Judge, 1910-05-07 · page 12 of 16
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This page from *Judge* magazine contains satirical commentary and advertisements typical of early 20th-century American humor. **Main Content:** - "Reflections of Uncle Ezra" offers dry observations on contemporary life: mothers and daughters performing together in vaudeville, census projections, and the New York Republican Party's adoption of fancy vests. - A short satire titled "The H.C. of L." (presumably "High Cost of Living") mocks inflation through a young man's romantic troubles—flowers and candy prices have risen so much that courtship becomes financially burdensome. - Another piece jokes about political movements claiming support from "press, pulpit, and people" while politicians cynically join for self-interest. **Advertisements:** The page features prominent ads for Rubberset shaving brushes, Packer's Tar Soap, and product testimonials, alongside a reference to Rostand's play "Chantecler" being retitled "The American Eagle" for New York production. **Satirical Tone:** Throughout, the humor relies on observational wit about American society, commercialism, and the gap between idealistic rhetoric and cynical reality.
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ROGER BRESNAHAN, OF THE “CARDINALS. ‘Good backstop | nd true, We hope he ‘Il stick right on the if For ten years mote—don't WE wonder what will happen if the in- surgents continue to rock the Ship of State. JUDGE REFLECTIONS OF UNCLE EZRA. By ROY K. MOULTON. ITH so many mothers and daughters doin’ the sister act in vaudeville, it is evident that time don’t fly quite as fast as it used to when a woman be- gan to get old at eighty-five. The director of the census says he expects to find that there are 91,000.000 Americans. Too bad New York's exclusive society can’t be counted in, for then there would be 91,000,400. Christopher Columbus was a mighty lucky man. He discovered America before the University of Copenhagen was founded. Mr. Weston, the pedestrian, says he wears a pair of silk stockings always. That seems like a long time to wear a pair of silk stockings. The New York Republican machine seems to have adopted the fancy-vest habit. RU The Hardwood Cereal Co.—Gentlemen A TESTIMONIAL. After using your breakfast food for thirty years 1 developed from a young gambler and rounder into a square man and a teetotaler. PACKER’S TAR SOAP The cleaning, anseptic and tonic propria y of its pure pine-tar, erine and sweet vege- table oils have given it an exclusive character, with unvarying results, for over 35 years. THE PACKER MFG. CO., New York Yours, Henry Hardcase. THE P THAT COUNTS. 46 VES,"’ says the earnest and enthusi- astic advocate of the new movement, “*We're bound towin. We ‘ve got the support of the press, pulpit, and people.”” “And of the politicians,"’ supplements his less enthusiastic, but equally confident, comrade."* THE H.C. OF L. «¢- VES, SIR,” says the salesgirl, ‘‘can- dy has gone up a quarter on the pound."* Regretfully the young man away and calls at another shop. “Yes, sir,"’ explains the salesgirl there, “‘ flowers have gone up this week. Roses are a dollar more on the dozen.”” With a doleful look the young man leaves the shop, murmuring to himself, “The higher cost of loving will work many hardships.’” walks RUBBERSET CONSTRUCTION DEFIES DESTRUCTION Bristles gripped in a bed of hard, vulcanized rubber stay forever. Price 25c upward to $6.00 at dealers everywhere. Berset Shaving Cream, a concentrated lather of cocoanut oil and glycerine—25c a tube. RUBBERSET COMPANY, BBERSET TRADE MARK Shaving Brushes Bristles gripped in hard rubber [iterators Newark, N. J. ROSTAND PRESENTS. 'HEN ‘‘Chantecler"’ is produced in New York, the title of the play will be ** The American Eagle.” THE UNDERTAKER. E LIKED the Club, as other men, Of woman's Heart was not afraid; He wore a Diamond now and then, But still he much preferred the Spade. N° MAN can remain long on top who did not look after his foundation while at the bottom. IT SLUGS HARD. COFFEE A SURE AND POWERFUL BRUISER. “Let your coffee slave be denied his cup at its appointed time! Headache— sick stomach—fatigue like unto death. I know it all in myself, and have seen it in others. Strange that thinking, reasoning beings will persist in its use,"’ says a Topeka, Kansas, man. He says further that he did not begin drinking coffee until after he was twenty years old, and that slowly it bi gan to poison him and affect his hea: ing through his nervous system. * Finally 1 quit coffee, and the condi- tions slowly disappeared; but one cold morning the smell of my wife's coffee was too much for me and I took a cup. Soon I was drinking my regular allow- ance, tearing down brain and nerves by the daily dose of the nefarious concoc- tion. ‘Later I found my breath coming hard and frequent fits of nausea, and then I was taken down with bilious fever. ‘Common sense came to me and I quit coffee for good and went back to Postum. I at once began to gain and have had no returns of my bilious symp- toms, headache, dizziness, or vertigo. “T now have health, bright thoughts, and added weight, where before there was invalidism, the blues, ard a skele- ton-like condition of the body “My brother quit coffee because of its effect on his health and now uses Postum. He could not stand the nerv- ous strain while using coffee, but keeps well on Postum. “Miss F., I know personally, was in- capable of doing a day's work while she was using coffee. She quit it and took up Postum, and is now well and has perfectly steady nerves."” Read the little book, Wellville,”” in packages. Reason."" Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. ‘The Road to “There's a comicbooks.com