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This page from *Judge* magazine contains multiple short satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"The Roof Gardens of New York"** depicts a washerwoman's naive imagining of wealthy people's rooftop spaces—she envisions them as actual gardens with plants and soil, revealing class-based misunderstanding. **"The Climax"** jokes about a man's exaggerated war story: he claims wolves chased him, and a woman naively responds "How glad you must have been they had their muzzles on!"—missing his point entirely through literal-minded listening. Other brief satirical pieces mock: - Lawyers advising clients to sue for smaller damages when husbands are "well-known" (implying infidelity is expected) - Publishing dishonest books - Poor digestion from bad food - Lazy sons becoming telegraph linemen The page is primarily **advertising** (Evans' Ale, Philip Morris Cigarettes, Harper's whiskey) interspersed with humor. The jokes rely on period assumptions about marriage, class distinctions, and social pretension rather than specific political references.

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THE ROOF lars’ damag: band’s affections. IN NEW YORK. ranger (enterin ixty-four, ple: Elevator boy Yes, sir. PR o- 2 --—— The washerwoman’s idea THE CLIMAX. | He was telling a thrilling story out! of his wallet of a thousand and one hairbreadth escapes over in Santiago doncherknow, and his pretty listener was leaning anxiously toward him, hanging on his every utterance. “The wolves were upon us,"’ he said, “bellowing and roaring, as I have so} often heard them. We fled for our) lives. Idon’t deny it; but every second we knew the ravenous pack was gaining onus. At last they were so near that we could feel their muzzles against our legs “Ah! glad you must have be muzzles on!""—Anawera, * gasped out the lady. “How they had their ‘Phe idea cousin Jack, of Texas, gets | from newspaper reports. LITICAL REFORM. POLITICAL REFO! THE HERO. Knie What reform is most/ 0 Bliggins has written an needed?” ist el? Bocker—“Polities should be taken| blsterical novel? Yes,” answered Miss Cayenns Who is the hero of the book? “The man who has undertaken to publish it."’—Washington Star, out of politics.""—New York Sun, WON'T MIX, BAD FOOD AND GOOD HEALTH WON'T MIX. | The human stomach stands much) / abuse, but it won't return good health | "V¥' if you give it bad food. If you feed right you will feel right, for proper food anda good mind is the | sure road to health. HAPPY ENDING. —"So you've read my new How did you like it? I laid down the volume with intense pleasure."’—Hoston Transcript, GARDENS OF NEW YORK (As Conceived by Some) WHAT DID HE MEAN? Fair client—“1 want you to sue that woman for five thousand dol- of Oriental rugs?” She stole my hus- Lawyer—"But, madam, your look, You've no idea how much sweep-| husband is well’ known in this ing *that saves.""— Cleveland Plain community. I advise you to sue | Dealer, | the woman for a smaller sum—' say, twenty-five dollars."’—Chi- BREAKING IT GENTLY. cago Tribune. Jack—*Perhaps you don’t like my Pleases Patrons and elevator)— rather too much sameness about it. or office?””"—Boston Transcript. | NOTICE To Summer Resort Proprietors EVANS’ DOMESTIC SCHEME. | Mrs. H.—'*Why are you so very fond Mrs, R.—‘'1'll tell you a secret. The dirtier they get, the more genuine they style of dancing. ‘Orme (in distress) —*Well, there is shows that you are up to date. tplits as well as tex 1. EVANS & SONS, 1 size bottles. non, N.Y how may I vary it? | —Suppose you tread on my left foot once in a while."’—Exchange. wee one, PHILIP MORRI pardon,’ said the hotel | but what is your name? ORIGINAL LONDON st Uhl had just verteirred. GARETTE | guest who had just registered. you sce my signature| “Don't there on the register?” Floor 1 do,’’ answered the clerk calmly. ‘That is what aroused | ifti my curiosity.""— cago News, Just the niftiest REFORMED. | smoke ever made “My lazy son has at last decided on a profession that he thinks he'll lik: “Good. What has he chosen?"’ Je wants to be a lineman for a wireless telegraph company.”’—| Cleveland Leader, CAMBRIDGE regular size 5c AMBASSADOR OR 35c ‘alter “The Little Brows Box” HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE “A year ago I became much alarmed about my health, for | began to suffer ach meal, no matter how little I woman. I lost my appetite and the very) thought of food grew distasteful, with the result that I was not nourished and | got weak and thin, “My home cares were very heavy, for, besides a large family of my own, I have also to look out for an aged mother. There was no one to shoulder my household burdens, and, come what might, | must bear them; and this thought nearly drove me frantic when I realized that my health was breaking] down. “*T read an article in the paper about Aunt Agatha of Hadham, Conn., thinks it a place for the culture of posies. HIS EARLY TRAINING. 1 The cub reporter had formerly been a fire insurance solicitor, and | when the city editor sent him to the particulars of a prominent citizen’s demise he handed in the following | “Mr. J. Howard Smart, a well-| known man about town, died of heart failure at his residence at| e o'clock last night. He leaves a wife and two children to mourn | dg his loss—which is fully covered | by insurance,""—Chicago News. ‘ some one with trouble just like mine be- ing cured on Grape-Nuts food, and, act- ing on this suggestion, I gave Grape Nuts a trial. The first’dish of this de- licious food proved that I had struck the right thing. Roof gardeners at work as conceived by Uncle Reuben, of Poughkeepsie, who |has a dim recollection of what he saw once when he saw double. | RATHER. “My uncomfortable feelings in stom-| ,, , ach and brat peared as if, by "Are you fond of lobster, Miss magic, and in an incredibly short space Flip? #e of time I was again myself. Since then |” ad er? I have gained 12 pounds in weight © e F vork, end “Oh, this is so sudden!"*— through a summer of hard work, and realize Tam a very different woman, all due to the splendid food, Grape Nut United Presbyterian, WORTH GOING TO JAIL FOR. Trial will Judge (at the close of a trial) — prove, ‘amous little book, ‘Prisoner, you may have the last “The Road to Wellville,”’ in. packages. er rend the above letter? Anew one appears trom time totime. They aregen- ® uine, and full of human interes Meggendorfer Blaetter. In answering advertisements please mention Juvce. idea "Rastus Pickanninus has of it. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com