Judge, 1909-10-16 · page 15 of 16
Judge — October 16, 1909 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Judge magazine (copyright 1909) is primarily **advertising with some satirical content**. The main cartoon, "The Man with the Bat," parodies Edwin Markham's famous poem "The Man with the Hoe" (about rural labor). Here, it applies that dignified, weighty tone to baseball—a humorous deflation showing a batter frozen by anxiety over the umpire's calls ("Strike one! Ball one!"). The joke mocks the melodrama surrounding what should be entertainment. **Other content** includes German-imported cartoons, short humorous anecdotes about miscommunications (a policeman misunderstood, an American mistaking English "coffee" for something else), and a joke about women's suffrage letting husbands avoid wives' questions. The page is **dominated by advertisements** for Western Champagne, the Hotel Ponce de Leon in Atlantic City, Cortes Cigars, and the Leslie-Judge Company's prints—typical of Judge's revenue model. The humor is gentle, wordplay-based satire reflecting early 1900s American attitudes.
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PIII IIL P PLD PLD | Payee 0. ee Imported from Germany CAP AND GOWN SMILES 1 a THE MAN WITH THE BAT. (With apologies to Edwin Markham.) | Bowed by the weight of mighty deeds to do, He stands up to the plate and looks ahead, A sturdy shaft of oak within his hand And at his back the catcher and his mitt. What makes him dead to rapture and to joy, His face white marble chiseled for the tomb? What cruel fate weighs sadly on his mind? What cause has turned him to this effigy? But, hark! in Stentor tones we hear the words That issue from the lips of him who stands In iron pose behind the pitcher's box: “Strike one! Ball one! Ball two! Strike two! Ball three!”” And yonder, eager for the sharp-heard crack | | That tells the bat has met the ball and hit | A lead of five good fe ‘That marks third bas. and waits; And near the second slab, and likewise beyond the sack —a runner stands The Truth Can be told about } Great Western itis PureGrape tion. Its PureGra Juice, lermented and ‘aged to enact perlece tion for lrealthtalness possessing the boot Qoet and favor that PLEASANT VALLEY WINE CO., Sole Makers, Rheims, N.Y. Geld by reapestahte wine Gcalere overyoberee Long Distance Telephone. 15th Season. Stop at the Hotel PoncedeLeon and Annex when at Two others, clad in white and lettered Atlantic City, 1. Policeman y well; if you won't come down, Ulf sit down and read my paper.”” hours lated —" If the paper, drop it you are through w —Flugende Blactter. up to me. | Copyright, 1999, Judge Co. ODD FELLOWS : HERE I AM! ON HEAVY PLATE PAPER. PRICE, 25 CENTS. Catalog of Attractive Prints Sent upon Receipt of 10 Cents. LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY 225 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK Whotemite trate wuppticd by the. R. Antersom Con, In answering advertisements please mention Jupce. ‘Await the answer to the pitcher's curve. | Virginia Ave. and the Beach. eyond the lines, the scoreboard, black and white, Is marked by naughts up to the inning ninth; And as we linger near we hear the man Who stands there at the plate with fe- ‘d brow his parched and trembling lips to ask, “How many gone?” agony, “Two down!"’ Then, holding up his bat ‘once more, Looks at the pitcher, wondering how on earth He'll ever mana, Then hears in | Is dishing out in curves, and so bring. iny uit ish——I! ax Cuyote. The needed run, I tell —University of COFFEE IN ENGLAND. It was his first morning in London “apartments,” and his landlady came up kfast, and as he began the e rain,”” she said. es,’" replied the American; but it smells rather like coffee.” Purple C uw. THE ADVANTAGE. Friend-—"Why do you encourage these woman's suffrage meeti Surely you don’t approve of them?” Husband ‘Approve? heart! I can come home as late as I like now without finding my wife at home to ask me questions. "'—Independ- ent. IN A DRY STATE. rist—‘*Is it true that no drinking is permitted on the passenger trains in Qn master—'It’s true.”” ‘*What time does the next 2"'—Cleveland Plain Tourist freight train leave? Dealer. The reason the baby picks out the middle of the night to yell is its proud father wouldn't believe it if it was in the daytime when he was at the office. + Now York |—New York Press. It will be appreciated. With all my The Hotel Ponce de Leon is newly | furnished throughout with rare taste, and | possesses all modern requisites for conveni- ence and comfort of guests. HOT AND COLD SEA WATER BATHS. | European and American Plan. | A booklet will be gladly furnished on application. Rates, running from $12.50 to $30.00 per week, according to location of the rooms. Official Hotel American Motor League and the Intemational Automobile League. |Garage Capacity, 200 Machines. For further information address : | ALFRED B. GRINDROD, Prop. and Mgr., Atlantic City, N. J. FoR. MEN OF BRAINS IGARS “MADE AT KEY WEST HUNDREDS ¢ THOUSANDS of Canaiiana think Gooderham & Worts Special" k HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE 2, reet Ten cents will bring catalog of new pictures by Flagg, | Monahan, King, etc. | LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY 2S Fifth Avenue, New York comicbooks.com