Judge, 1909-11-20 · page 9 of 20
Judge — November 20, 1909 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces typical of early Judge magazine: **Main Cartoons:** 1. **"She Knew Him"** (top): A domestic scene mocking marital dynamics—the wife knows her husband will inevitably go driving despite claiming otherwise. 2. **"Not a Wholesale Buyer"** (bottom): Satirizes coal pricing scams. A working-class buyer (likely Irish, suggested by dialect "Oi") is quoted an inflated "per bushel" price when coal is actually sold by the pail. The joke exposes merchants deliberately using misleading measurements to overcharge poor customers. 3. **"Hazardous Business"**: A humorous anecdote about a maiden straining her eyes by gazing into distant landscapes, requiring an oculist's visit. **Advertisement Content:** The page includes a testimonial for Grape-Nuts cereal, framed as a medical success story where dietary change allegedly cured severe gastritis—reflecting early 20th-century health faddism and food-as-medicine marketing. The overall tone mixes domestic humor, consumer fraud satire, and period advertising targeting working-class readers.
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A LA LONGFELLOW. IVES of great men oft remind us We are dying in our prime, While they struggle on behind us In the same old social climb. CAREFUL DOCTOR PRESCRIBED CHANGE OF FOOD INSTEAD oF pRUGS. It takes considerable courage for a doctor to deliberately prescribe only food for a despairing patient, instead of resorting to the usual list of medi- cines. ‘There are some truly scientific physi- cians among the present generation who recognize and treat conditions as they are and should be treated regardless of the value to their pockets. Here's an instance: Four years ago I was taken with severe gastritis and nothing would stay on my stomach, so that I was on the verge of starvation, “Lheard of doctor who had a sum- mer cottage near me—a specialist from New York—and, as a last hope, sent for hi y why we are so late. After he examined me carefully he nn you were going to drive,”? advised me to try a small quantity of Grape-Nuts at first, then, as my stom- wigge. I praic the shippe of maydens come soon, for 1 ach became stronger, to eat more. am fain to have some one work for me, mine host grow-| “1 kept at it and gradually got so 1 ; ; could eat and digest three teaspoonfuls. ing testie. A curse upon all Indians, and widows both ayn ian Ue nave color inmy face of ye paynted tribe, and upon yis same Thankesgiving memory became clear, where before 7 . oe po | Daie weh is not. So to ‘bed after smoaking till I see | everything seemed a blank. My limbs FREE BOOKLET— a ten candles where there be but one, kn we xnenpon, | got stronger and I could walk. So 1 . steadily recovered, BEFORE AND AFTER. “Now, after a year on Grape-Nuts, I es How to Care for HIS is UT now | weigh 153 pounds. My people were sur- * ” the wa he goca prised at the way 1 grew fleshy and the Hair and Scalp Rows jeatitans [Gorgon ana teen went home like this tells how and why the con- before he took a wife. cause dandruff and prema- Howe ture falling of the hair are on deck to learn averted or promptly benefited for joy a ink HAZARDOUS BUSINESS. by Cases shampooing MAIDEN dropped her lovely with : eyes, Later she cast her eyes far He was : down the rocky slopes of the mountain by Al out late not stay side. After she had reste’ them upon ol : Ps six times out Inte the topmost branches of a near-by tree, a week because and ne peewes she let them fall upon the waters of a ieisky apie placid lake. ‘Then a visit to an oculist life. gette. mx [was imperative. ditions of the scalp which NOT A WHOLESALE BUYER. - How much is coal ??* Twenty-five cents a bushel." ; 1 Phaix, do yez take me for a millionaire? Oi mane by the pail.” comicbooks.com