Judge, 1911-12-30 · page 23 of 25
Judge — December 30, 1911 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with several short humorous anecdotes interspersed. The main content consists of **whiskey and spirits advertisements** (Green River Whiskey, Cook's Imperial, Sunny Brook, Club Cocktail) typical of the era. There's also a hotel advertisement for the Navarre in New York. The satirical content appears in brief **joke snippets**: - "She Learned the Lesson": A lawyer counsels his indiscreet office boy about discretion, but the stenographer immediately proves she wasn't listening—ironic commentary on workplace gossip. - "Paid in Full": Judge Henry A. "Plupy" Shute, a writer of boys' stories, habitually exploits a lawyer colleague (Fuller) for free legal advice, then profits from his own books while giving nothing back. The toastmaster's introduction serves as public payback for this parasitic relationship. These jokes reflect early 20th-century office culture and professional ethics, using humor to critique dishonesty and exploitation.
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THE CONNOISSEUR'S FIRST CHOICE. THE BEST OF “OLD KENTUCKY'S” FAMOUS WHISKEYS. SMOOTH— PALATABLE—DELICIOUS. ** The Whiskey without a Headache."* McCULLOCK—THE DISTILLER Owensboro Since 1859 — IMPERIAL Kentucky Extra pagne, but, the best produced anywhere. anda delicate flavor, boucuet —— Better than foreign — costs but balf— no duties or ship {ccight to pay. Served Everywhere PURE FOOD Whiskey As A Pleasant Beverage and A re. Wholesome Tonic It Has No Equal. She Learned the Lesson. A Baltimore lawyer had an office-boy who was given to telling in other offices what happened in that of his chief. The lawyer found it necessary to dis- charge him, but, thinking to keep him from a similar fault in the future, he counseled the boy wisely on his depar- ture. ‘Willie, you must never hear any- thing that is said in the office,’’ he said. “Do what you are told to do, but turn a deaf ear to conversation that does not include you.’” A happy inspiration! He would see that the stenographer learned the same lesson in passing; so, turning to her, he said, “Miss Brown, did you hear what I said to Willie?” “*No, sir,’’ she returned promptly.— Lippincott’s Magazine. Financial Diagnosis.—‘‘ But,”’ asked the young doctor, ‘why do you always order champagne for every new patient that comes to you?” “Because, my boy,’’ replied the old practitioner, ‘I can judge by what the patient say's whether or not he can afford it. That helps me when I come to make out my bill.""—Catholic Times, A Barricade. When Polly puts the pillow ’twixt Herself and ardent Sam, She knows it is no barrier— Tis but a pillow-sham! —Lippincott's Magazine. At the Art Display.—First artist— “*What in heaven's name is an orchestra doing on a field of battle?"” Second ditto—'‘That’s to add tone to the picture."’—Stanford Chaparral. Paid in Full. Judge Henry A. ‘Plupy’? Shute was being introduced as an after-dinner speaker at one of the recent reunions of the New Hampshire Bar Association. The toastmaster, Arthur OU. Fuller, of Exeter, N. H., had long been victimized by Judge Shute, who, in order to find more time for the writing of his boy stories, would run across the street to where Fuller sold his law und propound his knotty legal problems in a hypothet- ical manner, obtain some first-rate law second-hand, and with no more than a “Thank you” to pay for that which had been delved out by the light of Fuller’s sixty-cent gas, would trot back across the street and satisfv some waiting bumpkin with the musty tit-bit, pocket his fee, and turn to his more remunera- tive quill. Fuller had long awaited the opportunity to throw a barb at his lit- erary friend. Clearing his voice, Fuller began, ‘I will now introduce to you one Judge Henry A. Shute, in his boyhood days known as ‘Plupy,’ but now a great literary and legal light. He will speak to you of ‘The Law and the Prophets.’ The law, as you are all aware, he gets from my office. The profits he gets from his little books.’""— World To-day. Every lover of a good cocktail shoukl call for Abbott's Bitters, Makes the best. C. W. Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. There’s just the aa) be- tween a raw, poorly made ke tail and a Club Cocktail that there is between a raw, ne Whiskey and a soft old one. \% The best of ingredients—the most \ accurate blending cannot .' ive the softness and mel- lowness that age imparts. Club Cocktails are aged in wood before bottling—and no freshly made Cocktail can be as good. int and other lard bi utled, pa te serve throuth cracked ice, Refuse Substitutes ‘hattan, wit® New Yorlkc S33" THE NEW FIRE-PROOF NAVARRE Seventh Ave, & 38th Street BUSINESS MEN FAMILIES TOURISTS Maximum of Luxury at Minimum of Cost EUROPEAN PLAN $1.50 per Day $2.00 per Day WITHOUT BATH WITH BATH Suites, $3.50 and upwards SEND FOR COLORED MAP OF NEW YORK EDGAR T. SMITH, Managing Director Plaza Hotel, Chicago, under same management, HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE Nos. 32, 34 and 36 Bleecker Street i Branch Warehouse, 20 Beekman Street, New York } ALL KINDS OF PAPER MADE TO ORDER comicbooks.com