Judge, 1912-02-03 · page 22 of 23
Judge — February 3, 1912 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** with several short humorous anecdotes sprinkled throughout. The jokes satirize everyday domestic and social situations: - **"His Degree"**: Mocks a theology professor whose only expertise is comparative religion—suggesting limited intellectual range. - **"The Forgetful Husbands"**: A woman jokes that a new letter-stamping machine won't help absent-minded husbands forget steps. - **"A Mean Trick"**: A boarding-house keeper uses a mobile fire escape as an excuse to help deadbeat tenants escape without paying rent—satirizing landlord-tenant tensions. - **"Properly Classified"**: Humor about a man called a "Napoleon of finance" who merely stretches twelve dollars weekly to support a large family—mocking pretentious labels. The majority of the page consists of advertisements for cruise lines (Clyde, Mallory, Ward Lines), the Rittenhouse Hotel, Pears' Soap, and medical products. The content reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and leisure travel marketing.
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His Degree.—‘'I hear that old Theolog has been g ig an address on ‘Com- parative Religion.’ "’ “Yes; that’s the only kind he knows o anything about.""—Canadian Courier. The Forgetful Husbands.—Mrs. Bacon | —*I see one turn of the handle of a — new letter-stamping machine cuts a stamp from a strip, moistens and affixes it, registers the action, and ejects the stamped letter.”’ Mrs, Egbert (the skeptical one)— “‘But suppose your husband forgets to do all that?’’— Yonkers Statesman. So your wife’ 3 will is law?” 3; but I can sometimes bribe her not to enforce it.’’—Boston Transcript. A Mean Trick.—‘‘The upper end of an iron-ladder fire escape that has been pat- ented is mounted on rollers that run along a track built the length of a build- ing, so that it can be moved to any win- 5 ie dow where it may be needed," said the Pears’ Soap leaves the vialtor. “T declare!’ replied the woman who ‘of leakage. Fires and ree! skin smooth, cool and kept the boarding-house. “They're al- Seite Lone fom arr a 4 , “f ways getting up somethi to aid peopl healthy. There’s no free ys getting up something to aid people dealers, or by rail, 3c, Rubber-covered Holst te a getting away without paying their m stamps. alkali in Pears’. Only board."’— Yonkers. Statesman. Fries Sears Gost sbtiAve, Doe, PRIYA, good soap and pure. Properly Classified.—‘‘He is a Napo- Don't Wear a Juss leon of finance."” id here and abroad. “Why, I didn’t know he was wealthy! (GYNLEEN ‘He isn’t; but he is raising a family 7 e children on twelve dollars a WA GE veek.’’—Houston Post. ey seareds , Theo WAT! ‘Sof as vole 9 r* , Shop and the world shops with you. ag | Nodal roses et rere COLL UFFS Chicago Daily News. TAL OFPLAPAO fot.Seatts wre’voai = = [RAL Om PUAPAD dit aeisos ie ia ik a why, estes, ere aren Tae VARICOSE VEINS, °*?£° No Smarting—Just Eye Comfort. RITTENHOUSE HOTEL Most Inviting Cruises estan ae Pa | Lge Sphe The most popular sea trips this winter are Southern Cruises to the A Refined Home-like Hotel, C: (H American Mediterranean, that romantic region reached by the big, ing to Discriminating Tra: into ¢ fast, comfortable steamers of the | and Permanent Guests. Mi | Located in the very heart of Phil- And r Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines adelphia’s most select residential Joh section, yet within ten little Direct Sailings Old Mente nid’ Seno Texas, Florida, walk of the railroad ons, a chopping district, and theatres. ‘Write for AGWI NEWS, a beautifully illustrated free magazine full of helpful travel informa- tion, and describing the cruises of the following steamship lines: An exclusive cafe—cuisine and service of the highest standard. TO FLORIDA. Daily except Sun- HF H Deebtfal 16-ds cruise t Clyde jhime dey resting at Charest, iene: Porto Rico Lime trastvindthe”iland of —— a jacksonville, with connections for all leading Enchantment.” $110, covering all e: se touchit at Southern orts. “The best way south.” From Pier 36, principal port Send for booklet and expensen: abe at eae EUROPEAN PLAN, North River, New York. ings, rates, ete. General Offices, 11 Broadway, New York. $1.50 Per day and up. Mallory Line 72,72XAS,,2!, points South- Ward Line Taxurlons twin-screw nes AMERICAN PLAN, west and Pacific coast. Ex hilarating water route trip to Galveston, Key West, travel to Bahamas, (Nassau). Mi Cuba, Mexico, $4.00 Per day and up. ‘Tamps, St Petersburg, and Mobile. Only route and Yucatan, with rail connections all important in- New York to Texas without change. From Pier 45, terior cities.’ Write for booklets. General Offices, Pier 1 North River, New York, East River, New York. R. VAN GILDER . OR ASK ANY OF THESE AGWI TOUR BUREAUS: Manager Philadelphia, 701 Chestnut Street Chicago, 506 Com. Nat'l Rank Bidg. Ne v York, 299 Broadway Boston, 192 Washington Street In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com