Judge, 1909-10-02 · page 15 of 16
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This page contains satirical poetry and humor pieces typical of early 1900s Judge magazine. The main cartoon, "The New Cordon Bleu," mocks **Dr. Frederick Cook's claim to have reached the North Pole**. Cook was a real explorer who claimed the discovery in 1908, sparking controversy (Robert Peary also claimed priority). The poem sardonically congratulates Cook while expressing skepticism about his "tale" and doubts about whether newspapers properly verified his achievement. It ridicules how Cook kept his journey secret, contrasting this with sensational press coverage. Other content includes minor humorous anecdotes about children and household life, poems about corncob pipes, and historical information about Hudson, New York and its brewing industry. The advertising dominates the right side, promoting Blatz beer and college room furnishings. The satire targets both explorer sensationalism and contemporary journalism's credibility problems.
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p cost n tips zg live in do it } (Borrica AT THE SPRINGS, BUDA PEST, HUNGARY, NO USE. Our lictle girl was in the garde: vainly calling @ pet kitten that was up| atre On account of the thick foliage she could not see that the kitten was elimbi higher all the time, but her | sister, who had been watching from an| upper window and could plainly see the kitten, called disgustedly, ‘*Minna, Minna, come into the house! You're calling the wrong end of her se A USEFUL REMEDY. Little Jamie, aged three, was playing with his little friend, Jack. At the time Jamie chanced to have a rather heavy cold and was sneezing quite often. Jack's mother heard him several times sympathetically asked, ‘Why, | Jamie, what a cold you have! Doesn't you anything for it?” | * Jamie very respect: | he gives me a clean handkerchief,"’ wl jpon he produced the prescribed ‘* remedy. ’'—Delineator, THE CORNCOB PIPE. Its bowl, so round, is stained and browned By many a soothing draft; Its stem is plain, nor would I fain Have one of daintier craft. No carving nice or quaint device Could swell the pleasures ripe That come to me, so full, so free, From out my corncob pipe. HUDSON AND HIS The city of Hudson, on the Hudson! by the Dutch Patroon. north of New with them from the old country a natu- ‘st citics in the ral fondness for good old ale, and here, River, about 115 m York, is one of the ol commonwealth and holds a very enviable reputation, by reason of its healthful- | ness and the natural beauty of its sur- roundings. It is a quiet, self-contained community, but represents a great deal of wealth, and has not a few flourishing industries, of the industries that came to be estab- and then it fell into the hands of the which have maintained the high repu- According to tradition, Henry Hudson | tation and popularity established for its landed from the Half Moon on what is| product by the founder, uae THE NEW CORDON BLEU. TO DR. COOK, OF THE NORTH POLE. If you can swear upon your soul That, having passed the icy seas, vi Meanwhile it weighs you in the seale, It puts you through the critic’s sieve, You have unearthed the long-lost Pole | And finds the New York Herald's tale (And, though your tale sounds like a wheeze | Told to marines by giddy middies, I must not doubt its bona fides) ; un. If it is true that you achieved The dash across those dismal floes, In isolation unrelieved Except by stuffy Esquimaux, Let me, althou,h a mere landlubber, Anoint your head with oil of blubber. m. On you the general gaze is bent; Our feelings even grow obtuse About that other world-eve! The football-gladiators’ ““truce A deed like yours seems, after all, More vital than a game of ball. Ww. And most we marvel how you nursed So long in secret such a sprint; T should have thought it would have burst Out through your pores in sudden print. 3 there a case of such restraint In Yankee records? No, there ain't. ve Even the Mail was months behind The date of your accomplished fact; Nor should I be surprised to find Its polar correspondent sacked, Who missed you in the arctic night ‘Through an amazing oversight. CITY NAMESAKE. They brought as in the still more venerable city of Albany, a brewery was one of the first lished. Benjamin Faulkins founded it, Evans family, three generations of ind have made row the site of the Evans’ Ale Brewery, fiteseribed in the records as a beauti- ul chestnut grove sloping down to a Stretch of sandy beach. The famous no small measure to the jealous care vans’ Ale Brewery was established in| with which the Evans family have main- the incorporation tained the reputation of their product. of the one year afte at city (1785). Hudson was founded by people from Nantucket, | mae nt whaling station the wide Hudson throughout the world. notices the enormous brewery establish- rs located their! ment at the base of the city, back from| in the midst of th stretch of fertile lands in the the sign of the famous and venerable valley, which were then owned Evans’ Ale establishment. Evans’ Ale a standard production The success of this industry is due in Every traveler on the Hudson River Railroad who passes the city of Hudson er, which bears in great letters In answering advertisements please mention Juncs. ‘An Unconvincing Narrative."” In rival type it almost looked As if the whole account was Cooked! vu. Yes, there are skeptic eyes to face; Men who will cry, “You talk about Your Esquimaux who joined the chase? Well, let us see ‘em; trot ‘em out And others, ‘‘If you reached the goal, Where's the result? Produce your Pole!"” vin. Myself, I liked that first report, Laconic as a rifle’s crack, | Which showed (without details of sport) You'd done the journey, Pole and back, Fulfilling your tremendous mii “While on a polar expedition. Ix. In that last line there is the ring Of truth that proves your word is ‘ood. good. Some might assert they found the thing While skating in the neighborhood ; But you located its position “While on a polar expedition.”” x. Well, there have been great Cooks be- fore, Voyagers famed beyond eclipse James, who discovered many a shore And Thomas, who invented trips; Nor can there be, in my poor view, “Too many Cooks" like them and you. —0. S. in London Punch, Modesty, just as much as lack of it, is pretty much all habit.—N. Y. 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