Judge, 1910-09-17 · page 15 of 16
Judge — September 17, 1910 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Judge magazine, with some brief humorous items interspersed. The main content consists of product advertisements for early 20th-century goods: **W.L. Douglas shoes**, **Sunny Brook whiskey**, **Cortez cigars**, **Karo syrup**, and other consumer products. These ads use period marketing language emphasizing quality and value. The few editorial jokes scattered throughout reference contemporary concerns: **aeroplanes and automobiles** (still novel technologies causing public anxiety about safety), **Venice flooding** (connecting to current events), and **fashion's economic importance**. The page includes a notice for "**Judge's Amateur Art Contest**" inviting reader submissions. **No political figures or satire appear prominent here.** The page functions as a revenue-generating vehicle through advertisements rather than as a political or social commentary. Judge was primarily a humor and satire magazine, but this particular page prioritizes commercial content over editorial cartooning.
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W. ese DOUGLAS THE STANDARD FOR 30 YEARS if areabsolutely the most jeraiar and best shoes for fee price in America. They are the leaders eve woere usethey bold ther shape, fr better, Mook better and wear longerthan other makes. itively the most ecommical shoes for you to buy. WL. Douglas name and the retail price stamped on the bottom — value guaranteed. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE! If porbromsgl supply you write for Mail Order Catal GW. L DOUGLAS, 173 Spark St. Brockton, Mes y ra wKaKKK @ A Natural Whiskey can. only be produced tp the Gpctiold Hentucky way by perfect jstillation and careful agelng— ‘uel Iskey Is ren Stamm ated the exact Age. Quantity of whiskey within each Sunny Brook DistilleryCo. Jetlerson Co., OF BRAINS YGARS "MADE AT KEY West HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PARE WAREHOUSE jos. 22, 34 and 36 Bleecker Street Branch Warthodses Beekman Street’ New York ALL KINDS OP PAPER MADE TO ORDER. VARICOSE VEINS, "2 ree the proprietor of the was asking and get- ting fabulous prices for apartments be- tween the twentieth and thirtieth floors. “You see,” he said, ‘they're most desirable because they’re the safest. Aeroplanes never fly that low mobiles seldom blow up quite that high."’—Catholie Times. Familiar Scenes. “Yes; I'm just back from Europe."* id you see any towns abroad that reminded you of home?” “Oh, yea. In Venice everything was jooded, all dug up.""—Washington Herald. Lost in Antiquity. A little fellow who had just felt the hard side of the slipper, turned to his mother for consolation. “Mother,” he asked, “did grandpa thrash father when he was a little boy ively. erve Karoonthe table. Better than honey on hot biscuit and gives a finer flavor to griddl Agrees making —Free. le cakes than any other sweet. with everybody. \ Estiton — Useit for b Griddle Cakes Ginger Bread Hot Biscuit Cookies Walfles Candy Karo Cook Book— Mee fifty pages, including thirty perfect recipes for home candy Send your name on a post card, today, to CORN PRODUCTS REFINING COMPANY ind in Pompeii the streets were 4 Dept. FF. Yes,"’ answered his mother impres: “And did his father thrash him when| he was little?” “Yes.” And did his father thrash him?"’ “Yes." A pause. “Well, who started this thing, any- way?"'—Cassell’s Saturday Journal, What They Live On. If there were no such thing as fashion, half the workmen in the world would lose their jobs.—Somerville Journal. Some attractive offers to JupcEe readers are made in this issue. Don’t pass them by. See what a postal card will do. Note a few things that a simple postal card will bring you. See announcements in this issue, including the following: The famous Karo Cook Book, 50 pages, 30 perfect recipes for home candy making. Pree to any reader of Jupce who will drop a postal card to the Products Refining Company, Dept. F. P PO. Box 161, New York. Delightful homemade pies and delicious pastry. Do you want to know how to make them and, to For invalide? booklet on ” Cornstare} if you have any d shoes, hand-sewed, “_ women and boy 113 Monroe St., UDGE’S LIBRARY, A MAGAZINE of FUN tember Number All Newsdealers 10c, famous Douglas Shoe. tions how to order them by mail. ‘Spark St., Brockton, Mass., and men- Varicose Veins, home treatment; note announce- ment. detectable wigs and toupees on approval, with special rates to barbers. Free cataloxve Note announceme ‘The best tonic and appetizer In the shape of bit- | tera, Samples for 25c. “Note announcements. In writing to advertisers, please “I. W. HARPER” Whiskey “On Every Tongue” ALWAYS UNIFORM ALWAYS DELIGHTFUL! BERNHEIM DI ISTILLING CO. Incorporated LOUISVILLE, KY. Good Things for Judge Readers. | mention that you are areader of Junce.'! Amateur Art Contest New York P.0. Box 161 RIZES of $5, $3, and $2 are awarded. All drawings failing to win prizes, but which are used on the Amateur Page, will be ‘paid for at the rate of One dollar each. Drawings must be made on white paper wit India ink, av ordinary ik dove not reproduce well in line cuts. must be inclosed if return ede odie Baty thore drawings marked “For Amateur Contest ” will be considered. This contest is open to. all, whether tubseibers to JUDGE or not Therein nani consideration. Address all drawings and jokes for the same to Art Editor JUDGE, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York City. “Amateur Contest.” Tray the tale Ignorance Not Bi G mai This soldier,’” said he, with a laug! “ja as ignorant of war as the old mai ignorant of—er—say, gallantry. ‘She attended a wedding one ever ing, and after the ceremony a young schoolmaster offered to escort her home. ® She consented, Well, when they got her door, the young schoolmaster, was the custom in that town, bent to- ward her with pursed-up lips to kiss h withered cheek. “The old maid began to tremble, and, | all in a flutter, she said, ““*Oh, Mr. Andrews, what am I do? Must I lift my veil?’ | Millionaires—at Home and Abroad. Professor Robert Herrick, of the Uni- versity of Chicago, was speaking of m “Our, millionaires, with all faults,’ ENERAL NELSON A. MILES some time ago compared a cer- tain soldier toa Scottish old aires at a banquet in the Windy City. their * he said, ‘‘are in their charities Stories about People “Teannot tell how the truth maw be: Gs “twas told to me.” | sary, to whom his lordship had explained the exact nature of the demands, desired to be informed as to the course to take if, after he had said everything, there was a refusal. ."* answered Lord Salisbury, “this is not a matter in which we have the least thought of fighting. If the President refuses, why, you will simply have to come home The emissary went and had his say to the President of ——, who blankly re- fused to give in; and the diplomat re- tired to think things over. A few hours later he wrote to the | President: “T regret that your Excellency does not see your way to recognize the just- to ness of the claims which I have had the jhonor to present. T have now tosay, on | behalf of Her Britannic Majesty's gov- ernment, that unless your Excellency yields on all points which I have named, it will be my painful duty to act on the second half of my instructions.”’ Under this vague and significant threat the President yielded at once. hy id n= to as er il- the most liberal men in the world. We | should be glad that no American fashion- able preacher can say of his rich paris \ One on the Insurance Agent. h-| Paul Morton, the president of the ioners what I once heard a London fash- Equitable Life, was speaking to a ionable preacher say from the pulpit. “**Our upper classes,’ the preach sneered, ‘don’t give according to th {gathering of insurance men on the et | humor of application blanks. | In filling out a blank recently, a means, but according to their mean-!man in Ohio put after the ‘age of ness.’ "* Diplomacy. The late Lord Salisbury was very if living,’ father, if living,’ one hundred and twenty years, and after ‘age of mother, one hundred and ten years, careful not to confer too much authority The agent was a little surprised and on young men in the diplomatic circles. started an inves tion of his own. In On one occasion —according to London | answer to inquiries the applicant said Tit-Bits—he sent a» foreign office em sary to make some demands of the — |republic. Before setting out, the em! - that both father and mother had died everal years before, but ‘if living’ is-! would be at the ages given. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com