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This page combines advertisements with satirical humor typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine. **Main Visual Content:** The top illustration depicts a woman in a "harem skirt" (a fashionable but controversial garment of the era) at what appears to be a social gathering. The caption jokes about her embarrassment when her "braces" (corset stays) came undone—satirizing both the garment's impracticality and the strict social conventions around women's undergarments being visible in public. **Satirical Content:** Several brief jokes mock everyday situations: a grocer predicts a customer's failed gardening attempt, a doctor's financial desperation, and a husband's transparent excuse to avoid shopping. These are gentle domestic humor. **Advertisements:** The page heavily features product ads—Evans' Ale (promoting it for resort proprietors), Postum (coffee substitute), Milo cigarettes, and Murine eye remedy. The Postum ad presents a testimonial from a Wisconsin woman crediting the product with curing her coffee-related ailments (headaches, heart trouble, dyspepsia). **Context:** This reflects early-1900s consumer culture, health anxieties about coffee, and fashion controversies around women's clothing.

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NOTICE To Summer Resort Proprietors. EVANS’ ALE |Pleases Patrons and shows that you serve Extract from a letter—“ 8H QUITE ENJOYED THE SENSATION SHE MADE IN BER HAREM SKIRT, UNTIL SHE DISCOVERED THAT HER BRACES HAD COME DOWN, AND——" Coffee Congestion CAUSES A VARIETY OF AILS. A happy old lady in Wisconsin says: “During the time I was a coffee drinker I was subject to sick headaches, sometimes lasting 2 or 3 days, totally unfitting me for anything. “To this affliction was added, some years ago, a trouble with my heart that was very painful, accompanied by a smothering sensation and faintness. “Dyspepsia, also, came to make life harder to bear. I took all sorts of pat- ent medicines, but none of them helped me for any length of time. “The doctors frequently told me that coffee was not good for me; but without coffee I felt as if I had no breakfast. I finally decided about 2 years ago to abandon the use of coffee entirely, and as I had read a great deal about Postum I concluded to try that for a breakfast beverage. “I liked the taste of it and was par- ticularly pleased to notice that it did not ‘come up’ as coffee used to. The bad spells with my heart grew less and less frequent, and finally ceased altogether, and I have not had an attack of sick headache for more than a year. My digestion is good, too, and I am thankful that Iam once more a healthy woman. I know my wonderful restoration to health came from quitting coffee and using Postum.’’ Name given by the Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. “There's a reason,’’ and it is this. Coffee has a direct action on the liver with some people, and causes partial congestion of that organ, preventing the natural outlet of the secretions, Then may follow biliousness, sallow skin, headaches, constipation, and, finally, a change of the blood corpuscles and nerv- ous prostration. Read the little book, ‘The Road to Wellville,”” in packages, ‘‘There’s a Reason. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time totime. They are genuine, true, and full of human Interest. —London Opinion. The Grocer's Prediction. —‘‘I am go- ing to start a garden,’’ announced Mr. Subbubs. ‘‘A few months from now I won't be kicking about your prices.’” ‘*No,’’ said the grocer. ‘You'll be wondering how I can afford to sell vege- tables so cheap.’’"—Louisville Courier- Journal, JUDGE'S FAVORITE. PAULA MARR IN “I'LL BE HANGED IF I DO.” AT WILLIAM COLLIER'S COMEDY THEATER. A little nonsense for each day Is one good rule for health, So we do all attend your play So rich in laughter’s wealth. the best. A Delightful and Popular Summer Beverage. In eplite as well as. at ©. H. EVANS & SONS, Hudson, N.Y. The Place To Die.—*‘ My hero dies in the middle of my latest novel,”’ said the young author. “That’s a grave mistake,’’ replied the editor. ‘‘He should not die before the reader does, ’’—Atlanta Constitution. No Immediate Danger. —Friend— “*When do you expect Mr. Rich to re- cover?’’ Doctor—‘‘I don’t know; he’s the only patient I have at the present time.”"— Brooklyn Life. Automobile Eye Insurance needed after Exposure to Sun, Wi: Dust, Murine Eye Remedy freely applied Affords Reliable Relief. No Smarting—Just Eye Comfort—Try Marine. Fine Scheme. — Wife—‘‘Please match this piece of silk for me before you come home.”” . Husband—‘‘At the counter where the sweet little blonde works—the one with the soulful eyes and’’. Wife—‘No. You're too tired to shop for me when your day’s work is done, dear. On second thought, I won't bother you.’’—Detroit News. The Egyptian Cigarette of Quality AROMATIC DELICACY MILDNESS PURITY 2 d at your Club or Dealer's THE SURBRUG CO., Makers, New York. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com