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This page from *Judge* is primarily **advertising and humorous vignettes**, not a political cartoon. The content consists of: **Humorous sketches** depicting dating/courtship mishaps: - College couples getting in trouble with chaperones - A man misunderstanding bridge card signals as romantic - A father warning a young suitor away from his daughter The jokes rely on turn-of-the-century social anxieties: strict propriety around unmarried couples, class consciousness (elderly ladies on trolleys), and parental protectiveness. References to Harvard and Yale suggest an educated readership. **The "Dishwater" piece** appears to be mock-Shakespearean satire, humorously elevating mundane kitchen complaints to poetic language. **Advertisements** dominate: Hunter Rye tonic, Hotel Normandie (Washington DC), Tampa Bay Hotel, and various patent medicines (morphine "free on approval"). The overall tone reflects early 1900s American leisure-class humor—genteel, slightly risqué, assumption of reader familiarity with college culture and social conventions.

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| CAP AND GOWN SMILES 5 | RULES OF FOOTBALL. I seized her little hand in mine, And got an awful scolding, For it seems in my excitement Trave wart I'd been "*p zed for holding."” I stole ten kisses more or less— 1 g : DO YOU NEED A TONIC, ARE : YOU WEARY, WORN OR WASTED HUNTER BALTIMORE RYE IS A PERFECTLY PURE TONICAL STIMULANT | The chaperon was watchi 4 And was prepared to "kick’?; | But it turned out to be a ‘fake, For I was just too quick. The nature of the game demands, Of course, a set of rules; But they are only worrisome To imbeciles and fools. —Harvard Lampoon, A BRIDGE SIGNAL. bas | § Pi should hold < hand like that IN A TROLLEY. Polite youth (as elderly lady enters) | your daughter's sli —Pheest take my seat, madam.” old at all fret clase cafes and by Jobhers Wat EA aitay a8, bea wa LORLORE DR DR GORE. pear?” |sWhy, if L held a hand like yours, I think I'd make it diamonds, dear.” —Yale Record. Elderly tady- B of the sort, I am a suffragette.”” Harvard Lampoon, Beware of Imitations “tons Washburne Fasteners SUITIN Hairess—" N Count Onetothrt To you what make would best ap- ir, | will do nothing her slightest touch is usually for a hun- — | dred dollars, Peres Chartreux —GREEN AND YELLOW— DISHWATER. The quality of dishwater is not strained. It droppeth in a gentle shower upon The man beneath. It cleanseth twice seth ‘That which is washed and also him that washe ‘Tis mightiest when soapiest; washeth | | The breakfast dishes better than a towel: A towel shows the force of circum- stances, Extravagance of kitchen maid and cook, | Wherein doth lie the dread of laundry | bills | Dishwater is above this friction process. It is adhesive—pleasant to the taste. It is a flavor of the food you eat; And earthly conversation doth soar to loftiest heights | When dishwater seasons coffee. --Cornell Widow. —clea SO TOUCHING. But, sir, I thrill at htest touch.’”” Young man, I find Anzious suitor: Practical fathe "University of Minnesota Minnehaha, TO ‘THE WORD, piast he an my first pape OBEYING THE DOCTOR. “Shirt, sir? Will have a neglige ra stiff bosom?"” Customer- I guess. T doctor said I must avoid starchy things. Red Hen, Salesman you iw1i—"* What's the ambition?’ THO. Well, I don't know exactl; but she just comes up to my shoulde Harvard Lampoon, height of your DAINTY DELICIOUS EXQUISITE CORDIAL OF THE CENTURIES NORMANDIE Washington, D. C. Corner of ISth and I Streets pposite Mc Pherson Square, ‘one of the most beautiful parks in the city, within two squares of the Treas- ury, and three squares of the White House, and the State, War and Navy Buildings, and’ con- tiguous to all points of interest. Telephones, Electric Lights and all modern conveniences, European rate $1.50 and up; also American Plan P. H. S. CAKE, MANAGER Fireproof. Tampa, Florida Management of | David Lauber | Winter Scason December ist, 1999!) April roth, 1910. Fifth Year ine, flowers, music, tennit, epee fn hunting, motor- d g- 100 miles of ‘dustless, soa roads. No Storms of Fogs on the West Cots Information and Booklet for the asking: ‘Adéress Tampa, Bay Hotel, Agent ic Coast Line, Seats Mallery, Savannah