Judge, 1910-07-16 · page 15 of 16
Judge — July 16, 1910 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page consists primarily of advertisements and filler content typical of Judge magazine's back pages, with one notable political parody. The main satirical piece is "Pretty Polka," reprinted from Punch (1844). It's a sentimental Victorian-era parody that personifies the polka dance as a romantic object the speaker must abandon after the social season ends—a gentle mockery of the overwrought sentiment in period love poetry and the rigid seasonal social calendar of the era. The page also includes "The Last Cigar" (another period parody about emotionally mourning a final cigar), advertisements for products like Apenta water and Abbott's Bitters, and an amusing exchange where an old man advises not giving alms to strangers, leading to the Irishwoman's retort that he'll never "relieve an" [angel]—a religious pun on charity versus supernatural beings. The cartoons and sketches are generally light humor targeting Victorian manners and expectations.
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EUROPEAN AGENTS — International News Com- eany, Bream’s Building, Chancery La 1 Clara ton: taken at regular rates at an The contents of Jupcr. are protected by copyright a both the United States and Great Britain. tributors must include a stamped and self- addressed envelope with all manuscripts, otherwise return of the latter when found unavailal pot be guarant Ve receive such material mitted for publication, only on condition th ible for its loss or injury gablisners will be ander obligations if that fact be promptly report: postal card or by lette BACK NUMBERS Present dear 10 Cente per 'Some Old English Parodies. | RPPUPOPHHereoorerEDDrEDEDorrreroreesoreneyDD JUDGE The Last Cigar. "Tis a last choice Havana, T hold thee alone; All its fragrant companions In perfume have flown. No more of its kindred To gladden the eye, So my empty cigar-case I close with @ sigh. I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, To pine; but the stem I'll bite off and light thee, To waft thee to them. And gently I'll The ashes As your soul joins its mates in A cloud overhead. A pleasure is fleeting; It blooms to decay. From the weed’s glowing circle The ash drops away. A last whiff is taken, The butt end is thrown, And with empty cigar-case I sit all alone. A teaspoonful of Abbott's Bitters with your Grape Fruit makes an ideal appetizing tonic. ‘Sample by cts. in stamps. C. W. Abbott & Co., Balti- jar. | more, Md. Pretty Polka. (The sentimental young lady at the close of the season 18t) Darling polka! ere we part, Hear th’ outpourings of my heart! Since the season now is o'er, “© Wretched, I can polk no more! Hear my vow before I go— Polka mou sas agapo! By those steps so unconfined, . By that neat kick-up behind, their wrapper. jee before the change can be male, and the first copy of JUDGE will reach any new THE GREAT NORTH COUNTRY. These Indians who male the first canoe of birch leat) sent free on application t» F. P. Dwysr, 290 Hroad- way, New York. BARBERS ONLY On receipt of four 2-coat stamps we will mail you a py of our" BI hich tells ~ Sec Sectting tips works Tike a charm): How to oake them take massages. shampoos and singes ; How to put it over them in transient shops: How to build up and hold your trade: NEW ways to make money during tpare time. One copy 0 each ay plicant. Address care of adverti ing dept, Coulon’s hop, and Michau's slide, . Backward, forward, or aside; By the alternate heel and toe— Polka mon sas agapo! By the waltz’s giddy round, By the galop’s maddening bound, By the obsolete quadrille, Polka mou sas agapo! Happy season! thou art gone! I, alas! must polk alone! Thougk the country now I roll to, _| Almacks holds my heart and soul, too. Can I cease to love thee? No! Polka mou sas agapo! —Punch, 1844. “never give alms to a stranger,”” said old Shyster to a poor Irishwoman. “Shure, then, your honor will never CHICAGO BARBER SUPPLY CO., Lock Bos 112, Chicago, | relieve an angel,’* was the reply. 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