Judge, 1910-07-09 · page 14 of 16
Judge — July 9, 1910 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and humor fillers**, typical of Judge magazine's format. The main satirical content is "Fool No. 71,144," a poem mocking wanderlust and restlessness. The poem, structured like Kipling's "The Ballad of the King's Jest," depicts a fool who abandons his comfortable home to travel, only to realize he preferred domestic life. It critiques the romantic notion of wandering—the "tendency to roam" and "hardships that we all abhor"—suggesting such adventurousness is foolish nostalgia rather than genuine improvement. The repeated refrain "Even as you and I" invites readers to recognize themselves in this foolishness. The remaining humor pieces are brief jokes about minor social situations: a man accused of theft without witnesses, a couple's romantic encounter, a tailor's business worries. These reflect early-20th-century middle-class anxieties around propriety, marriage, and employment. The advertisements (whiskey, cigars, wigs, paper warehouses) are period-typical. Overall, this reflects Judge's role as satirical entertainment for urban, educated audiences skeptical of romantic ideals.
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Home. Buffer and Club | Choicest Malt | —Brewed and Matured The BLATZ WA Easy to Pick Up. Hard to Put Down. The Idler is the little magazine you have been waiting for. Clever but clean. ‘Tencents brings the June number. Order direct from ROBERT J. SHORES, East Orange, N. J. WIGS and TOUPEES : the Titatowue LOMBARD BAMBINA CO. 113 Monroe St, Lynn, Mase. HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE Nos, %2, 34 and 36 Bleecker Street Branch Warehouse, 20 Beekman Street, New York. ALL KINDS OF PAPER MADE TO ORDER 3 AGARS “MADE AT KEY WEST ROMEIKE'S ry Soin scewhich nay ‘ bec | appear about you, your frien! VARICOSE VEINS, "2; LEGS, | | | ‘rine, San a thay WF: Young. 9 Tem GET MARRIED Ms iron oP rvarriace: able people from all sections, rich, ge old. young, Protestanta, Catholics, ete. mailed, sealed. Free 7 . GUNNELS, Toledo, Ohio. | LAUGH WITH I ° ° ‘Sis Hopkins == HER OWN BOOK == July Number il 10c—AT ALL NEWS-STANDS—10c J In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. | And lived the life of an emigrant— | | crop is @ failure.”’— Washington Star. Fool No. 71,144. L | A fool there was, and he went away— Even as you and I. His home was a pieasant place to stay— A dandy place for a holiday— | But the fool was a fool, and he went away— Even as you and I. I. W. HARPER Kentucky Whiskey "THE KIND YOUR GRANDFATHER USED*® STILL THE "BEST" BERNHEIM DISTILLING CO. Incorporated LOUISVILLE Oh, the wits we've lacked, and the grips we've packed In summertime and fall, And the times when, having had our fling, tl | We've come home gravely wondering Just why we went at all! A foo! there was, and his savings spent— Even as you and I. The roof of a Pullman for his tent, But a fool will follow his natural bent— Even as you and I. |Oh, the fools we meet, and the dust we eat, And the tendency to roam; The hardships that we all abhor— | And the rest that we were looking for Awaiting us at home! —St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ‘ Caront Bitters—Sample with patent dasher et tonic and cocktail bit- Co., N. Y., Gen'l Distra, ters. A Bit Peculiar. “You are charged with stealing nine of Colonel Henry's hens last night. Have you any witnesses?” asked the| justice sternly. “‘Nussah!’’ said Brother Jones hum-| bly. ‘I ‘specks I’se sawtuh perculia dat-uh-way, but it ain't never been mah custom to take witnesses along when I goes out chicken stealin’, suh.”’—Cen- tral Law Journal, A Matter of Security. “The position is yours, sir, if you will deposit a thousand dollars as a se- curity. “I accept your offer, sir, if you will | deposit a thousand dollars as a security for my security.""—Cleveland Leader. Avoiding Attention. “You look sweet enough to kiss.’ Well, here is a railway station. What's that got to do with it Stupid! We'll go in there, and when a train comes in I will rush up to Z| you and throw myself into your arms,’ Mothers will find Brs. Winslow's: Seething Syrup the best remedy for their children. 25e a bottle. The Prevailing Inquiry. Nay, do not ask the question That upon your lips I see; T'll save you all the trouble— Yes, it’s hot enough for me. —Baltimore American. Known by Fruits. “You are not interested in fami trees? “"No,"” replied Miss Cayenne; many of them remind me of these con- announcements that the fruit That Would Finish It. have it come to Washington.—Wash- ington Post, In a Pinch, use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE.| | Hartford still remembers a speech he nest.” | made one June to a platform of Hart- ford girl graduates. college girl, ended Set up housekeeping. And then, when| your husband wants a shirt ironed, send to indulge in a pipe dream of millions. | out for a gridiron to do it with.”” bulbs on Saturday, and they were all up on ‘The way to reform Wall Street is to! Monday."" dodge, I suppose ?"* A Clumsy Compliment. Mark Twain was a firm believer in| She (to partner claiming first dance) the higher education of woman, but|—‘‘You are an early bird, Mr. Glossi- The Sweet Girl Graduate. | He (gallantly)—Yes; and, by Jove! I've caught the worm!""—London This speech, a humorous attack on the Ml. A. P. Get Busy. It’s better to hustle for a dollar than Fall in love. “Go forth. Marry. |—Chicago News. NERVOUS. First kesper—" 1 don't know what's got into the animals here lately, they're so cranky and : Second keeper—"" 1 guess you've forgot that Teddy's back."* Pockets Useless. Customer (getting measured)—‘‘How much are those trousers going to cost =| me?” Tailor—Forty-two shillings, sir. How many pockets do you want in them?” Customer—‘None; I sba’n’t need any pockets after I've paid for the trou- sers.""—London Judy. Rival Attractions. First child—"We've got a new baby ut our house.” Second child (contemptuously)— “We've got a new pa at ours.""—. byterian Standard. Greased for the Occasion. It’s easier for a man on the down grade to switch for the worse than for the better.— Washington Post. YOUR SUMMER OUTING. are fond of fishing, canoeing. campink © ry searct of eed a. up the Als: — tional Park A RAISER. Hobson—" I planted ten-shillings'-worth of Jobson—' Great Scott! Some new electric the place to put in your summer hotel accommodation. An interesting iietenaad descriptive “ublication sling lication to F. P. Dwr. Hobson—"* No ; your confounded cat."" London Sketch, $bant tt Bent free on appl roadway, New Yor!