Judge, 1910-01-15 · page 15 of 16
Judge — January 15, 1910 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Judge magazine primarily contains **light humor and advertisements** rather than political satire. The main content is a **children's counting-out rhyme titled "Cap and Gown Smiles: Ten Little Aviators"** (sourced from Columbia Jester). It's a darkly comic parody of "Ten Little Indians," where each stanza describes an aviator dying in increasingly absurd ways—striking dirigibles, the Milky Way, the Singer Tower, waterspouts, and eventually a submarine. This reflects early 20th-century anxieties about aviation's dangers when it was still a nascent, risky technology. The page also includes several **short humor pieces** ("The Lesson," "Extravagance," "The Proper Cut," and "House Party Time") that are gentle domestic and romance jokes with no political content. **Advertisements** fill much of the page, including the prominent Blatz beer ad and Judge's Quality Prints (art calendars). The "Do You Ever Smoke?" section by Percy D. Johnson is a subtle advertisement disguised as editorial content, suggesting readers purchase framed art prints for their smoking rooms. Overall, this is a typical issue page mixing entertainment, light humor, and advertising.
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PENNSYLVANIA R. R. Reminder Bulletin ‘There are two trains that the world is watching. ‘They are | making records, and records | on land and sea and in the air {CAP AND GOWN SMILE: are watched these days. ‘The TRNIEITTLRYAVIATORS: ENNS' ‘1 CIAL Ten little aviators, flying in a line; PENNSYLVANIA SPE One struck a dirigible, then there were is saving time and money to the nine. : i | business man by permitting him Nine little aviators, hitting up their to snap down his desk at 4 gait; One ripped his starboard wing, and then o'clock and meet his associates there were eight. in Chicago the next morning as | SY ‘ ~ on ‘ight little aviators, flying up to heaven; they open theirs. In the mean- | Ge" struck the Milky Way, and then time he may continue his busi- hate were sven ness with a free stenographer at | coven tittle aviators, trying funny his elbow, or loaf with the | tricks; conveniences of the club at | One turned a somersault, and then there hand were six. = The “Special” leaves Uptown _| Six little aviators, glad to be alive; tlle New York at 3.55 P. M One hit the Singer Tower, then there " . ae were five, Downtown by Ferry at 4.00) | ™O™ ; sing P.M., Downtown by Hudson | Five little aviators, neither less nor & Manhattan Tube at 4.05 P. One lost his nerve a bit, and then there ee M., and arrives in Chicago were four. next morning at 8.55. It kills | Four little aviators, flying o'er the sea; time because it runs in the | One struck a waterspout, and then there night were three. “ ” Three little aviators, feeling rather | - The 24-Hour St. Louis blu is giving the business man an | One hit a Hertzian wave, and then there : entire afternoon for recreation at were two: the club, or elsewhere. Hemay | Two little aviators, blinded by the sun; leave Uptown New York at | One bumped into Mars, then there was one. String 1 Do You Ever Smoke? sarees es z ne little aviator (now my story's done) ; . (by Ferry), Downtown at 6.35 | He bought a submarine, and then there by Hudson & Manhattan Tube was none. and reach St. Louis at 5.25 the —Columbia Jester. By Perey D. Johnson. next afternoon. He may enjoy aan - Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the a good night on an easy-running best remedy for their children. 25¢ a bottle. Goth am or other, train and continue his work the the smoker's den really doesn’t have artistic pictures on its walls. GEMS OF INDEXING. The following are to be found in the catalogue of the Squantum Corners Pub- next day with a stenographer at his beck and call, or he may do anything he can do at his club lic Library: except play billiards. Bacon; Its Preparation. | stay in New “ Inductive Reasoning. i | . He gets a whole day in New ead Poisoning. e Reasoning. Why not surprise yourself | York. |“ Kindly Light. , with a dollar's worth of ae ‘These trains are not only time- —Jack O° Lantern. ? ata savers, but nerve-resters. Judge’s They exhilarate and refresh. | HOUSE PARTY TIME. . ‘, ‘They: way be banked on for “Do you believe in fate?” he asked, Gauss aan os Quality e as he snuggled closer. OKER’S HEAR? Print . time. | “Well,” answered the girl, “I believe Les EART, Ss :— = —-) that what's going to happen will hap- Ehotorravars ts hive pieck, 18x 16: | "9 i | Fifty cents, JUDGE'S MIRROR pen.”’—Cornell Widow. well framed in a neat black HE Christmas) i ied By James Montgomery Flags. wood frame ? very lover of & good JUDGE comes | abiveta Bitters bo ocd in mating Ws insures your the nearest to getting the very best. the beautiful = Christmas annu- THE LESSON. Our new line of art cal- eet ee Freshman—“Is this lesson for the endars, “For Lovers and lished in’ this| Week?” . * i Others,” now ready. Circu- country. — Cape| ,Professor—“‘No; for the strong.”— i - wo lar on application, for a 2- May Herald. University of Texas Coyote. : cent stamp, a | ristmas ‘ : } | Ji nee te a mag- EXTRAVAGANCE. - ‘Trade supplied by the ° | ne of good cheer. Perhaps no other “Extravagance!’’ the father cried. W. R. ANDERSON CO. — | Yule-tide publication is so chock full of || ‘‘It seems to me you need a check !’” ; ‘32 Union Square, New York |) the good-time spirit as JupcEe.—Spring- | To which the smiling son replied, Copyright, 1908, by Judge Co. } field Union, “Yes, father, I do need a check.”” A WIDOW’S WEEDS. “d —University of Wisconsin Sphinz. Photogravure in black, 12 x 16, LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY a Jupor, the celebrated New York Fifty cent, Srecaick maaaaig comic weekly, excelled itself this year A companion picture of “ With This Ring Fitth Avense i" in its Christinas number, which is, in- THE PROPER CUT. 1 Thee Wed.” ‘New YoRu™™ Set nif deed, saying something, as the Christ-| | Student—Want my hair cut,"” - mas number of that periodical is always| Barber—‘‘Any special way?’” me tich in humorous prose, verse, and illus-| Student—"Yes; off.""— Williams Pur- trations.—Grand Rapids Press. ple Cow. . In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com