Judge, 1910-10-29 · page 10 of 21
Judge — October 29, 1910 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page celebrates **Judge magazine's 29th anniversary** with congratulatory messages from prominent American figures of the era (circa 1912). **Key Context:** - Judge was a satirical weekly founded around 1881, targeting political and social issues - The contributors include Vice President James S. Sherman, House Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, President Taft, and business leaders (Frank Munsey, C.W. Post) - The tone emphasizes Judge's role as a "national institution" influencing public affairs and presidents **The Satire/Point:** Rather than attacking targets, this is self-congratulatory—showing Judge's cultural prestige by displaying endorsements from political elites. The magazine positions itself as a respectable arbiter of public opinion, not merely a joke publication. References to its "twenty-nine years" of "good humor" and "trenchant satire" serving "patriotically" suggest Judge saw itself as editorially serious despite its comic format. **What We'd Miss:** This demonstrates how satirical magazines functioned as genuine political influence in the early 20th century, with serious politicians publicly validating their work.
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CHARLES RATTELI. Loomis. WILBUR D. NESBIT. Hon. James S. Sherman, Vice-President of the United States Let me congratulate you upon your twenty- ninth birthday number, May you live to make it a hundred! You not only make fun, but sentiment, also, and in both fields you are unexcelled. Hon. Joseph G. Speaker of the House of Reprosentatr With humor, satire, and cartoon rejoiced in victory and tempered di gladdened the hearts of all. I congratula you on reaching the ripe age of twenty-nine and wish for you a continuance of prosperity, happiness, and good work for the cause. 4 ¥ Aj ELLIS PaKkes ELLIS 0, JONES. BUTLER. Paul Morton, Prestdent of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States Permit me to congratulate Jupce on the occasion of his twenty-ninth birthday, which occurs on October 29th, and to express the hope that he may long continue to enjoy pop- ularity and prosperity. W. CG. Brow President of the New York Central Lines I know of no publication that has more steadfastly stood for the things that ma for the prosperity of the country than “H Honor,” Ju and I wish you many years of continued success and prosperity. Don tz, Publisher of the New York World. It is an easy guess that Jupce has been good for a million laughs a year. Think of provoking twenty-nine million laughs short a lifetime! Even Theodore Roosevelt in all his glory never furnished so much cheerful entertainment as this. As they say in Japan, “Banzai” to Jupce! A thousand years of life and laughter, a thousand million laughs for the relief of worried and over- worked mankind! ROY K. MOULTON Hon. J. Sloat Fassett, Congressman from New York May ‘Your Honor” live long and prosper! For twenty-nine years, with good humor, wita trenchant satire, with sweet sanity, with loyal Republicanism, with plenty of oil in your salad, “Your Honor” has been a kindly and illuminating force in American May expanding circulation and increas- nce continue in the future as in the t, until no home in the land is without your sunny smile. HARVEY PrAKE. ROSCOE GILMOKE STOTT. WILLIAM J. BURTSCHEP JOUN KENDRICK Ba: Bouquets and Congratulations B. BAKER. CAROLYN WELLS, JAMES MELVIN LEE, Editor. Henry L. Stoddard, Ebi New York Evening Mail. Jupce is a national institution. It has been a power in the public affairs of the country so long that twenty-nine years do not seem to cover the period of its influen Presidents, governors, and public men gen- erally realize its strong hold on the people, and all commend the courage and ability with which it deals with the issues and men of the May Jupce survive through many years to come, continuing wisdom with wi! WASHINGTON. courage with fidelity to principle, and serving , the public interest as patriotically as it has in the past, THE WHITE HOUSE Frank A. Munsey, President of the Frank A. Munsey Co My congratulations to Jup Twenty- nine years is a long span of life, in view of the fearful death rate in the periodical world. New publi tions are com- ing into the world every day Dear JUDGE: Permit me to exte congratulations on the ccapl years of your existence. Du to * tat Ue Tercat nave not only rendered majority of them die young and few live to reach the age of nearly a third of a cen- tury. May the next third of a century find June as vigorous and forceful and amusing 2 as it has always been. Recublican party but you hav affection of people of all wisa you continued suc PRESIDENT TAFT. Sincer: C. W. Post, President of Postum Cereal Company. May it please the Court to observe that I wish to tender sincere congratulations upon this, the twenty-ninth anniversary of your birth. Your utterances carried much more weight than might have been expected from youth. However, you are twenty-nine years old now, or will be in a few days; and after you have served once a week on the bench, you should be able to help around the house to good advantage afternoons and even- ings. JUDGE. 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. Arthur Brisbane, Editor of the New York Evening Journal. My sincere congratulations to Jupa CHARLES SARKA. bacey. comicbooks.com