Judge, 1910-02-05 · page 12 of 16
Judge — February 5, 1910 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple elements typical of early-20th-century Judge magazine: satirical cartoons, humorous fiction, and advertisements. **"The Pollyphone" cartoon** satirizes a fictional mechanical device marketed to the bereaved—essentially mocking both technological overreach and grief commercialization. The joke suggests the device needs "records with full vocabulary of song and swear words," implying people oscillate between sentimentality and profanity while mourning. **"A Suburban Elopement"** is a continuing serialized domestic comedy about parents anxious over their daughter Helen's romantic prospects, distracted by an airship passing overhead—contemporary satire reflecting early aviation's novelty and distraction. **"Born for the Job"** makes a brief visual gag about a new mail carrier (depicted as a monkey/primate), suggesting he's naturally suited to the work through crude racial/evolutionary humor typical of the era. The advertisements for Rubberset brushes, Evans' Ale, and Postum coffee represent period marketing. The Postum ad notably uses testimonial copy promoting coffee-cessation for health—reflecting contemporary anxieties about caffeine's effects.
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THE POLLYPHONE, ‘The latest invention to lessen the grief of the be- reaved Should be accompanied by records with full vocabulary of song and swear words. Gripped in hard rubber RUBBERSET Shaving Brushes Ask the barber or your dealer RUBBERSET Co. A SUBURBAN ELOPEMENT—Continued. Mrs. Wise—I think I'll lie down until dinner time. This affair has upset my nerves. Mr. Wise—Think how upset they would have been if we hadn’t gotten her letter. I never would have said a word ordinarily if he had come to take her out in the motor-car. BORN FOR THE JOB. Mr. Simian—'* What do you think of our new mail carrier ?"” Mr. Bengal- fit to start off with." SEE THAT Your Boule of Evans’ Red and. Black Label which fnsutes Brewery Bottling | * Great! And the best thing ‘s that he didn’t have to buy an out- (Exit Mrs. Wise.) pect to take Helen away in broad day- light? And every approach to the house in full view! When I see him I'll give him a plain talk--— Mrs. Wise (from within, excitedly)— Oh, father, come to the library window! Helen, come down and see the aeroplane right over our house! There’s a man in it. Quick! Oh, it's wonderful! Oh, how graceful! (Enter Mrs. Wise.) Father, did you hear? There’s an air- ship over the house. Come and see it. I wish the trees weren't so leafy. This would be a lovely place to see it only for the trees. Mr. W from my purpose. :—I am not to be diverted What's to prevent 50 CHURCH ST.. NEW YORK Helen from stealing out of the house while I was looking at the airship? My place is here, and here I'll stay. The airship will keep. Mrs. Wist—Well, I'll get Helen to go up on the roof, and we'll look at it to- gether. It will be an added safeguard against her elopement. Mr. Wise—By George, that's so! If Bliss is on time he'll be here in a mo- ment now. (Exit Mrs. Wise.) Voice or Mrs. Wise (upstairs)— Helen, Helen, follow me up on the (Continued on following page.) HARD TO DROP BUT MANY DROP IT. A young California wife talks about coffee: “Tt was hard to drop Mocha and Java and give Postum a trial, but my nerves were so shattered that I was a nervous wreck, and, of course, that means all kinds of ails. “At first I thought bicycle riding caused it and I gave it up, but my con- dition remained unchanged. I did not want to acknowledge coffee caused the trouble, for I was very fond of it. At that time a friend came to live with us, and I noticed that after he had been with us a week he would not drink his coffee any more. I asked him the re: son. He replied, ‘I have not had a headache since I left off drinking coffee, some months ago, till last week, when I began again, here at your table. I don’t see how any one can like coffee, any- way, after drinking Postum!’ “IT said nothing, but at once ordered a package of Postum. That was five months ago, and we have drank no coffee since, except on two occasions when we had company, and the result each time was that my husband could not sleep, but lay awake and tossed and talked half the night. We were convinced that coffee caused his suffering, so he returned to Postum, convinced that coffee was an enemy, instead of a friend, and he is troubled no more by insom “T, myself, have gained 8 pound: weight, and my nerves have ceased to quiver. It seems so easy now to quit coffee that caused our aches and ails and take up Postum.’ Read the little book, ‘‘ The Road to Wellville,"’ in packages. ‘* There's a Reason. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest.