Judge, 1909-12-25 · page 15 of 17
Judge — December 25, 1909 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**The Main Content:** This is primarily a **1909 Judge magazine page featuring advertising and college-themed poetry**, not political satire. The dominant pieces are promotional materials and poetry about college football. **The Cartoons/Poetry:** James Montgomery Flagg's illustrations accompany romantic/nostalgic verses about "the girl of the football time"—idealizing female spectators at college football games in autumn. The tone is wistful nostalgia for courtship moments. A longer poem titled "The Vampire" satirizes a specific, small-scale incident: a college student ("stude") who confidently bet money on what he believed was a winning football team, but lost everything when his team actually lost. The poem mocks his overconfidence and subsequent financial ruin through repetitive, mock-dramatic language. **The Context We'd Miss:** College football betting appears to have been common enough for Judge to satirize it. The phrase "Whatever That Is" applied to "vampire" suggests contemporary debates about that literary trope's meaning. The bulk of the page advertises White Rock water and a puzzle contest—typical period magazine filler.
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E r Wwe! Instead of Candy Why Not By James Montgomery Flagg. Copyright, 1909, by Judge Co, “ AWAITING YOUR REPLY” In 50-cent size, 11 x 14 inches. In $1.00 size, 14% x 20 inches. Remember Her By James Montgomery Flaga, Copyright, 1909, by Jude Co. DON’T YOU WHIP MY DOGGY! Size, 8x0 Sepia, 25 cents. Hand-colored, 50 cents. bove, with your +“ Quality Prints" that you may like bet- ter. A two-cent stamp will bring circula LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY 225 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK \CAP AND GOWN JINGLES THE GIRL OF THE FOOTBALL ‘IME. GIRL OF THE AUTUMN DAYS. |So brave and blithe and gay, | When we sat on the bleachers together | In the Indian summer weather And watched the big men play. | In your cheeks how red was the blood! | Your eyes were as fair as fame. | Your presence was very good— | As good as the grand old game. GIRL OF THE FOOTBALL TIME. Oh, what to me was care, |While the maple’s gay drifting, And the clear autumn sunlight shifting |Fell golden on your hair! When you smiled at_me with your lips, And smiled at me with your eyes, And my thoughts were as white-sailed ships That freighted a golden prize. leaves, slow GIRL IN THE BLEACH : Your clear-voiced, urging cheer, Far over the gridiron ringing, And the scund of your eager singing Lever will hold dear. Cherish you for the sake of the game— And the game for your sake, too— I may quite forget your name, But I'l remember you! —University of Wisconsin Sphinz. A fow dashes of Abbott's Bitters on sliced oranges maken a delectable dish, THE VAMPIRE (WHATEVER THAT IS). (With apologies to Kioling.) A stude there was and he made a bet (Even as you and 1) On the other team, which he thought | would get The victory, when our team it met; gret (Even as you and I), Oh, the days he thought and the ways he thought He would spend his easy dough That he put on the team that he thought would win, (And now we know they could never win, | _ Fer they never had a show.) |The stude began then to celebrate | en as you and I) | Before the game, for he could not wai | He had no doubt of the Gopher’s fate, gait (Even as you and 1). “Oh, they couldn’t beat and they wouldn't be beat,” The stude was heard to crow. But the game was played and they did- | n't win, (And now we know they could never win, For they didn’t have a show.) |The stude was relieved of his last red | cent (Even as you and I), | He had no money for board nor rent, He longed for the money that he had spent, | He tried to borrow, but nobody lent (Neither would you nor I), Now, it isn’t a joke to be dead broke, But it’s worse that all should know You bet on the other man’s team to wii | (And now we know they could never win, For they never had a show). —University of Minnesota Minnehaha, His hunch he was sure he would not re-| So he traveled a sizzling six-cylinder | While Rock “The World’s Best Table Water”’ Awards in Judge’s Puzzle River Contest (See leave of Judge for October 23d, 1909) The award of prizes made in accordance with the conditions printed in Jupce for October 23d, 1909, is as follows : 1, RAPIDAN 2. SUWANEE 3. JAMES FIRST PRIZE $5.00 Awarded to J. Bain Thompson, 472 Breckenridge St., Buffalo, N. Y, SECOND PRIZE $1.00 Awarded to each of the following: Mra, L. H. Ofey, Bristol, Tenn. Mrs. Cradock, Livermore, Col. Earl W. Ward, Sidney, N. Y. James Doyle, Holland, Mich. P. J. Ferris, New York, N. Y. THIRD PRIZE A year’s subscription to JUDGE'S LIBRARY Awarded to each of the following: J. A, Lukanitsch, Ramsey, Ida. F. Kathleen Pearson, Buffalo, N. Y. G. Fredricks, Baltimore, Md. T. A. Funk, Decatur, Ill. George B. Salender, Frankfort, Ky. James Byrne, Cambridge, N. Y. Lillie Keiser, St. Louis, Mo. Mrs.W.W. Bryan, Charlottesville, Va. Mrs. Milton E. Taylor, East Saugus, Mass, W. E. Fuller, Kalamazoo, Mich. Luna W. Megan, Ogdensburg, N. Y. Mrs. W. O. Smith, Lynchburg, Va. Anna Rosenbaum, Muskegon, Mich. 4. MERRIMAC 5. INDIAN 6. IVER JOHNSON REVOLVER L. Meinert, Dallas, Tex. John Wehman, Brooklyn, N. Y. Harry Carroll, St. Louts, Mo. Mrs. S. M. Bassard, Grand Rapids, Mich. Carl H. Bullock, Oswego, N. Y. Arthur Skeen, Newark, O. Mrs. R. A. MacDonald, Enid, Okla. FOURTH PRIZE A copy of George Reiter Brill’s picture, “Don’t You Whip My Doggy!” Awarded to each of the following: Dr. Ramon James, Flat Rock, Ill. Adolph Melzer, Evansville, Ind. Charles J. Maschmeier, Cincinnati, O. Boulder, Col. Long Branch, N. J. Elmer Englert, Loveland, O. Frank L. Weaver, Albany, N. Y. William Smith, Two Harbors, ‘Minn, Peter W. Kuhn, Scranton, Pa. Mrs. C. Hausrath, Central Islip, N. Y. Ernest Langgood, Baltimore, Md. F, P. Pitzer, Jersey City, N. J. Fred Burkhart, Cleveland, O. Frank Winfield, Jamaica, N. Y. Julia Baker, Toronto, Canad: James McLaughlin, East Aurora,N.Y. Everett Roberts, Jacksonville, Fl Mrs. Robert Black, San Francisco,Cal. Winston Rawlins, Oklahoma City, Okla. Albert Bradford, Chattanooga, Enjoy a Personally Conducted Mlustrations by James Montgomery Flagg If You Haven't Read Nervy Nat’s Adventures you've missed a good share of life’s fun. He insists upon getting into scrapes. Can't help himself. And you're glad he can't, for it’s a pile of fun to watch his maneu- vers. He laughs his way into your affections by his colossal nerve. Leslie- Judge Company 225 Fifth Ave, New York comicbooks.com