Judge, 1911-05-27 · page 23 of 24
Judge — May 27, 1911 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertisements and humor pieces** rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: **"She Knew She Had Forgotten"** — A domestic humor piece about a wife returning from shopping so excited about her purchases that she's dismayed to discover she still has money left unspent. The joke relies on stereotypes about women's shopping habits and spending. **"Socializing Our Jokes"** — Editorial commentary satirizing the newly-formed League for the Improvement of Comic Supplements. The author mocks modern society's tendency to bureaucratize everything (forming committees, charters, official seals) even for minor issues like lowering the moral quality of newspaper comics. It critiques both the coarse humor in Sunday comics *and* the absurdity of solving social problems through formal organizations rather than individual parental responsibility. Other pieces include light jokes on soldiers of fortune and miscellaneous verse. The page is largely filled with period advertisements for champagne, beer, foot powder, and other products—typical of Judge's commercial revenue model.
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She Knew She Had Forgotten.—She had just returned from a shopping tour, tired but radiant. He had just returned from the office, tired but—well, tired. Quivering with delight at the array of samples snipped from rolls of dress goods, she emptied the contents of her purse into her lap. There was a metallic sound. A look of dismay crossed her face. “There!’? she exclaimed. ‘‘I just knew there was something I had forgot- ten to buy!"” “*What was it, dear?’’ he asked, with an assumption of interest. “I'm sure I don’t know,’’ she replied petulantly; ‘but I find I have a half dollar left!"’"—Boston Herald. IMPERIAL EXTRA DRY AMERICA’S FAVORITE CHAMPAGNE “Ob Be Jolly” Bi It’s a beer to know; a beer to remember. Ask for P. B. Lager and get acquainted. At leading Hotels, Restaurants and Cafes A. G. VAN I STRAND Bunker Milt Brewerles. Boston, Mass. —|bond who fights for anybody who asks SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES| It relieves pain- tantly takes the the greatest comfort Ease makes tight or new Allen's Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powd ful, smarting, tends a out of cores and bunions. discovery of the age. Allen's Foot- thoes feel easy. It is a certain relief for eweating, callous, olen, tired, aching feet. Always use it to Break’ in New thoes. "Try it to-day, Sold everywhere, 25 cents. Don't Sccept any substitute. For FREE trial package, address Allen S. Olmated, Le Roy, N. Y. Socializing Our Jokes. Last month, in New York, the League ' for the Improvement of Comic Supple- ments held its first meeting, Mr. Perci- val Chubb in the chair—which aptly illustrates the pathetic helplessness of ‘An individual, |is usually coarse or dull; the colors are jeulty for themselves by simply chucking Tell us not in mournful numbers the individual under modern conditions. acting individually, is about as effective asa jellyfish. Wiping his own nose is practically as far as he can go. Everything, even down to fee- ble jokes illustrated with dauby cuts, must be dealt with socially, by act of Legislature, or by an organization with a chairman, a secretary, a charter, an official seal. For a long while the League for the Improvement of Comic Supplements has been inevitable. Nearly all newspapers furnish with the Sunday edition a double sheet of illustrated humor. The humor violent. Many people ‘consider these “‘comics’’ deleterious to children. A shallow critic might assume that parents holding this view would solve the diffi- the ‘‘comic’’ into the fire before the children got hold of it; but leaving it to the individual parents would not answer atall. Parents might oversleep or have a sneaking desire to see at leisure just how coarse the jokes were. The diffi- culty could never be overcome in that way. It must be dealt with socially. There must be organization, meetings, | resolutions, concerted action.—. Seturday) Evening Post. You Have a Chance. Life is but an empty dream, That we blokes get all the skim milk And the trusts get all the cream. . 80 get busy; Swing your uppercut and jab. When goed things are flying by you, Just reach out and take a grab. —Chicago Tribune. Soldiers of Fortune.—‘‘What is a sol- dier of fortune, pa?” A soldier of fortune, son, is a vaga- him, and then puts up an awful scream for help from his own country when he |gets into trouble.’"’—Cleveland Plain Dealer. _A teaspoonful of Abbott's Bittera with your Grape it makes an ideal appetizing tonic. Sample by |, 25 eta, in stamps. C. W. Abbott & Co., Balti- more, “The Unmost in Cigarettes’ The man who has travelled abroad inyva- rial rs Deities” at home ~ Cork Tips or Plain Pears’ Everyone admires a clear complexion. It’s an open secret that Pears’ Soap has brought the glow of health to millions of fair faces. Sold in America and every other country. New York Electrical School retical and practical course fa applied electricity Bight school, equipment 7 acing. and by plient ‘atte of electrical Tully quaified, Schoo! open all year. Write for free prospectus. 21 West Seventeenth St, NEW YORK In »~ewering aavertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com