Judge, 1911-08-19 · page 21 of 24
Judge — August 19, 1911 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines sentimental editorial content with period advertising. **The Main Content:** "Little Fellow" is a sentimental poem about a father's anxiety over his son's inevitable entry into the harsh working world. The piece reflects early 20th-century anxieties about child labor and industrial society—the father dreads the day "the big, rough world" will demand his boy's "brain and muscle" for work. It's melodramatic but speaks to genuine contemporary concerns about children entering factories and mines. **The Advertisements:** The page features three ads typical of the era: - **Schlitz Beer**: Emphasizes purity and sanitation ("We wash every bottle four times by machinery") - **Old I.W. Harper Whiskey**: Markets itself as a luxury product for refined consumers - **A cartoon joke** about a man visiting a dentist as a pretext to escape his mother The advertisements reveal what Judge's affluent readership valued: industrial efficiency, consumer goods, and humor about family obligation.
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1e8, fel- ine ?"? le in very | pro- thou- ad— that stitu- York , do you wonder daddy sometimes sighs, sometimes catch him looking ut of blurry eyes? Do you wonder why he takes you Inhis arms and hugs you so, As if you were going to leave him And he couldn't let you go? Little fellow, that’s the reason— Soon the big, rough world will say, ve your baby to me, [have work for him to-day; [have need of him this minute, a let me have his brain and muscle, Give to me his strength and skill.’”” Little fellow, when your daddy Comes with sadness in his eyes, ‘And he looks away off yonder And you hear his bitter sighs, It's because the ceaseless struggle Of the day has bruised him so, And he dreads the time approaching When to that his boy must go. Yes, he knows you'll want to leave him, And he knows it’s right you should, For the world may justly claim you When you've passed your babyhood. But your daddy, little fellow, Knows the bitterness and woe f the big world that will take you, And he dreads to let you go. | —Detroit Free Press. A Vacation Scheme.—‘‘I have gottena great deal of pleasure from anticipating “More pleasure, possibly, than you’ll get from the trip itself.” “That's what I think. ided to stay at home and save the noney.""—Pittsburgh Post. A DENTIST'S OFFICE. MOTHER WILL NOT BELIEVE THAT I COME TO ° ABOUT MY TEETH SO OFTEN. “08, DON'T BOTHER. 1 WI. SEND HER A Munich Witzige Blaetter, Mathers will tind Mrs. Winslow's Soethin fet remedy for their children. 25e-a Schlitz was brewed first in a hut over sixty years ago. Now our output exceeds a million barrels a year. Our agencies dot the earth. More and more people every year are demand- ing Schlitz—Schlitz in Brown Bottles. In our brewery we spend more on purity—in time—in skill— in money—than on any other cost in our brewing. We scald every tub, keg and barrel—every pipe and pump—every time we use it. We wash every bottle four times by machinery. Even the air, in which the beer is cooled, is filtered. If you knew what we know about beer, you would say ‘‘ Schlitz— Schlitz in Brown Bottles.” @ Order a case from your dealer today. See that crown or cork is . branaed ‘‘Schlite,?® The Beer ae That Made Milwaukee Famous 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. Hernhetm Distilling Co., Incorporated Loulevitie In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com