Judge, 1911-06-24 · page 21 of 25
Judge — June 24, 1911 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **short humorous anecdotes** ("Titillations") and **advertisements**, rather than political cartoons. The anecdotes use gentle satire on everyday life: - **"Play the Game"**: Sports metaphors about not resting on past accomplishments - **"The Second Dimension"**: A New England woman complains about high Southern railway rates; a Southerner deflects by reframing the cost per *hour* instead of per *mile*—absurdist logic that highlights regional differences - **"The Black Hand"**: A newspaper editor expects scandal; a farmer simply mentions plowing, subverting expectations - **The doctor/ankle telegram**: An elderly gentleman with gout misinterprets his doctor's wife's innocent telegram as flirtation The page primarily showcases **period advertisements** for Budweiser beer and I.W. Harper whiskey, using appeals to quality and tradition typical of early 20th-century marketing. The humor is mild, domestic, and relies on misunderstandings and social observations rather than political commentary.
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TITILLATIONS. Play the Game. Though mighty deeds you may have done, Keep hustling just the same. Remember that last year’s home run Won't count in this year’s game. —Washington Star. When you have a base hit made Don’t linger on the line; Steal to second, dive for third, | And your finish will be fine. The Second Dimension.—It was on a little branch railway in a Southern State that the New England woman ventured = | to refer to the high rates. ‘“‘It seems to | me five cents a mile is extortion,”’ she said, with frankness, to her Southern cousi: “It's a big lot of money to pay if you think of it by the mile,’’ said the South- erner, in her soft drawl; ‘‘but you just think how cheap it is by the hour, Cousin Annie—only about thirty-five cents !"— Youth's Companion. The Black Hand.—‘‘Our whole neigh- borhood has been stirred up,’’ said the regular reader. The editor of the country weekly | seized his pen. ‘Tell me about it,”’ he said. ‘‘What we want is news. What | stirred it up?” | “Plowing,” said the farmer.—Drift- | “Goodness, John,’’ said a woman to | her husband, ‘‘your suit looks as if you | had been sleeping in it!’” UPON THE STRONG WINGS | “Well,’’ replied John, “why not? Puri i <¢‘The Old Reliable’? bedi oeittwearat creat [OF Qual and Purity over fifty years ago “The Old Reliable" Red Hen. Budweiser mounted to. the top of the world’s bottled beers and never ending fidelity to uality and Purity has kept it at the top—its mildness and exquisite taste also helped to build its popularity. . Bottled only (with corks or crown caps) atthe Anheuser-Busch Brewery GOUTY AND GRIMLY HUMOROUS OLD GENTLEMAN | - WIRES TO HIS DOCTOR. St. Louis, Mo. Old I. W. Harper The whiskey you remember. Its fragrant bouquet, velvety smoothness, delicate after-taste make HARPER the pride of a good wine cellar. Leading Dealers Everywhere. Bernbeim Distilliug Co., Inco ited Louisville ee Doctor's wife (READING TELEGRAM) — YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A FRETTY POOT AND ANKLE COME OVER THIS EVENING.” —London Punch, In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com