Judge, 1910-10-29 · page 11 of 21
Judge — October 29, 1910 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page celebrates **Judge magazine's 29th anniversary** with congratulatory messages from prominent American editors and publishers. The portraits shown are these contributors—figures like Felix Agnus (Baltimore American), Stephen J. Herben (Epworth Herald), and C.A. Rook (Pittsburgh Dispatch). The satire is subtle: contributors humorously compare Judge to a sitting judge ("His Honor," "the bench," "woolsack"), playing on the magazine's name. They credit Judge with making Americans laugh while the nation prospered, suggesting satire and humor drive national progress. References to Judge's cartoons "enlightening the public" and addressing "politics" and "folly" reflect the magazine's role as a satirical voice on current affairs. The page essentially functions as an **advertisement disguised as editorial praise**—using respected editors' endorsements to legitimize Judge's influence on American public opinion and culture during the Progressive Era.
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September 27, 1910. » to extend to you my hearty the ccmpletion of twenty-nine 2, Duriag this period you red excellent service to the t you have won the regard and of all political colors. I success aid crosperity. Sincerely yours, JAMES MONTGOMERY PLAGG. From a Few of Felix Agnus, Publisher of the Baltimore American and the Baltimore “They laugh that win,’’ said Shakespeare. For twenty-nine years JupGe has been mak- ing Americans laugh, and during these twenty-nine years America has won the finest progress the world has ever known. So it must follow that JupGE not only makes us jollier and happier, but is also = big factor in our national prosperity. All honor to him and may his 8mile never grow less! Stephen J. Herben, Edditor of the Epworth Herald, Chicago. We extend the heartiest congratulations to JupGE upon achieving the distinction of his twenty-ninth birthday. Sometimes he seems older and sometimes younger than that. He is a happy combination of the enthusiasm of youth and the stability of maturity. During thenearly three decades that he has been on the bench, many causes of great importance have been pleaded in his court and many decisions in- volving the welfare of the republic have been rendered by him, And when an appeal has been taken from his decisions to the court of last resort—the people—the JupGE has always been sustained. May ‘*His Honor”’ retain his seat upon the woolsack for many years to come and continue to help this old world in its onward and upward course! BIS HoNoR. The original Jud C. A. Rook, Pressdent-Editor of the Putiburgh Dispatch. Congratulations and best wishes to “His Honor,” the Jupce, on his twenty-ninth birthday. Few publications have influenced public opinion as has Jupce on all current topics, including politics. His excellent car- toons have enlightened the public, and very often have been the means of turning failure into success at a time when failure meant disgrace and humiliation to the nation and financial policy. 3. CONACHER. WARREN DAHLER. ORSON LOWELL. Judge’s Friends. The Genial Judge. On his completion of twenty-nine years of public service. By Charles R. Willams, . Editor Indianapolis News. The genial Jupce, whose grace and wit In all these years have made a hit, Each week when he has handed down Opinions upon town and gown, May he for generations sit! With apt cartoon and satire fit, With flashing humor, telling skit, New laurels win his head to crown— The genial Jupce! There’s folly always to be smit, Pretense to strip, the hypocrite To pillory, and eke the clown To ridicule. But sneer nor frown Let him his strictures not‘permit— The genial Jupce! Samuel Bowles, Editor of the Springfield Republican It is a great achievement to have contrib- uted so much toward the cheerfulness of life and the exploitation of good fun in the world as Jupce has done in his compara- tively long career. George Horace Lorimer, Editor of Saturday Evening Post Congratulations on Jupce’s birthday. May he sit on the bench for li’2 and have as many lives as a cat. Lafayette Young, Editor of the Des Maines Capital Jupce is bright, beautiful, entertaining, and a great satisfaction to all of its readers. I send sincere congratulations on its twenty- ninth anniversary. John F. Dryden, President of the Prudential Insurance Company of America Permit me in this way to extend my hearty congratulations, coupled with my cordial best wishes for the continued success and prosper: ity of Jupce. Albert Shaw, Editor of the American Review of Reviews My best wishes to Juce, and hope for it a long career and a prosperous one, par- ticularly in its famous role of political inter- pretation by means of sagacious and well drawn cartoons. (H.C. GREENING. ART YOUNG. & PENRHYN STANLAWS, BY MAYER. JR. BRAY. C.D. SMALL, JACK SEARS, comicbooks.com