Judge, 1910-07-16 · page 14 of 16
Judge — July 16, 1910 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge (circa 1909) contains humorous short jokes and advertisements rather than a coherent political cartoon. **Notable Content:** The central illustrated figure appears to be a woman in Edwardian dress, accompanying a poem titled "A Simple Request" about nostalgically wanting to be a carefree boy again—able to eat rich foods and drink unfiltered water without worrying about digestion. **The jokes mock:** - An actor's vanity over a cigar named after him - A husband's recent jail release (dark humor about marital discord) - Suffragettes' militancy, with a quip about male chorus singers - Art world pretension (an impressionist calling a painting "Dawn" because viewers can't verify what dawn looks like) **Advertisements throughout** promote liqueurs, patent medicines (Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup), pills for various ailments, and printing services—typical of Judge's revenue model. The page is largely commercial, with humor serving to attract readers between ads rather than advancing any coherent satirical argument.
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UNIFORM IN DELICIOUS FLAVOR HIGH LHFEBEER MILLER-MILWAUKEE A Simple Request. Backward, turn backward, oh, Time, in your flight! ake me a boy again, just for a night. 3ive me a go at the food that they fry, Let me make bold with a green apple pie. Then let me sink to my innocent rest, Free from all care as to what I diges! Confident, even in moments of pain, That mustard or ginger will soothe me again. Fain would I seek with a juvenile zest The cupboard instead of the medicine chest; And drink from the spring where the germs roam at will, Instead of from crystal, drafts foaming or still. Give me not wealth nor the badge of the proud, Nor a place on the platform, high over the crowd; But give me, oh, give me my old ap- petite— Make me a boy egain, just for a night! ~-Washington Star. Classy. Blobba— Why is your actor friend so puffed up?"? Slobbs: ‘He has had a cigar named ts of other actors have.’” bbs—'*Yes; but this is a ten-cent —Philadelphia Record, Court News. a great day for us at hot My daugh- ter ‘comes out’ to night. Mrs, Diggle (surprised) —"*You don’t say so, mister! So does my husband; ‘e's been in for a month."’—London Tatler, Abbott's Bitters. Makes the best Undecided. “Won't you be glad to gel your native shores once more? “How do I know,” replied the nerv- ous man, ‘until my family has gotten past the customs inspectors?””—Wash- ington Star. —S) ] y The Exception. ~ “Show me a man who isn’t al skulking behind a woman's skirts manded the militant suffragette. “How about the fellow who sings in the chorus?” inquired a coarse brute in the rear of the hall.—Lowisville C Journal, WA AHL * de- NOW THEY DON'T SPEAK. ndelyn—'* Do you know that Mr, Softhead actually asked me last night whether I could not learn to love him ? Violetta—"* Why shouldn't he? One is never too old to learn, you know. Safe and Sane. “Why do you call your new picture ‘Dawn’ “Because,” replied the young im- pressionist, “few people know what dawn looks like; hence they are likely to take my word for it."’—Chicago Ree- ord-Herald. For Centuries Known as Chartreuse Liqueur Péres Chartreux cree axp yetLow— THE GRAND FINALE TO THE WORLD'S BEST DINNERS Mothers wil find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy for their children. 25 a bott Without Collateral. Genius that cannot borrow money lacks the true ring.—Scranton Tribune Republican, Impossible. No law can keep a fool and his money from exceeding the speed limit.- Wash- ‘ington Post, ‘Agents for United States” In answering advertisements please | C.F. HEUBLEIN BRO. Mr. Browning (pompously)—"This is ™ Every lover of a good cocktail should call for | mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. Cocktails “When Good Fellows Get Together” Simply strain through cracked ice and serve. Martini (gin base) and Manhattan (whiskey base) are the mest popular. At all goed dealers. Hartford approval. 1 tee Temoh Sewelry Co. 409°. Thdwaya ‘Ste Louis PATENTS PRODUCE FORTUNES Kon Earnty = Mints to torent: Why some iH < i OMPPLEY & HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE Nos. 22, 34 and 36 Bleecker Street Branch Warehouse, el ALL KINIS OF PAPER MADE TO ORDER VARICOSE VEINS, ®2 265 tel cared with | BLAIR’S PILLS Sales Sere, Effective. $0c. _& $1 SUGGISTS. or 93 HLeary Sk, Broos - A QUALITY PRINT By George Reiter Brill, Copyright, 1909, by Judge Co. DON’T YOU WHIP MY DOGGY! Size, 8x11 Sepia, 25 cents. Hand-colored, 50 cents Send Tem Cents for Ulustrated Catalogue LESLIE-JUDGE CO., Fifth Avenue and 27th Str-rt NEW YORK ciTy ww York Losdon