Judge, 1911-08-26 · page 20 of 28
Judge — August 26, 1911 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **charitable advertising and humor columns**, not political satire. **Main Content:** The page features appeals from the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, highlighting child poverty in tenement districts. One ad asks readers to help "Jimmie" buy school shoes ($7,000 was spent on shoes the previous year). Another promotes fresh-air programs for sick babies and mothers—reflecting Progressive Era charitable concerns about urban poverty and public health. **Right Column ("Judge's Favorite"):** Contains light humor pieces, including jokes about marriage, coffee, education, and farm life. One piece celebrates actress Geraldine O'Brien. The humor is gentle domestic comedy rather than political commentary. **Context for Modern Readers:** Early 1900s Judge magazine mixed satirical commentary with Progressive reformist content, reflecting the era's focus on urban poverty, child welfare, and charitable solutions to industrial society's problems.
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THE CHAMPAGNE Or BoTTLED BEER ‘HIGH LIFEBEER MILLER-MILWAUKEE make the most desirable and appropriate decorations for your den and bungalow. Judge Prints Send 10 cents for illustrated catalogue to er 225 Fifth ayen ae: New York 0 the New York Tenement District Trou $ re too sick to be taken to our fresh air homes, Sea Breeze. Junior Sea Breeze and Caroline Rest. ist therefore care for them in their tenement homes. $5.00 will buy pure milk for a sick baby fora month. $10.00 will restore a parsing mother to health; | Handvede of ba alth by the A W MANY WILL anti it is too late. Ae ALCP, Visors FIND THEM, ‘Ae ALC P. Nures GAVE THEM JIMMIE NEEDS NEW SHOES FOR SCHOOL He hasn't been wearing any during vacation because the pair he wore to school last year are now soleless. Teacher won't allow him inside the school barefooted. Father earns hi ourh. after paying the rent for a few rooms, to buy the bare necessities of life for Jimmie's brother ers. This distressing combina- tion of circumstances threatens Jimmie’s education. How would you like to have your children go to school or work in Jimmie’s shoes ? The A. 1. C. P. knows of thousands of needy and deserving boys and girls who must have shoes for school. Last year it spent for shoes alone nearly $7,000. WON'T YOU HELP JIMMIE? ‘A SUGGESTION Have alawn party or achildren’s fair to help these poor families. Write for literature. Send gifts to R. S. MINTURN, Treas. Room 244 105 East 22nd St. NEW YORK United Charities ie Left and Those He Re Building New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, = yroy,curTNe The Shoes that pry In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. JUDGE'S FAVORITE. GERALDINE O'BRIEN OP THE BOSTON “ EXCUSE ME” COMPANY. Oh, Geraldine, sweet Geraldine, How proud you look, so calm, serene; One thing I know, sweet Geraldine— If I were King, you would be Queen. Not the Better. “Oh, wilt thou take me, dear, For better or for worse?”’ She smiled the while a canny smile, And took him for—his purse. —JupcE. And when the honeymoon was done, And asked she for the purse? He smiled the while over his guile, And gave to her—-the worse. —Philadelphia Telegraph. Sorry She Spoke.—‘‘Sir,’’ said the as- tonished landlady to a traveler, who had sent his cup forward for the seventh ti “*you must be very fond of coffee.”” “Yes, madam, I am,’’ he replied, ‘‘or I should never have drunk so much water to get a little.""—Elmwood Cou- rier. Egg Wiser Than Hen. — Teacher — “‘Now, Johnny, suppose I should borrow $100 from your father and should pay him $10 a month for ten months, how much would I then owe him?’’ Johnny—‘‘ About $3 interest.’’—Bos- ton Transcript. Helping Father.—‘‘Would you mind tooting your factory whistle a little?” “What for?”” “For my father over yonder in the park. He’s a trifle deaf and he hasn't heard a robin this summer.’’—Kansas City Journal. Sure To Work.—Agent—‘‘I am selling something to prevent roosters from crowing at two a. m."” His friend—‘‘ Marvelous? it?” Agent—"‘A recipe for chicken soup."’ —Philadephia Bulletin. What is Mothers will tind Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy for their children. 2c. a bottle. comicbooks.com g. a c.f. we > panes — J)