Judge, 1909-12-25 · page 14 of 17
Judge — December 25, 1909 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains satirical advice columns rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: **"My Summer Girl"** - A romantic illustration paired with sentimental verse about a young woman, likely poking fun at summer courtship traditions. **"Some Don'ts for Christmas"** - Humorous gift-giving advice targeting various social classes. The satire mocks both wealthy people (warning against extravagant gifts) and poor people (criticizing ostentatious displays). It also ridicules employers' paternalism toward employees and includes stereotypical observations about romantic relationships. **"What People Know"** - Sardonic observations about employer-employee dynamics, suggesting bosses exploit workers while believing themselves benevolent. **"Great Disappointment"** - A brief joke where a woman receives only a photograph instead of an expected valuable gift. The page primarily contains advertisements (Underberg Bitters, Marvel products, etc.) and a Western Union telegram form. The satire reflects early-20th-century class consciousness and social conventions around courtship and commerce.
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MY SOME DON'TS FOR CHRISTMAS. ON’T send a grand piano to your fiancée in Chi cago, with a little note requesting her to putat into her stocking. Don’t send an el runabout to widow with fiv ing children, This i throwing ar f pw to a drowning tan, Don’t give your wife a set of Russian sables or an ermine opera cloak if your balance at the bank is down to an over- draft of four dollars and el ents, Don’t present your pastor with a copy of The World mons. might. pre hy mistal and interfere with your Sunday morning nap. ctrie freezing starv- like Is k check signed to your s As a student of the arts, it may be that he has learned to draw. Don’t undertak Claus for t dren and try to com flue if you have a waist m ment of fifty-seven inches, Don't be ostentatious in your e ation of the day. The man who d orated his windows last year with wreaths woven of gr all over with maraschino cherries i stead of hol sojourning this season at Blow Don't appe with ap to impersonat. tion of y down of mistlet your winter hat unless y ticularly angular old maid. large number of freshn from college lurking about, and they might- well, you never can tell. usage Congress, or a barrel of sand to your) r; but it is bad policy to send your rol n labeled A Won Club for Mother To Spend Her Af noons at.’” She might insist upon y j i it some wi pre-Christmas promises that you do not intend to fulfill, It ise your daughte wand then give her a muflin ring, or to tell your son, who is fond of motor: ing, that he shall have a new machine for Chris ed then present: him aner or a newfangled dents of any strany us that turn up unexpectedly in r household after midnight. There al impostors about, impel ating: th ad tirely un i | who Yule-tid to action them qu tuate ding whatsoever in th Union. If th give them what you kly and without stint, by the spirit of the hour, the their gifts first.—/Ho WHAT PEOPLE KNOW. THE EMPLOYER. That h they are worth. Phat he hiring then That his intemperate. mployés are “blacklist is a great deal more an the boycott. 1 do vastly more for men if they would only let him, ‘That it is better for him to in- terfere with the business of the employé than for the employé to interfere with his business, SUMMER GIRL soon will st Lays are dre immer while TE know the sum “Though now the But what I for Its finest girl is her That love is endu That she ¢ ng as titne itself. ‘ares for him for himself hat i is more often a failure thant . That finally he has found som who ix too good for him, at always I » thought 4 in love he was mistaken, at poetry ix the only kind of litera- s which is worth while an ars hat the man who has no ¢ in his soul is fit for tr Don't fail to dis on Christmas economies. lant year's gifts for this ye eful not to send haunt the very same 1 for you last Christmas, Don't look ungracioustl, n the gain-counter cigars your wife buys for nu as le surprise, but keep them moke when | her is vis- nor to augment your popularity y wh run for wafted into $ ‘gislature on the strength of that kind of a weed. Don't be st fts for those you lo It is all right anything: to send ac fthe Payne tariff bill,, | Mar bound in pigskin, to your member of] nell Widow, F's presents, to your rich abe she ntin vayon, stratagem, mex in New Yurk GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT. Mary" promixed to ser for Christmas, “What, didn’t: he appointed. m a handsome present your choice of send you —Cor- Yes; his photograph. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY RECEIVED roves, ocneet are nereby agreed EPATCR_OP J US XORK CAT. PERRI NOR LOK WAVER NGACHED THE POL, THEY NEARLY BHOKE ty MIG CANDY CANE, THAT I TAS TOURING ’SOUTI DECEMBER U5, HAILIG PLAG ONTO ITs ___SANTA CLAUS. (ar READ THE NOVICE AND AUNCEMENT ON DACK. a3 an’s night on your return your own club in a defenseless | The Best Bitter Liqueur} nderberg ¢ World's Best Bitters Equally good as ton- ic or cordial. Ap- petizes, prevents indigestion and ben- efits every one. Sul Bverpehere. EN BROTITERS, New York, Luyt' U.S. Agents, per's is paying his men more than! is doing them a great favor thriftless and "wonder if I'd write him a letter if he'd send me a baby brother!" Phu TWENT FIVE CENTS LESLIE-JUDGE CO., Fifth Avenue and 27th Street MORE FUN than a bar el of MONKEYS. iAlpka” RUBBER TACKS LNRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE “MADE AT al WEST— ut 2 MARVEL WHIRLING SPRAY DOUCHE Ask your drug. gist for it, If nnot sup. ne MARVEL, accept avuluable to ladies, Address MARVEL CO., 44 East 234 Street, New York SAFE. ea ON onuccists JOR 95 HENRY ST. BROOKLYN NY. Press € ROMEIKE’ 'S: sand Furope ix Henry Romrixy GET MARRIED—"*"" people from all sections, | Protestants, Catho B. F. GUNNELS, Tol