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This page contains two humorous stories satirizing the effects of Prohibition-era alcohol restrictions. **"The Dry Colonels"** depicts Southern gentlemen reduced to desperation—they've exhausted their liquor supply and are left "weeping" and unable to obtain whiskey or juleps. The joke's point is clear: the liquor ban has devastated these traditionally genteel characters who depended on alcohol. A traveling salesman witnesses their suffering and mocks them in a parody, emphasizing how "dry" (empty of alcohol) Tennessee has become. **"The Congressional Formality"** offers a secondary satire: congressmen loudly request items from each other across a dinner table using elaborate parliamentary courtesy ("the gentleman from Maine"). An annoyed guest sarcastically asks a waiter, "Will the gentleman from Africa pass me the butter?"—mocking their affected formality as absurd and performative. Both stories suggest Prohibition's impact: one directly mourning lost drinking culture, the other indirectly criticizing political pretense during this contentious era. The advertisements surrounding the text promote vacations and hotels—escape destinations, fitting for a magazine published during alcohol restrictions.

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5 4 ears THE DRY COLONELS. THE SALESMAN traveling in sunny Tennessee shared his last quart of Kentucky special with the throat- parched colonels in the little inn and retired for the night. Along about mid- night he became restless, and sitting on his trunk near the open window, he heard the erratic notes of a familiar song wafting upward from the yard be- low. It was the colonels draining the last few drops in his bottle and strug- gling through the chorus of ‘‘The Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee."’ ‘‘I could hear those darkies singing," wailed one of the colonels; and then another picked up the notes, me'’; then another, ‘‘Far across those fields of cotton’’; then the fourth, ‘My old homestead I could see."’ Then the first again, ‘‘As the moon rose in its glory"; then another, “Then I told love's sweetest story’; then a grand chorus, ‘To the girl I loved in sunny Tennessee." The young commercial man listened and chuckled softly. And then, when & he knew the last drop of the liquor was gone, he leaned out of the window and serenaded the serenaders below with the following parody : I could hear the colonels weeping, ‘As they bid fa-ewell to me. Far across the fields of cotton All was dry as dry could be. Colonels with noses as red as tulips Called in vain for rye and juleps, And I left them broken-hearted Down in sunny Tennessee. At one of the hotels in Washington several members of Congress made themselves conspicuous by calling to one another across the table, ‘‘ Will the gentleman from Maine pass me the read?" ‘* Will the gentleman from —— pass me the salt?’’ etc., ete. There was a gentleman present who was ex- ceedingly annoyed by their conversa- tion, and, turning to the waiter at the tack of his chair, he politely requested, “Will the gentleman from Africa pass me the butter? ‘The Bassett $1.00 Adder 1,000 Island | House Alexandria Bay Jefferson County New York IN THE HEART OF THE THOUSAND ISLANDS ‘In the most enchanting spot in all America, where nature's charms are rarest, all the de- lights of modern civilization are ff added in the 1,000 Island jouse No hotel of the Metropolis promdes greater living facilities or such lorurious comfort—real home comfort —as does this palatial summer retreat. An amusement every hour, or quiet complete rest is the choice of every GAL Drinking Water used in re house is filtered. @Send two | J-cent stamps for Illustrated Booklet. | O. G. STAPLES, Proprietor ©.S.CLARK HARRY PEARSON Manager Chief Clerk JUDGE 1 WHERE TO SPEND YOUR | VACATION OW MANY of the readers of Jupce are wondering where they will get the most pleasure for the least | money on their summer vacation? How many want to try a new spot this year? Isn't it well to plan your vacation a lit- tle bit yourself, when you can do so very easily with the assistance that this issue of Junce will give you? Notice some of the offers of free il. lustrated booklets and other things that you can find in Jupce. An illustrated summer book with mapof the Cat: ind list of boarding houses and hotels in thi ont picturesque and romantic mountain reso:t. | Sent free on receipt of $ cents tor postage. N.Y ‘As she bid farewell to a. laid out for you wi York Central Lines Travel Bureau, Room 60, Grand Central Terminal, New York, and tell what kind of a trip you would prefer, the number in your party, the time and money you feel | willing to spend. You will be surprised at the amount of interesting information you will receive without cost A handsome summer excursion book. describing over 800 leading resorts, hotels and boarding houses, with maps, routes and ‘rates. Mountains, seashore and fishing. or all combined. Ask any ticket agent of the Pennayivania Railroad. You can get a copy for ten cents. If there is no Pennsylvania office where you live, send twenty Pennsylvania R. et this handsome vacation bouk. the money. Mention Jupce. Nothing more invigorating than t air of ‘of Ontario, S copy of the beautifully illustrated booklet on "The Lake of Bays Country” Drop a postal to F. P. Grand Trunk R. R., 290 Broadway, New happiness in the vac shore dinner in the heart of the Thousand Islands, | ind two two-cent stamps for illustrated booklet to | O.G. Staples, proprietor Thousand Island House, Alexandria Bay, New York. The finest fishing. | “The mountains uf Colorado offer the finest attrac- | tons for camping. hunting’ and shine riding, j bathing and all other summer sports. All the facts | including the low summer rates. in beautifully illus- | | trated free booklets. Write to E. L. Lemax, G. P. A. | Union Pacifie R. R, Omaha, Neb., mention JubGE and you will get the booklets without charge. ‘Wear comfortable shoes on your vacation trips, None better than the W. L. Douglas Shoe. If your dealer does not keep them, write for mail order catalog showing how to order direct from the factory, delivered free. Drop a postal to W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass., and tell him that you are a reader of Jupor. Every traveler knows the comfort of using Allen's Foot-Ease. Write postal for free trial package to Allen 8. Oimsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Cover your bald spot. Wigs ard toupees sent on approval. Catalog free. Drop a postal to Lombard Bambina Co.. 113 Monree St.. Lynn, Muss. | “Hints to Inventors, free book on patents, Send postal to Greeley & Meintire, Patent Attorneys, Washington, D.C, mentioning JUD In the list of resorts of the world, you will alwa: | Springs, Lake George. the Adirindacks and Lake | Champlain. ‘For the fisherman. the camper or the health seeker, the Delaware and Hudson Railroad | offers quiet hotels, fashionable resorts or moderate | fate boarding houses, all described in a beautiful booklet called “A Summer Paradise.” It has nearly | | 400 pages and a free copy will be sent toany reader | of JUDGE who will send six cents postage to A. A. Heard, G. Po A.D. & H.R. R. Albany, New Yor ‘Those who live fa the inland section have anatural | the sea and the sound of the surf, | je teen opened in every part of Long suburb of met ropol te. The Long Island Railroai’s famous took, "Long Island Resorts,” will be sent to any of our | readers for six cents postage if they will address the General Passenger Agent. Long Island R. 267 Fifth Avenue, New York, and mention JUDGE. It is aaid that in all the world there is no water trip like the ona on the famous Great Lakes of ‘America. Commodious steamers sail from Bu every Wednentay and every Saturday. These are ot only the most delightful, cool and comfortable, | but also the mort healthful water trips that any one | | insearch of areal rest can take. ‘The novelty o | the trip is something to be remembered." Full par- ticulare to any reader who will write for information concerning the Great’ Lake Tours to Mr. W. M. | Lowrie, G. P. A.. Northern Steamship Co., 379 Broadway, New York. A MERCENARY VIEW. The actress, Mrs. Sol Smith, told a good one the other evening at a dinner given in her honor: | “The modern spirit is much more mercenary than the spirit of fifty years ago. I know a very beautiful girl—in my day she'd have been married off at eighteen—but though she is now twenty- | five, her matrimonial prospects are dark and gloomy. At a tea I pointed the beautiful - creature out to a young lawyer and said, There's nothing sweeter and love- lier than that girl in America! Why don’t you try for her hand?’ What has she got in it?’ the young lawyer coldly answered. \ In answering advertisements please Apollinaris THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.” Bottled only at the Spring, Neuenahr, Germany, and Only with its Own Natural Gas. Grand Trunk Railway Syste Plan to Spend Your Summer Holidays This Year at One of These Delightful Spots Goad hotel accommodations at moderate cost—The lover of outdoor: ance ail those thins which make roughing it desirable, Select the locality that. wi the wreatest amount of enjoyment. send for free mape and foliers, beautifully illustrated, fully describing these out of the ordinary recreation Fesorta:, "Address W. S. Cookson F.P. Dwyer E.H Boynton |W. Robinton 97 Merchants La nd Tres Been 290 Bradway New York ty 256 Wasingen St, Bosten S06 Pah Bide, Patberh W_E. DAVIS G.T. BELL GEO. W. VAUX Pass. Trafic Manager, Montreal Asst. Pass. Trathe Manager, Montreal Ceneral Passencer Agent, Pa TRAVEL pieasine ond REST A Short Sea Trip to Old Point Comfort ‘Old Dominion Line Including accommodations at HOTEL CHAMBERLIN Covering entire expense. AYS" ‘G. - DAYS? OUTING, includ- accommodation... . - accommodation . mio Leave New York every day except Sunday at 3 p. m., arriving Old Point Comfort fol- lowing morning. Return leave Norfolk daily except Sunday at 7 p. m., arriving in New York about 3:30 p.m. Kets and stateroom reservation Pier 25 North River, New York. Send for Ulustrated Pamphlet. J. J BROWN, Gen'l Pass. Agt W. L. WOODROW, Trafic Mgr. General Offices: Pier 25 North River, New York. ‘Phone, 3900 Franklin. mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com