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This page from **Judge** (a satirical American magazine) contains multiple humor pieces typical of the early 20th century: **"Making the Best of His Difficulties"** cartoons a romantic comedy: a woman tells a suitor she loves another man, then he asks for the rival's address—to sell him the expensive diamond ring he just bought her. The joke mocks male desperation and financial loss in romantic rejection. **"The Fly's Lament"** is sentimental doggerel where a fly mourns being excluded from human food and blamed for disease, now that "they've tightened down the lid"—likely referencing food sanitation concerns of the era. **"Judge's Women's Department"** features "Mr. Hik Hok" answering domestic advice questions. The sample answer about a husband noisily eating corn with a missing front tooth offers absurd "solutions" (get false teeth, use a straw, remove all teeth, learn musical breathing)—pure satire of sincere advice columns. The page also contains ads for **Apollinaris water**, **Packer's Tar Soap**, and **Philip Morris cigarettes**—period consumer products normalized despite modern health awareness.

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MAKING THE BEST OF HIS DIFFICULTIES. “* 1 will be a sister to you, but that is all. In feet, 1 love another, and will soon axed to him”? Harry—* Won't you give me his name and address *” Hilen—* What do you want of it? Harry—"1 want to sell him the diamond ring 1° ve just bos THE FLY’S LAMENT. alittle fly lew by our door, Is fies 80 seldom did, And as he passed I heard him hum, For he seemed lost and he looked glum— y've tightened down the lid. SENSE ABOUT FOOD. FACTS ABOUT FOOD WORTH KNOWING. It is a serious question sometimes to know just what to eat when a person’s stomach is out of order and most foods cause trouble, Grape-Nuts food can be taken at any th the certainty that it will sg Actual experience of pcople is aluable to any one interested in foods. A Terre 1 i uffered with indigestion for about four y an attack of typhoid fever, and at times could eat nothing but the very lightest food, and then suffer such agony with my stomach I would wish I nev t anything. Ko more I'l light on Or tickle 3 No more 1 on food and fruit That used to be my priv'leged loot, I'm one of man's worst foes. father's head He says I'm full of microbes, germs, Ih breeder of di ‘act, an edict’s published wide sat me from ev'ry side— s Noquarter it deer sit I do not have to starve eIf uny more, but I can eat it at any 1 nourished and dyspepsia is a thing of the past, am now strong and well. se hart my fling so lon; Twill help his end at as been so Pure, Healthful, Refreshing Apollinaris “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS” JUDGE’S WOMEN’S For the benefit of our women. we have entered int Mr. Hik Hok advice or comfort, as the case may demand. aders in the myriad homes where June » arrangement with the famous ed 7 Any perfect lady among our 4 | may go in perfect confidence to Mr. Hok, who will at intervals convey through these pages DEPART- MENT is a favorite, ‘erfect Ladies’ Companion, bles of household or heart of Th ders who has QUESTIONS AND ANSWE! Dear Mr. Hik Hok—My husband has agreat fondness for green corn on the cob, but he has lost one of his front teeth, and often when he ting. it (I mean the corn not the tooth), he makes a great deal of unpleasant noi is is always very disturbing to m but is even more disagreeable and barrassing when we have company. Can you tell me some easy and effective way to make him stop this noise, so that life will be joyous again during the corn season, and I can hear the street cars passing the house? Sadie Mai Your affliction is not unusual, madam, and we expect a careful answer to your question would benefit greatly many others of our readers, Perhaps the simplest way to do away with this an- noyance would be for your husband to have an extra tooth which he could in- gert before the meal. Another way which i terre this year is to re from the cob, cook it, and th vite pomme de » the corn pass it through a fine sic Serve in a tall glass, with a straw of proper size to fill exactly the opening left by the missing tooth, If the sound is of a whistling char- reter, try removing all of his teeth for a time, and see if that helps. Some husbands become peevish, but be firm. The newest and best way to stop the disagreeable noise is to teach him to control the tones, i. ¢., to treat the ear of ci th organ, and exhale and inhale musically. This requires careful training and ae perseverance, but, when becomes a joy forever, I p to cat in this way, great possi- 4 are ufforded for harmony, and there is nothing: more beaut to have the father eating “The Merry Widow"? from an car held in’ both hands, with his wife daintily exhaling The Holy City" from a tender pi whil nthe children » xhort, musical puffs of * Hiawatha" mixed with" Love Me and the World Is Mine n't long remain, kowant 1 sitey, His GREATEST DE EVERY SATURDAY refreshing shampoo with ip. The beneficial effects ft immediate; dandruff ts remove | eatthy growth of hair is stimulated, I“ thus premature baldness Is prevented. PACKER’S TAR SOAP PURE AS THE PINES | to leave off ordinary food and u: “My husband also had an experience with Grape-Nuts, He was very w and sickly in the spring. Could not # tend to his work. He was put under the doctor's care, but medicine did not seem to do him any good until he | ay It was positively surprising to : nhim, He grew better + has none but thinks he es al without Grape-Nuts, and that his te nto cher and other bumen to make th ly refill t ain and ne i yple do not know what to feed their children, There are many mothers who give their young: sters almost any kind of food, and whe they become sick begin to pour the medi cine down them, ‘The re stick to proper food, and b get alor thout medi tod: healthy and nd expense Ever read the above letter? A new one appears trom time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. In answerj, HOME COMING. He came hon wful grouch Then he cold So she PHILIP MORRIS ORIGINAL LONDON CIGARETTES Je it warm for him, NO COOLNESS IN THIS CHURCH. to a stereotyped ht disaster to the yman in C Rigid adherence form recently brow dignity of a Baptist smoke Those who them are always glad to recommend them to even the most critical of friends cago. | up of the the same from week to we the change of sermon topic. hullet pulletin remained | k save for | A recent leome to All. “Stay and shake hands with the CAMBRIDGE Gaalarie 256. AMBASSADOR 35 ¢. tor. aher-dinner sine CAME IN HANDY. Said Farmer Jim to Farmer John, “How is the peach crop coming on?” Said Farmer John, ‘*1 had but thr I sent them off by R. F. D.”” It will be appreciated, “The Little pce