever read the above letter? Anewone TWO WAYS. . appeai m time to time. They are gen- Miss Be “The picture was badly hung." ulne, true, and full of human Interest. ] Miss Concord —* And yet very well executed.”” QUITE A PROBLEM. Mrs, Gramercy—""Women shouldn't be asked to remove their hats in public places."” Gramercy—"That's so, my dear; 1 don’t see where they’d put the HE pun is naughtier than the swears word, es If You Would Enjoy a caressing, comforting and appetizin beverage as well as a. strengthen and satisfying one, order a bottle of WARNING. ce by the Jumgle Nezes that it's as out for y the neighborhue Mr iifonk that Ledily ts only after s} Mrs Mo "Phen low WOFst spec of a husband 1 self, for everyhody says you "re the