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This page is primarily **advertising and humor content**, not political satire. The dominant element is a **Kingsford's Corn Starch advertisement** featuring a grandmother, emphasizing the product's 60-year heritage and "old-fashioned care." Below are several **short humor pieces** typical of Judge's era: - **"Little Willie's Wish"**: A child's joke about not wanting to wash if he were a clock - **"Good Proof"**: A brief exchange about historical masquerade customs - **Various one-liners** on topics like flirtation, poultry quality, seasickness, and family dynamics The cartoon shows a **woman admiring a decorated mirror or window display**, likely illustrating one of these jokes. The page concludes with miscellaneous **quips and gift suggestions** (paper knives, silk hats, etc.). This represents Judge's typical format: **commercial advertising interspersed with genteel, domestic humor** aimed at middle-class readers. There is **no evident political commentary** or caricature of public figures on this particular page.

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o— Grandmother Used Kingsford’s Corn Starch. She made good things to eat with it. For over 60 years Kingsford’s has been cele- brated for its extreme delicacy and purity. It takes weeks of old-fashioned care to produce INGSFORDS oswEcO CORN STARCH g for Kingsfo: It will pay you in every way to insist upon Kingsford’s Corn Starch. ‘The Cock Beck “FF.” tells * What a Cook send yout naire en a pest card, T. KINGSFORD & SON OSWEGO, N. Y. National Starch Company, Successers Little Willie’s Wish. Definition. “I wish I was a clock, mamma," My little Willie said. “T wouldn’t have to wash my hands An’ face, er go to bed."’ “What really constitutes flirtation?” | asked the young man of the woman of the j world, “Attention without intention,’’ replied —Western Christian Advocate. the experienced one.—Scraps. SLA. GOOD PROOF. Reuben—"' Say, Maria, everybody went in masquerade in the olden times, didn’t they?" In answering advertisements please i A Hint. Print tnis in bold face type, | pray, So she'll be sure to read it; A humidor on Christmas day 1 want because I need it. — Detroit Free Press. His Light. “He says he doesn’t believe in hiding his light under a bushel.” “He is economi It would be extrev a bushel when a thimble would ‘Houston Post. This Describes Them. “When I order poultry from you again,”’ id the man who quarrels with his grocer, don’t want you to send me any of those aeroplane chickens."’ “‘What kind do you mean?”” “The sort that are all wings and ma- chinery and no meat."’—Washington Star. On the Verge. A woman and her daughter were at sea during rough weather. After a silence of some time the mother asked, ‘‘Are you sea- ick, dear?’’ No, I think not,’’ replied the daughter; “but I'd hate to yawn.’’—Ladies’ Home Journal. His Happy Home. “You say you once had a home?”’ “‘Dat’s what I had,’’ answered Plodding Pete. “Why didn’t you do something to make your folks comfortable and happy?” “Idid. I left.""—Tit-Bits, Paternal Goodness. . “I cannot understand," wrote the college boy, ‘‘why you call yourself a kind father. For three weeks I've had no check from you. Pray, what sort of kindness do you call that?’” And the father wrote back: ‘‘Unremit- ting kindness.""—Lippincott’s. Fraternal Advice. Maud—'‘Jack declares that I have a per- fect rosebud of a mouth.”” * Her orother—‘‘That’s very pretty; but rosebuds are generally closed.”’—Purple Cow. Near-useful Christmas Gifts. Paper knives. Hand-painted shaving papers. Pearl-handled pen holders. Gold ink wells. Silk hats.—Detroit Free Press. Too Much of Both. “Have they hot and cold water in their house ?"’ “If you heard the way she pours cold water on his suggestions and the hot water he is always getting into, you wouldn't ask.’’—Baltimore American. Half Pints. Sing a song of sixpence, Pocket full of rye— That’s the way to carry it Where the town is dry. —Philadelphia Telegraph. Edible Girls. The daily announcement in our want col- umns of ‘‘Wanted—A white girl to cook”’ is eloquent recognition of our claim that the Houston girls are good enough to eat.— Houston Post. Every lover of a good cocktail should call for Abbott's Bitters, Makes the best. ation JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com