Judge, 1909-11-20 · page 13 of 20
Judge — November 20, 1909 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* (a satirical magazine) contains several distinct elements: **Main Content:** The featured poem nostalgically contrasts old New Amsterdam (colonial New York) with the modern, chaotic metropolis—no traffic jams, no elevated trains, peaceful streets. It's social satire lamenting modernization's frenetic pace. **Central Cartoon:** "I Wonder Why?" shows a boy (Jimmy) repeatedly falling on ice after a man refuses skating permission. The joke plays on cause-and-effect irony: the man's refusal to let him skate on the pond ironically leads to Jimmy skating dangerously elsewhere. **Shakespeare Section:** Humorous commentary claiming *Judge* is so old that Shakespeare referenced it in his plays, using selective (fabricated) quotes. Pure comedic self-promotion. **Advertising:** The bulk of the page advertises Prudential Insurance's "Monthly Income Checks"—a policy ensuring dependents receive income after death. This reflects early-20th-century anxieties about financial security and family welfare. The page blends nostalgia, slapstick humor, and commercial messaging typical of the era's magazines.
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j WHEN NEW YORK TOWN WAS OLD NEW AMSTERDAM. HEN old Broadway was crossed | by candy roads, | | nd weeds grew wild along the Great White Way, Jand market carts came rumbling with | their loads Where taxicabs and autos pass to- day, | There was nv need for mounted men in blue To regulate the traffic’s rush and jam; | For rush jam the Dutchmen never knew When New York town was old New Amsterdam, No elevated ripped and roared along, There were no autos speeding by like frie massed, each eve, Tofight and jostle for the Brooklyn cars. ts were quiet from the morn New York t town was old New erdam, no one ever Those were the days w rushed | ui through life hitched to a t's tail; j 's strolled with moon huey To sip their sin and call for mugges And down along the Battery’s sandy | bend The tow-haired youngsters splashed and played and swam ; JAnd to their idle hours to spend v York town was old New jam, When N Am when high above the city » tall skyseraper’s top- most floor, There comes the never-ceasing grind of feet, The auto's shrick, the elevated's r And then dream of old Broadway be- | low, In days gone by when all was still nd calm, pe almost wish that 1 had lived in When NOT BY CORRESPONDENCE. | * YOU would learn the ple OF drawing ou mus The seh attend, before you start, 1 of matrimony. THE NEW WAY. *- Gunhusta—" Will you go. sailing the stream of life with me 2” Miss Aviatola—* No; but I'll go avi- ating through life's air with you.’” | IS HE AFRAID? | is a man named Peary, Bat, yest reat upon to look ; Rut. thouh that be, *tis pl se the in to see ok. UR own jokes | Those of the real humor. cheap wit mtv a PHe Family Is Safe—The Income Guaranteed | | The Prudential Insurance Company of America JOHN F. DRYDEN, President Home Office, Newark, N. J. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. WHAT SHAKESPEARE SAYS OF US. T IS evident that Jupcr is of older origin than we imagined, though its jokes can never be assailable on that score, as Shakespeare furnishes undeni- able evidence that imperial Caesar knew and loved the publication, ‘‘Jupee. you gods, how dearly Cwsar loved him Later on it is, “Oh, wise young Jupce and progresses to ‘Oh, noble Jup “Oh, wise and upright Jur | dently as a tribute to June proceed along the lines of the highest political enlightenment, we have, ‘*Thou shalt see, thy eyes shall be thy Jus “Juve, that stirs good thoughts’’; and, firm in his conviction of Jupce's firm hold upon its readers, he puts into its mouth these words, ‘Well, here am I set, and here I stand, Jupce, my mas- | ters," and 1 trow my merry masters’ |awect will is quite correct. now. “LE WONDER WHY? Jimmy (after his fifteenth bum Hang Mr. Smith! He said Gare the rod and get struck by I could skate on his pond, and I can’t one bit.”” lightning. Salary Checks Pay Envelopes end with your life— then The Prudential Monthly Income Checks Begin ; etre pea Company, | rid ely ei Pay ey hy order of Zr Lee howaarat etd eae ty ” pee | PaubENTiAN IZIO22 — rewannns. CASHIER _ | Pants mie fae y STRENGTH F * i ‘ GIBRALTAR Send this coupon for full particulars and cost For $ 2 Month with Cash Payment at Death Address Incorporated as a Stock Company by the State of New Jersey comicbooks.com