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This page is primarily **advertising and light humor** rather than political satire. The content includes: **Humorous anecdotes:** - "Only an Imitation" jokes about urban/rural attitudes: a city boy dismisses his grandmother's impressive fireplace as "only an imitation gas log" because New York has "real ones"—satirizing modern urban superiority and consumer culture. - Other brief jokes about marital dynamics and a soporific preacher. **Major advertisement:** A large Chartreuse liqueur ad celebrating a 1911 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Justice Hughes) protecting Carthusian Monks' exclusive rights to use the name "Chartreuse" against competitors like the Cusenier Company. **Other ads:** Hotel Imperial, book promotion ("At Good Old Siwash"), and various commercial services. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and advertising prominence in Judge magazine, with minimal political content—mostly social commentary through gentle humor about changing American attitudes toward modernity.

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Only an Imitation. Little Johnny was going for the first time to spend a few days at his grand- father's farm, As he ran up the steps of the old house, his grandmother caught him up in her arms and put him down, rosy and laughing, before the great log fire in the sitting-room. “Isn't that fine, Johnny?’ she said. “You don’t have big log fires like that in New York, do you?” Johnny looked with wide-eyed delight at the huge logs as they blazed and crackled in the generous old fireplace, but he was stanchly loyal to his “six rooms and bath.’" “It’s nice, grandma; but it’s only an imitation gas log, isn’t it? We have real ones in my house.”"—Red Hen. a [EIR IEI IIIS HIGIIEIEI IBIS IA IIE Since the decision rendered by the United States Supreme Court, it has been decided by the Monks hereafter to bottle CHARTREUSE (Liqueur Péres Chartreux) both being identically the same article, under a combination Izbel representing the old and the new labels, and in the old style of bottle bearing the Monks’ familiar insignia, a3 shown in this advertisement. According to the fécision of the U. S Supreme Court, handed down by Mr. Justice Hughes on May 29th, 1911, no one but the Carthusian Monks (Paes Chartreux) is entitled t> use th: word CHARTREUSE as the name or designation of a Liqueur, so their victory in the suit against the Cusenier Company, representing M Henri Lecouturier, the Liquidator appointed by the French Courts, Only Twice Helped.—Mrs. Jones has y and his successors, the Compagnie Fermiere de la Grande Chartreuse, been very watchful of her husband's diet lately and is in constant fear lest he overea “John,” she asked anxiously one morning, when Jones had been telling her about the banquet which he had at- tended the night before, ‘thow many helpings did you have last night?” “Two,’’ answered Jones absently; “one at the banquet and one on the way home."’—Joe Miller's Joke Book. The Soporific Preacher.—She—‘‘The Rev. Wilkins is something of a faith healer, you know, and I'm thinking of attending his church for my rheuma- tism.” He—* somnia! can recommend him for in- Sydney Bulletin. Press Cutting Bureau or Will sea you ail ne wapaper cH y appear about you, any subject on waich you t to be Every_newapaper and peri 5 nite States and Europe £5. for 100 notices. Henny Row Avenue. New York, One Block from New Pennsylvania Station NEW YORK CITY Hotel Imperial On Broadway at Thirty-first and Thirty-second Streets Convenient to New York Central Terminal and the 32d Street Sta- tion of the Hudson River Tubes— just across the street—also the new shopping district and theatres. The new Cafe—for Ladies and Gentlemen—on the Broadway side, has instantly become popular. Booklet with rates mailed on request ROBERT STAFFORD fs COPELAND TOWNSEND Proprietor Masager TL is complete 45 Brow iway. nts for tue Un Sa cladleoialeaiachadiaiasieabadiaieaiashaalasbeolecholoslecactaslastadiaohachclacledhchacichadtadlecisahsleateclodash 2 RS ER “ At Good Old Siwash.” If you want a specimen of picturesque vocabulary, just set your alarm clock and begin George Fitch's stories of col- lege days, ‘‘At Good Old Siwash’’ (Lit- tle, Brown & Co., Boston). For fresh, forceful expressions, for absurdly appro- priate sim nd salubrious smiles, for strictly up-to-the-second slang, this book puts itover (isn’t that right?) any other college story for years back. The situ- ations are all alive and human, most of them comic; the preface is as witty as any chapter; the chapter titles would give Kipling points. While these tales were running ina weekly publication, men all over the two Americas were sitting on their five- cent pieces all week, in order to have the price of the next issue. And not only men, mind you! and not only col- lege men, look you! but motor men, businessmen, boarding-school girls, granddaddies, salesladies, office-boys— yea, verily, even the latter have been observed in transit, imbibing knowledge of the Eta Bita Pies, and riding with inexcusable negligence past their sta- tions. What with descriptions of foot- ball and fake funerals, Cupid and college fraternities, _mooning and monkey- shines, you'll ride to the terminus, too —blest if you don’t! Every lover of a good cocktail should insist that Abbott's Bitters be used in making it: insures your getting the very best. C.W. Abbott & Ca, Baltimore, Md The Carthusian Monks (Péres Chartreux), and they alone, have the formula or recipe of the secret process employed in the manufacture of the genu ne Chartreuse. and have never parted with it. genuine Chartreuse save that made by them at ‘lar agona, At first-class Wine Me-chants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafés, New nited States, AIM IRIN IIE IDI nip GI SInI I EISISISI GI EI ei ioiei ie se tcie notemeietete ra 2 ISIS, er rire rrr s ‘ork, There is no pain Ore Ea a Fb dhechechashochosheobustoohophashoshodusbasbodtasesecboohesosk SE RITA IASIAS ASAI AAS DASE. TETHER IIE COPY THIS SKETCH and let me see what youcan do with it. You can ‘earn $20.09 to $125.00 or more per werk a+ illus trator of cattooalst. My practical system of pet sonal individual lessons by mail will develop your Fifteen years’ soccesstul work for news alt colection of drawings showing posites LANDON SCHOOL sics'srscattetncttoStin eetita Seawit ange, Be lacy eed agente eat sitet Pie In advance. 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