Judge, 1910-08-13 · page 13 of 16
Judge — August 13, 1910 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief humorous anecdotes typical of early-20th-century American humor magazines, alongside advertisements. The jokes reflect contemporary social concerns: "Limpy Bill" and "Blinky Bob" discuss the "increased cost of livin'" affecting working-class wages—a reference to economic inflation around this period. "The Reward" satirizes professional succession, where a young doctor unknowingly profited from a wealthy patient's chronic condition his father deliberately maintained. "Force of Habit" jokes about marriage dynamics and women's domestic spending. "A Real Summer Girl" presents mild satire about gender expectations—a modern girl doing unexpected summer labor rather than traditional activities. The large illustration "In the Trough of the Waves" depicts an intoxicated man at what appears to be a regatta, using humor to comment on alcohol consumption and social excess among the wealthy. The page is heavily dominated by advertisements, including a prominent liqueur advertisement for "Pères Chartreux," suggesting the magazine's commercial orientation and audience.
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warereeses Limpy Bill—I had to split up twice as much wood as usual afore th’ handout.’” old lady would gimme a Blinky Bob—'What's th’ cause of it, Limpy?”” Limpy Bill—“Th’ increased cost of livin’, I8"pose."* The Reward. The old family physician being away on @ much needed vacation, his practice was intrusted to his son, a recent medi- cal graduate. When the old man re- turned, the youngster told him, among other things, that he had cured Miss Ferguson, an aged and wealthy spinster, of her chronic indigestion. “My boy,”’ said the old doctor, “I’m proud of you; but Miss Ferguson’s in- digestion is what put you through col- lege.""—Everybody’s Magazine, One Swat Enough. It’s all very well to say heartlessly, “Swat the fly!” but how often can you hit him?—Boston Globe. If we hit him once we are satisfied --and 80 is he. A Real Summer Girl. Maud Muller on a summer's day Raked the meadow sweet with hay. You'd hardly expect a girl, you know, In summertime to be shoveling snow. —Lippincott’s Magazine, IN THE TROUGH Force of Habit. “And you really, truly mean it when you say I am worth my weight in gold?” asks the beauteous young creature who @-house certificate for all but twenty dollars of it.’ | The ordinary mean man can’t see why his wife can’t make her own hats, but he never suggests that she might make his clothes. —Chicago Post. Just because a woman has yellow hair and black eyes is no sign she can't be deceptive.—N. Y. Press. | Caron! Bitters The aristocrat of the trade The best tonic and cocktail Bir Il ‘Oct. C. Blache & Co. = Keo Howes OF THE WAVES. First enthusiast (after a day—and evening—at Henley) —"* Most ‘straordinary strong tide, Percival, me boysb—afraid wisshall losesh the ra —Landon Sketch. In answering advertisements please listening to the adoring speech of the| SII I IIIT III II III IIIS II IIIS Nectar of the Gods ‘The Climax of Epicurean Enjoyment Liqueur Peres Chartreux —GREem AxD yELLOW— At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafés, Buijer & Coy 45 Broadway, New York, N. Yo, Sole Agents for United States, FECTS GTTSTTTTTTSTTGTTTTTTTGTTTTTTTTTG TTI TTT TIT TGsss SevavvaaeavasaaTeTeTTTTTeT: Qessssssseesecocecosooosssoon Judge is published weekly by the LESLIE-JUDGE COMPAPY, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York City John A. Sleicher, President. Western Apvertistnc Orrice: 1136-7 Marquette Building, Chicago, Il. Oneyear,or82numbers = = te Six months, or 28 numbers a It is a wise young man who asks her| father for her hand at the psychologi- cal moment succeeding the purchase of her spring dresses and hats. ; | cheeks which are at a discount in New Ye Thirteen weeks ian Subscriptions parable in advance by draft aN New York, or by express or postal order, not by loca Postage free in the United, States. ite de jencies, and Mexico, To Canadian Provinces add & _foreian countries add $1.00 a year ‘News Company, Bream's Building, Chancery La’ & Haee Buchanoe, 16 John Street, Aatsnks London’ Da vright fn both, the United States and Great Britain. Gratsioutors must {nclode'e stamped” and’ celfaddressed eavelope with all manuscripts, otherwise be latter when found unsvallabte cannot bo guaraniced’ We receive such materi pubs jon, only on condition that we shall not be held responsible for its loss or injury ‘while in our hands or in transit. If Jupce cannot be found at any news-stand, the publishers will be under obligations if that fact be feperted on postal card or by letter. EMBERS? “Present year, 10 cent per copy : 1909, 29 cents; 1908, 20 cents, ete. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: "Sabecriers when galore change of address should’ give the old as well as the new addresa, and the ledger number on their wrapper. rom two to three weeks must necessarily mention JUDGE. elapse before the change can be made, and before the first copy of JUDGE will reach any new subscriber. Entered at New York aa Second-clasa Mail Matter. THE FRENCH DUEL. “This isn't fair. Your sword is much longer than mine."’ “Yes; but yours is much wider." —Paris Rire. PLACE VIGER, MONTREAL. One of the best appointed and most beautiful hotels in the Dominion of Cai It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com