Judge, 1911-04-15 · page 19 of 24
Judge — April 15, 1911 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humor content** rather than political satire. The main visual content is a **large Remington typewriter advertisement** featuring a photograph of a man at a typewriter, claiming Remington has achieved the "first" column selector, decimal tabulator, and adding/subtracting capabilities. Below that is a small cartoon labeled "Taking Up His Time" from *London Punch*, depicting a boy talking to a plumber sitting idle on stairs—a simple domestic humor joke about interrupting workers. The page also contains **several testimonial advertisements**: one for Grape-Nuts cereal (a common format in this era, presenting invented "genuine" customer letters), Abbott's Bitters, Pears' Soap, and various medical treatments. A brief poem titled "Spring Arithmetic" jokes about how a gardener buys many seeds and tools but harvests only three vegetables. The overall page reflects **early 20th-century advertising conventions**: testimonials, product claims, and light domestic humor alongside commercial pitches.
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SHEER NONSENSE. Spring Arithmetic. T was the busy hour of 4, When from a city hardware store Emerged a gentleman who bore 1 hoe, 1 spade, 1 wheelbarrow. From thence our hero promptly went Into a seed establishment, And for these things his money spent: 1 peck of bulbs, 1 job lot of shrubs, 1 quart of assorted seeds. He has a garden under way, And if he’s fairly lucky, say, He'll have, about the last of May, 1 squash vine, legg plant, 1 radish. —Washington Herald. A bottle of Abbott's Bitters should be on every table to serve with the soup course. Sample by mail, 25 cts., in stamps. C. W. Abbott & Co., Balti- more, Md. Reasoned It Out AND FOUND A CHANGE IN FOOD PUT HIM RIGHT. A man does not count as wasted the time he spends in thinking over his busi- ness, but he seems loth to give the same sort of careful attention to himself and to his health, And yet his business would be worth little without good health to care for it. A business man tells how he did himself good by care- fully thinking over his physical condi- tion, investigating to find out what was needed, and then changing to the right food. “For some years I had been bothered a@ great deal after meals. My food seemed to lay like lead in my stomach, producing heaviness and dullness and sometimes positive pain. Of course this rendered me more or less unfit for business, and I made up my mind that something would have to be done. ‘Reflection led me to the conclusion that over-eating, filling the stomach with indigestible food, was responsible for many of the ills that human flesh en- dures, and that I was punishing myself in that way—that was what was making me so dull, heavy and uncomfortable, and unfit for business after meals. I concluded to try Grape-Nuts food to see what it could do for me. “I have been using it for some months now, and am glad to say that I do not suffer any longer after meals; my food seems to assimilate easily and perfectly, and to do the work for which it was intended. “I have regained my normal weight, and find that business is a pleasure once more—can take more interest in it, and my mind is clearer and more alert. Name given by Postum Co., Creek, Mich. Read ‘The Road to Wellville,’’ in packages, ‘*There’s a Reason." attle Ever read the above letter? A mew one appears trom time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. All Recent Typewriter Progress is Remington Progress Remington-Wahl Adding and Subtracting Typewriter Visible Writing and Adding The first column selector. The first built-in decimal tabulator. The first key-set tabulator. The first adding and subtracting type- writer. All these are recent developments of the REMINGTON Remington Typewriter Company (Incorporated) New York and Everywhere Taking Up His Time. Voice from below— Harold, you must- n’t interrupt the plumbers at their work, dear.” Harold—‘‘It’s all right, mother. I’m only talking to the man who sits on the stairs and does nothing.””— London Punch. “1 CAN NEVER TAKE MY WIPE TO THE THEA- TER. PIBCES | HAVEN'T SEEN BEPORE MIGHT BE IMPROPER, AND ATES 1 GO TO A SECOND TIME 13 SURE TO S Nunich Simpliccissimus, ROMETKE’S tiisewepaver clippings which say appear about you, your friends, or any 8 which you may want to be, “up to da Bewspaper and periodical of impportance in tne id ted States and Europe is searched. Terms, 160 ‘notices: “Henny Homenne, i10-11 West. 26th Street, New York. VARICOSE VEINS, ™421F6s- are r rcompliy relleved with inexpensive heme trraricent TADIASI Temaves"the painy telling, tiredares aod Full particulars on reeetpe of ria DeF.is Temple Se, Sprinpfeld, Mass, Pears Pears’ Soap is not med- icated: just good, pure soap. Contains no free alkali to injure the deli- cate texture of the skin. Matchless for the com- plexion. Established in 1739. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE, It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com