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Judge — April 9, 1910 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several humorous anecdotes satirizing early 20th-century American concerns: **"Up in the Air"** mocks the Wright Brothers' patent disputes over aviation technology. The joke: Orville and Wilbur spot what they believe is another aviator infringing their "simultaneous warping and steering" patent, only to discover it's a duck—deflating their litigious pretensions. **"No Place for Him"** satirizes office-seekers pestering New York Mayor Gaynor for jobs. The mayor's dismissive reply—acknowledging the man's face but claiming not to "place" him—is a cutting insult suggesting the man is forgettable and unworthy. **"A Warning to Chauffeurs"** references actor Raymond Hitchcock quoting a stage dialogue about reckless automobile drivers ("scorching motorists"), joking darkly about running over babies and damaging tires on feeding bottles. **"Romulus and Remus"** features a tourist confusing Rome's famous she-wolf sculpture (nursing Romulus and Remus) with "Romeo and Juliet," humorously illustrating American cultural ignorance. The remaining content is period advertising for patent medicines and household products.
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UP IN THE AIR. In view of the con- || troversy now raging among aviators as to who owns the air, the following story is credited to Glenn H. Cui . Mr. Curt! was speaking ‘tin ligh! vein”’ of the Wright “In spite of what the papers say, they don’t own the air. Possibly you haven't heard about the conversation that was overheard between them at their Dayton ried Wilbur, running out of doors excitedly, ‘look! Here's an- other aviator using our patent!” ‘**He certainly is!’ shouted Orville. ‘That's our simultaneous warping and steering movement to a T!’ “Call a cop!’ screamed Wilbur. ‘Get out another injunction!’ “But Orville, who had looked through his binocular, put his hand on his brother's arm. “Come back to your work, Wilbur, he said. ‘It’s a duck,’”” NO PLACE FOR HIM. An office-seeker, meeting Mayor Gay- nor, of New York, as he was walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, thought it would be a good opportunity to brace him for a job. Good-morning, your honor,"’ began the man. ‘*I would consider it a great favor if you would” —— The man got no further, for the mayor looked him over and said, ‘‘Good- morning, sir. I know your face, but I can’t place you.”” ROMULUS AND REMUS. Mr. Ford had just met a man who had come from Rome. He relates the con- versation. ‘Well,’ I said to him, ‘how did you like the old town?’ “*® very artistic city, that’s what Rome is,’ he replied. “*Tell me,’ said I, ‘what work of art struck you most in Rome?’ “Well, sir,’ said he, ‘if you ask me, I must say that what struck me most. was that gol durned metal group of Romeo and Juliet deriving their nutri ment from a she wolf. If You Want Hair When Old \CKER’S TAR SOAP ie and tonie properties pre pine-tar, glycerine and sweet vege- oils have given it an exclusive character, varying results, for over 35 years. iE PACKER MFG. CO., New York cleansing, ant A_ WARNING TO CHAUFFEURS. Discussing the pro- posed laws against scorching motorists, Raymond __ Hitchcock, of ‘*‘The Yankee Con- sul’? fame, said, “It is time to check these men. They are getting quite too reckless. There was more truth than humor in a bur- lesque dialogue I read in a manuscript play the other night. ““*If there's one thing more than an- other I hate to run over,’ said a bur- lesque chauffeur, ‘it's a baby.’ “**Quite right,’ his companion agreed, ‘Those feeding bottles do play hob with a tire, don’t they?’ ’” ROSY COLOR PRODUCED BY POSTUM. “* When a person rises from each meal with a ringing in the ears and a general sense of nervousness, it is a common habit to charge it to aderanged stomach. “T found it was caused from drinking coffee, which I never suspected for a long time, but found by leaving off cof- | |fee that the disagreeable feelings went away. I was brought to think of the sub- ject by getting some Postum, and this brought me out of trouble. “It is a most appetizing and invigor- ating beverage and has been of such great benefit to me that I naturally speak of it from time to time as oppor- tunity offers. “A lady friend complained to me that she had tried Postum, but it did not taste good. In reply to my que: tion she said she guessed she boiled it about ten minutes. I advised her to follow directions and know that she boiled it fifteen or twenty minutes, and she would have something worth ing about. A short time ago I one of her children say that they were drinking Postum nowadays, so I judge she succeeded in making it good, which |is by no means a difficult task. |. “The son of one of my friends was formerly a pale lad, but since he has been drinking Postum, has a fine color. There is plenty of evidence that Postum actually does ‘ make red blood,’ as the famous trade-mark says."" 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