Judge, 1911-06-24 · page 20 of 25
Judge — June 24, 1911 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with satirical humor snippets**, typical of Judge's format. The main advertisements promote whiskey (Overholt Rye), champagne (Great Western), and wine, emphasizing their American quality and international awards. The scattered jokes target early 20th-century social anxieties: city people unfamiliar with rural life; parliamentary politics (referencing Asher Hinds, a Maine congressman new to the House); marital discord (wives extracting valuables from husbands); and gender stereotypes. One cartoon shows a customs official discovering whiskey smuggled as "wearing apparel"—mocking both smuggling and the formal language of bureaucracy. The humor is gentle domestic satire rather than hard political commentary. The page reflects concerns about urbanization, changing social roles, and the friction between tradition and modernity, wrapped in the era's characteristic gender-based and class-based humor. The emphasis on American-made luxury goods suggests nationalist sentiment in the pre-WWI period.
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Reels WhatsYour Best? Ask the epicure—ask the jpenser—the answer is in- variably— GOOD OLD OVERHOLT RYE Most preferred by those who best know Puan fitting accompaniment Great Western Champagne The only American Champagne awarded a Gold Medal at the following Foreign Expo- sitions : PARIS EXPOSITION, 1867 France PARIS EXPOSITION, 1889 France PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 France VIENNA EXPOSITION, 1873 Austria BRUXELLES EXPOSITION, 1897 Igiam BRUXELLES EXPOSITION, 1910 Belgium Pleasant Valley Wine Company iid nd yest Chas Oldest a: Largest < mpegs She thinks that really She'd look cute With a harem skirt For her bathing suit. —Detroit Free Press. Hardly had the proud father entered the room to get his first glimpse of the new twins than both new-borns set up a loud bawling. “Now, now,”’ cautioned the father, holding up his hand and glancing from one red face to the other, ‘tone at a time; one at a time!"’"—Blue Bull. WHat 1s THIS?” Hinds Is Disappointed in His Job.— Among the new members of the House is Asher Hinds, of Maine, for many years parliamentary clerk at the speak- er’s table and the man depended on by “Uncle Joe’’ to untangle many knotty problems. “‘How do you like being a member?” Hinds was asked after his first week of service. “Tt isn’t what I thought it was going to be,’’ answered the parliamentarian. “Up at the speaker's desk there was action every day, and sometimes every hour of the day. Downon the floor it is quiet and peaceful. I am not sure which place is better.’’— Washington Rheims New York Times. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE, It will be appreciated. Traveler—" THAT'S ALL RIGHT—THAT'S MY NIGHT-caP !” City Folks in the Country.—Farmer— ‘‘Here is a letter from city folks an- swerin’ our ad., Mirandy. They want ter know if there’s a bath in the house. What'll I tell 'em?"’ His wife—‘‘Tell ‘em the truth. Tell ‘em if they need a bath, they’d betier pre it afore they come.’’—-Suburbdan Diplomatic.—‘‘Jinx lied to me yester- day in order to get off to go to the ball He said his wife's mother was “I think you are mistaken. I heard what he said.” “Then what was it?’’ “He said he would like to attend his mother-in-law's funeral.’ — Houston Post. Worse and Worse.—‘‘A Wilkes-Barre girl the other day coughed up a stick- pin,”” “That's nothing. My wife the other day made me cough up a diamond neck- lace.""— Youngstown Telegram. Customs official (DISCOVERING WHISKEY)—" AH, M’SIEUR, YOU SAY YOU HAVE ONLY WEARING APPAREL — London Opinion, The Brute.—‘‘John, I listened to you for half an hour last night, while you were talking in your sleep.”” “Thanks, dedr, for your self-re- straint.""—Chicago Record-Herald. The Sex.—Nora—‘*Men are queer.” Dora—''Yes; they are delighted when you forget how to swim, and mad when you forget how baseball is played.”"— New York Sun. The Needful.—The man who labors for posterity needs to have a good con- temporary income.—Chicago Journal. Automobile Eye Insurance needed after ‘posure to Sun, and Dust. Murine Eye finds Remedy freely applied A ffords Reliable Relief. No ~ just Eye Comfort—Try Murine, comicbooks.com