Judge — June 25, 1910 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# "All the Comforts of Winter" - Judge Magazine Satire This satirical story mocks an inventor pitching a cooling device to a newspaper editor during an oppressively hot summer day. The inventor claims his contraption—a "Dog Day Collar"—can keep people cool by circulating ammonia-filled brine through flat aluminum piping worn around the neck. The joke targets both the absurdity of the invention itself and the editor's skeptical, dismissive response. The satire reflects late 19th/early 20th-century anxieties about heat, technology, and dubious patent schemes. The phrase "Dog Days" refers to summer's hottest period, making the device name darkly comic. Judge uses this scenario to ridicule over-engineered "solutions" to everyday problems and gullible inventors seeking funding.