Judge, 1911-06-17 · page 22 of 26
Judge — June 17, 1911 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** rather than political satire. The dominant feature is a **Budweiser beer advertisement** using an eagle carrying a fish, claiming the beer has earned the title "King of All bottled beers" for being "The Old Reliable." The right column contains miscellaneous **joke fillers** common to satirical magazines—brief one-liners from various newspapers playing on professions (doctors, lawyers, pianists, anglers, etc.) who are incompetent at their trades but would excel at absurd substitutes. These are gentle, apolitical humor. At bottom is an advertisement for **Judge's June issue** (10 cents), sold by newsdealers. There is no significant political cartoon or social commentary on this particular page—it's largely commercial space and light comic filler typical of early 20th-century magazine layouts.
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Better be a little sweet Than never sweet at all; Better be a flower, If it’s only on the wall. Better sing a little bit Than never lift your voice In echo of the morning songs That make the world rejoice. Better love a little bit Than never know how sweet The loving of the little lives That every day we meet. —Baltimore Sun, “1 ONCE GOT A MAN TO TAKE OCT A £5,000 MPE POLICY, AND HE MET WITH A FATAL ACCI- DENT WITHIN A WEEK.” | “YOU MUST HAVE WISHED YOUR TERsUA- THE TITLE OF ALL wg eee ie tc “OH, 1 DON'T KNOW, YOU SEE, I MARRIED THE WIDOW.” —London Opinion. bottled beers has been earned by Anheuser-Busch | Passing a Good Thing Along. Some doctors could not cure a ham.— for ** The Old Reliable 79 Milwaukee Wisconsin. And some lawyers couldn't try a case of lard.—Seranton Tribune. s And some pianists couldn’t play a line of hose.—Mobile Register. And some anglers couldn't cast a ES —___HAAEE shoe.—Youngstown Telegram. : * : Pra And some hunters couldn’t shoot the It’s impossible to improve upon its Quality and Purity, because it is chutes. —Detroit Free Press. brewed only from the best materials and thoroughly aged in the largest And some shoe clerks couldn't shoo a chicken.—Houston Post. storage cellars in the world. Its mildness and low percentage of alcohol ‘And some bricklayers couldn't lay an makes it friends EVERYWHERE. egg.—Yonkers Statesman. * And a whole lot of penny. Bottled only (with corks or crown caps) at the couldn't drop a line. Anheuser-Busch Brewery . | Patience.—"*But it seems to take all . your patients a long time to get well, St. Louis, Mo. doctor.” “Yes; but as soon as I begin to get a larger practice I can afford to let my patients get well quicker.’’—Houston Post. The Up-to-date Scheme.—Subbubs—‘‘I simply can’t sell my place.” d 9 Lib 10 Bocker—““Why not offer it to the 10c. Ju ge S aI rary Cc. President for s aammer: capital ?"—New Competent.—Broker—‘‘No, I don’t need an offi ad June Number waipotican—"Wott _Aln't you organ SOLD BY ALL NEWSDEALERS directora?"’—Philadelphia Bulletin. Marine Eye Tonic has Won Many, for that “Morning After the Night Beft Feding. in answering advertisements please mention JUDGE, It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com