Judge, 1910-01-22 · page 15 of 16
Judge — January 22, 1910 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* (a satirical American magazine) combines humor, advertisements, and social commentary typical of early 20th-century publishing. **Main Content:** The central cartoon titled "OFFER REJECTED" satirizes changing gender roles. A college president's wife finds her name in factory-made overalls and sends a witty rejection letter to the unnamed factory worker who placed them there. She declares independence—refusing to marry "some silly noodle" and insisting on earning her own living. The satire targets both presumptuous male courtship and challenges contemporary expectations that women should seek marriage for financial security. **Supporting Cartoons:** "WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN ENGLAND" jokes about aristocratic privilege: a child asks about a "peer" in a political cartoon; her father explains peers "sat on" in Parliament, leading her to believe they literally sit on peers nationwide—absurdist humor mocking the British class system. **Advertisements:** The page is heavily laden with period ads: Old James E. Pepper Whiskey, Blatz Beer, Hotel Empire, and notably "Magic Foot Drafts" (a quack rheumatism cure with testimonials)—reflecting common patent medicine marketing of the era.
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RHEUMATISM Don't Take Medicine-Let Me Send You My Dollar External Remedy That Is Curing Thousands TO TRY FREE. This Coupon Brings It! Physicians have recommended it since 1780 ——— A happy-go-lucky young eee ident ef a famous college man of Edmeston a few Cr) H \ that at one time he al- days ago bought a pair of ray | OLD JAMES E. | f | lowed his wife to persuade overalls and in them found ee | him of the uselessness of the name of the factory : fire insurance on household good _— he allowed his policy to Ia zut bet- He wrote and made an offer of : i |ter judgment asserting itself, he finall ng delightful let | |renewed his insurance. The same day ter contains the reply that he received: a a fire in his wife's rooms destroyed “Iam a working girl, it is true, but I ues OTE RL PE some of her dresses, which the pro- make a good living and I do not care to | fessor enjoyed as a good joke. support a husband, as I probably would A Qts.~$5° Sold by Druggists ana Dealers | | | \ WHY, INDEED? OFFER REJECTED. | \ It is related of the pre: . and girl who had built and jointed the gar: | q | Indue time the president of the in- have ‘o do if I married some silly surance company wrote President Blank noodle who gets mashed on a girl he this lette: never saw. Permit me to say further “Dear Mr. Blank—We inclose check that I do not know how my card got in for $500, paying your fire claim under that pair of overalls, and when I do | Magic Foot Drafts cured J. Priest, of our policy B 600 marry, if ever, it will be some fellow Uxbridge, England, after. 35 years of pain. “I note, in passing upon these papers, who afford something better than a Cured 3 years ago. No retum. that the policy went into effect at noon, forty-seven cent pair of breeche oa ecel e fire div meonta Star be ras “4 itso Sivas aie De cern til Vike Ei the fir tid not Oi fa Star, cured his wife. No return of rheumatism : e years. Why the delay WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN ENGLAND. 1...J. 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Send homeneyjust the coupon, Do it now, This $1.00 Coupon FREE- Good for a regular $1.00 pair of Magic Foot Drafts to be sent to Try (as explained above) to “‘Needn't look so happy," cautioned the talkative man on the back plstform, “Look out fora cold winter. Ever read up the cold-weather prophets “"No,’”? laughed the stranger with the kit under his arm. ‘Iam too busy think- ing about the cold-weather profits.” d-weather profits?” : a ‘Yes; I'm a plumber."*-— Chicago We're selling a lot of News, Salesman ( ment)—‘* This neckl. Ask for It at the Club, Cafe MORE SERIOUS. or Burtt palabng efter a few Insist on **Biats’? Sof Abo we been added. He—"We'd have won the football Correspondence - game if our captain hacn't lost his OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES. _ head. ; She—"Merey! Was it s> bad as Little Margie" My mamma bought thar? | heard it was only an car. a ; ai Hotel Empire rin Cer 88 sn teamerins GET MARRIED 2st ape adollar for it. able people from all see ——— Little Edna —*Hub! If that’s all she —— Proteatanta, Catholi Broadway and 634 Street _paid, I'll bet it’s only plated.""—Chi- TO ADD INTEREST. B NEW YORK CITY cago News. A little boy was killed on a viaduct in acertain Texas city. A father was NO BETTER. trying to describe him to his little son, Sillicus—**Do you believe there is The child tried to recall the dead child. | honor among thieves?” and, failing, said sorrowfully to his Cyniena-—ON y are just as bad pa I wish it had been Patty as other people. *hiladelphia Record, O'F A Delineator, | Mail this Coupon to Masic Foot 1 ! pany, VB2 Oliver Blig., Jackson, Mich. hi N a \ yy, AN, ( 4 2) 4 \ ®t v KON te 2) ) »~ Rant a 2 = | * end \Q 8 Copyright, 1996, by Ju All Modern Improvement: = “ AWAITING YOUR REPLY * oom sith dete BANKING ON IT. : . 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