Judge, 1910-08-20 · page 4 of 16
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This page combines humor columns with a large political cartoon titled "CHEAP SHORT CUT—A SURE CURE FOR HIGH PRICES." The cartoon depicts what appears to be a produce market or agricultural distribution system with multiple figures operating machinery labeled "PRODUCE." The satire criticizes middlemen and inefficient distribution chains that artificially inflate consumer prices. By showing the convoluted process between farmers and consumers, the cartoonist argues that eliminating unnecessary intermediaries would lower prices. The surrounding text includes humorous aphorisms and editorial commentary typical of Judge's satirical format. Without clearer identification of specific contemporary figures or dated references in the visible text, the exact political context remains somewhat unclear, though the anti-monopoly sentiment reflects early 20th-century Progressive Era concerns about economic inefficiency and price-fixing.
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Laughter Pills. T A RECENT medical convention a physician of established reputation read a paper on“ The Tonic Effects of a Good Laugh.’ He asserted that smiles are a cure for many of the ills of the body. ‘*‘ His Honor” has several times assured readers that it was an excellent plan to have in the house a few pills of laughter not only as a cure for, but also as a prevention of, such diseases as melancholia, etc. The time may yet come when the medical societies and the American Press Humorists’ Association will hold a joint convention. Brewer on Humor. HE OPINION of the late Justice Brewer on humor is worth the same serious consideration as his deci- sions on other subjects. Shortly before his death Mr. Brewer said: f the things that I am most thank- this life is my ability tosee a joke and my joy in laughing at it. If it were not for humor, I would have been dead long ago. If I should look on life as seriously and as dolorously as many men, I would be a very unhappy person, It has been a habit of mine for years to cut out jokes and either carry them around with me or send them home to my family."” There is a good moral in Mr. Brewer's last sentence. Don’t keep a good joke to yourself; share the pleasure with others. | aneeneS | EDWARD L. SAMBOURNE. «¢ LJIS HONOR”? will miss the work of Edward L. Sambourne, who has just passed away. For more than fifty years he had been connected with Punch, of London. For the past ten years he was its chief ca toonist. His work had been most favorably received, even on this side of the Atlantic. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Pe LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY Beunswice Bunoine, 225 Firtn Avent, New Yous, Came Aooaess, John A. Reuben P. Sleicher. & lames Mel Grant B More Adv to Future Brides. “ IS HONOR” recently encroached upon the field of the magazines for wom- en enough to suggest that fu- ture brides who would avoid having the sins of the fa- thers visited upon the third and even the fourth generation should insist that prospec- tive husbands show a life-insurance policy in a good, reliable, old-line company. The following letter, received with many others about this editorial, speaks for itself: Dear Juv I have been a subscriber for several years and am writing you to say that the article which has appealed most to me is the one in the July 23d issue entitled, ** Judge’s Advice to Those About To Marry."’ The one criticism that I would make is that the physical examination be made mutual and up to date, A life-insurance policy dated several years back would be no cri- terion of present health. Yours very truly, F. Cuanpcer House, M.D., 1717 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Brief Decisions from the Bench. KOULD President Taft ever make that two- months year-vscation idea a plank in the platform of his party, his re- election is a certainty. The man who tells others to use their own judgment is giving ad- vice that will be fol- lowed to the letter. It is too bad that the people who talk like a book cannot be made to shut up in the same way. Much of the so-called ‘‘ cream of society "’ is no more than skimmed milk—and a poor quality of that. The Contributing Editor is right when he says that a woman's crowning glory is her heir. Mud and whitewash are the strange bed- fellows of politics. There is considerable truth in the tion that ‘* Shake well after using" often the motto adopted by men in dealing with their friends. too “* His Honor’’ would concur in the deci- sion of the Los Angeles Record that there is a big difference between looking for work and going after the same. The revised version reads, ‘‘ Where igno- rance is not bliss, ’tis folly to be unwise.” Show me a man’s love letters and I will tell you what he is. Knock, and the world knocks with you; praise, and you praise alone. Temper never shows itself in a man until it has been lost. MAPETERSEN CHEAP SHORT CUT—A SURE CURE FOR HIGH PRICES. The worst swindler of all is the man who cheats him- self. To “tide one over’? often takes a“ tidy sum.” How long will it be before the American people have “wireless politics’’? Even the editor rebels when the doctor calls and says his circulation is poor. Men are gay deceivers to those who deceive and like to be deceived. Not only ought you be able to paddle your own canoe, but also to get your girl ashore.