Judge, 1911-08-05 · page 22 of 27
Judge — August 5, 1911 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and short humor items**, not political cartoons. The content reflects early 20th-century American leisure and domestic life. The largest ad promotes a **Red Cross Line ocean cruise** ($60 for 12 days to Halifax and Newfoundland)—targeting affluent travelers seeking "novelty" and "economy" combined. Below that, **Manhattan Beach** advertises itself as an accessible resort near New York City, emphasizing modern attractions (tennis, musical festivals, restaurants). The humor items are domestic jokes typical of the era: - A woman and man compete over who tells bigger lies (she claims meeting a 300-year-old dwarf; he identifies it as his son) - A captain's anecdote about discontinued flogging at Eton School - A suffragette wife who demands voting rights - A joke about phonographs being useless with a mother-in-law present The **Blatz beer advertisement** promotes Milwaukee beer as the "finest ever brewed," emphasizing its popularity. The page reflects pre-WWI American consumer culture: leisure travel, seaside resorts, and domestic gender tensions around emerging women's suffrage—all presented through lighthearted satire.
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OCEAN CRUISE To HALIFAX, Nova Scotia and ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland. Including meals and berth for the entire trip, via the RED CROSS LINE Old World Scenes and Experiences in North Ameri Novelty—change of scene—delightful climate. charming tea {sfmar able economy—are combined a this cruise. You live on when in port—no hotel expenses. in tour costing four times K could net be more da heat. ‘The large mew steamers equipped with every We also offer tour via stopping at Quebec, topping one day at Charlottetown P.E. 1. + to St. John Ret. via Red Cross Line Baroy $65 op. in- cluding R. R. fare from N. Y. to. Mont- real. Sead fot itd Bovklet No. 37 Bowring & Co., 17 State St., MPOSSIBLE POR ME TO SEE HIM. TELL HIM 1M ie —Paris Le Sourire. Every lover of a good cocktail should call for Abbott's Bitters. Makes the best. Both Adepts. A man and a woman were in a dispute as to which could tell the bigger lie. The woman was given the right of way for her effort. ‘*I was walking acrozs the Atlantic Ocean,” she said, ‘‘and met a man no taller than that’’ (she held one hand two feet from the floor to in- dicate his hi it), ‘‘who was three hun- dred years old The man whistled. It was a big one, all right. “Did the dwarf have a wooden leg?” the man asked. The woman replied that he did. **Was he blind in one eye?"’ was the next question, “He was,”’ replied the womai “Then,’? replied the man, my son.’’—Indianapolis News. ALWAYS THE SAME GOOD OLD CONVENIENTLY REACHED BY TRAIN, 4 Ze TROLLEY OR MOTOR. y ‘The most poplar resort ceater around New York City where the temperature seldom varies from 70°. Unsurpassed bathing. New tennis courts. Celebrated musical festivals Famous open air restaurants, and various other attractions MILWAUKEE and outdoor pastimes Auvale Hock THE America’s Leading Seashore Hotels MANHATTAN BEACH | HOTEL want Park FINEST BEER EVER BREWED The most ‘uropean Plan. 3 a. Gi ee ORIENTAL 1 HOTEL. .0w oven popular bottled beer in all localities where it is sold. Ask for a bottle and F. Conterno, Director Unmarried.—The Chicago woman was A Big Stick.—Captain Hardress Lloyd, on the witness stand. ‘‘Are you mar- polo player, was talking in New York about the cessation of flogging at the great English public school of Eton. “T am glad,”’ he said, ‘‘that flogging is now done away with, Eton boys used to suffer a good deal from the birch. There was one Eton master in the sev- enties who flogged so severely that his death, when he came to die, was an- nounced in the papers among the ship- ping news. They announced it under the head, ‘Loss of a Whaler.’ ’’—New York Tribune, Teacher—'‘Bobby, give an example of the double negative."” Bobby—'‘I don’t know none.’*—Boston Transcript. ried or unmarried?’’ thundered the coun- sel for the defense. “Unmarried, four time: replied the witness unblushingly. — Philadelphia Record. His Suffragette Wife.—‘‘Does your wife st on being allowed to vote Yes,’ replied Mr. Meekton. ‘She is not content with having the last word ina political argument. She must go to the polls and put in a postscript."’ —Red Hen. I a man's family includes a wife, three grown-up daughters, and a mother-in-law, he has no earthly use for a phonograph.—Chicago News. get the reason. Order a case for the home. Ash for it at the Club, Cafe or Buffet Insist In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com