Judge, 1910-03-19 · page 10 of 16
Judge — March 19, 1910 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page from the satirical magazine **Judge** contains several unrelated humor pieces typical of early 20th-century American comedy: **"The Drummer's Sermon"**: A traveling cigar salesman is mistaken for a clergyman and delivers a mock-philosophical sermon comparing men to cigars—both come in various qualities regardless of exterior appearance, and ultimately "come to ashes at the last." The humor lies in the irreverent comparison and the salesman's confidence in his own wisdom. **Other sketches** include: - A complaint about cheap cigars made of cabbage - A parody of Hamlet's soliloquy about smoking - Brief comic dialogues about diamonds, post-office receipts, and keeping quiet The page reflects **turn-of-the-century American humor**: working-class characters (salesmen, clerks), cynical observations about commerce and marriage, and irreverent treatment of highbrow literature. The satire targets consumerism and social pretension rather than specific political figures or events.
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JUDGE THE DRUMMER'S SERMON «¢ CERTAINLY I will make a few remarks," says the cigar sales- man who because of his solemn garb has been mistaken for aman of the cloth. Ascending the platform, he says, “Men are much like cigars. Often you cannot tell by the wrapper what the filler is. Sometimes a good old stogie is more popular than an imported celebrity. Some men are all right in the show case, on display, but are great disappoint- ments when you get them home. No matter how fine a " man is, eventually he meets his match. A two-fer often puts on as many airs as a fifty-center. Some men never get to the front at all except during campaigns, Some are very fancy outside and are selected for presents. Others have a rough exterior, but spread cheer and comfort about them because of what is inside. But all men, as all cigars, good or bad, two-fers, stogies, or _— rich or poor, come to ashes at the last."* TOO EXPENSIVE. «THIS cigar tastes T like it was made of cabbage,” growls thecustomer. { “Huh!” replies the clerk. “If you knew the wholesale price of cabbage this year, you wouldn't insinuate that it “HUH! I'LL BET THOSE =GGS WERE LAID BY could be put in a THAT RABBIT I'VE BEEN HEARING SO MUCH five-cent cigar.’” ABOUT LATELY." HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY. MORE UP-TO-DATE. NOT BEYOND REPAIR. (11a apotagien to Witllom Shabewesse) De Style—* Old Resse Blufe—" Ob, Sve, what de you think! All by ESTELLE MAY NOLTE Dreemyr doesn't my diamonds bave been stolen’ i ‘ . ‘i Swe Brette—* Well, cheer up! you ‘ll get your week's T° SMOKE or not to smoke—that is the question; build eastles in the gary tormortow, and Jos can buy I ore juste Whether it is the more manly to give up air any more.” my, The weed and cease acquaintance with my Lady Guibas ~i6% * Nicotine, or to assume with braggart air Gunbusta— ‘Is . The manners of a worldly man efy that so? A FOURTH-CLASS POST-OFFICE. The laws of health and women’s veiled disgust? De Style—""He © TED SMITH has got a girl in the next town.”” To quit smoking—yes, if by that means we gain builds aeroplane sta- “That ought to help our post-office receipts Our heart's desire; then, ‘tis a consummation doaiatheciemoe.” “waka Devoutly to be wished. - . Rook Mammen Reape 77; Reon) i Ti) MAY Hyd at “GOING FOR KEEPS.” * Say, cap, how does it go?"* “Oh, it’s unusually quiet. ‘That 's good. Keep it so. I''ve a tender stomach."" 6 comicbooks.com