Judge, 1912-02-24 · page 19 of 24
Judge — February 24, 1912 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine contains primarily **humorous short jokes and puns** rather than political cartoons. The content includes: **"Common Expressions Oddly Applied"**: A series of puns where inanimate objects use human expressions literally. For example, water says "I hope I make myself perfectly clear" while passing through a filter, and an egg says experiences "tend to harden one" as it's dropped into boiling water. These are wordplay jokes exploiting double meanings. **Social Commentary Humor**: Several items mock contemporary behavior—a man claiming to be a "quorum" (suggesting self-importance), and jokes about doctors, marriage expectations, and college attitudes reflect early 20th-century social anxieties. **Right side**: Primarily **advertisements** for Chiclets gum and other products. The humor is genteel, relying on linguistic cleverness rather than sharp political satire. The page demonstrates *Judge*'s approach: light social observation wrapped in puns and wordplay for middle-class readers.
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Begin Now. Oh, worthy friend, your ashes sift And save the price. It later on will be a lift Toward buying ice. —Louisville Courier-Journal, The Big Show.—Post—‘‘Thinks he’s the whole thing, does he? Barker—* Well, I'd lly go as far as that; but he certainly considers him- self a quorum.'’—Smart Set Many Like Him.—‘‘A man has to be up to date to do anything nowadays. "’ “Yes,’’ replied Mr. Dustin Stax. “When I talk to an investigating com- mittee, I find it desirable not to dwell needlessly on the past.’’— Washington Star. Candid.—‘‘I am very sorry, Captain Snob, that circumstances over which I have no control compel me to say no.”” “May I ask what the circumstances ” “Yours.""—Lippincott’s. A Bumper Crop. For a bet a young seedsman of Leeds Rashly swallowed six packets of seeds; In a month—silly ass !— He was covered with grass, And he couldn’t sit down for the weeds. —Tit-Bits. The Doctor Habit AND HOW SHE OVERCAME IT. When well selected food has helped the honest physician place his patient in sturdy health and free from the ‘doctor habit,’’ it is a source of satisfaction to all parties. A Chicago woman says: “We have not had a doctor in the house during all the 5 years that we have been using Grape-Nuts food. Before we began, however, we had ‘the doctor habit’ and scarcely a week went by without a call on our physician. “When our youngest boy arrived, 5 years ago, I was very much run down and nervous, suffering from indigestion and almost continuous headaches. I was not able to attend to my ordinary domestic duties and was so nervous that I could scarcely control myself. Under advice I took to Grape-Nuts. “Tam now, and have been ever since we began to use Grape-Nuts food, able to do all my own work. The dyspepsia, headaches, nervousness and rheumatism which used to drive me fairly wild have entirely disappeared. “*My husband finds that in the night work in which he is engaged, Grape- Nuts food supplies him the most whole- some, strengthening and _ satisfying lunch he ever took with him.’’ Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, ‘‘The Road to Wellville,”” in packages. ‘‘There’s a teason. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. Common Expressions Oddly Applied. “Beaten out of five dollars,’’ said the gold leaf dejectedly. “I hope I make myself perfectly clear,’’ said the water, as it passed through the filter. “Experiences like this tend to harden one,’’ the egg said, as it was dropped into boiling water. “A little of this goes a long way,”’ remarked the aviator aloft, as he flicked the ash off his cigar. “I'l stay and see this thing out,”” said the man who was at the dentist’s to have a tooth pulled. “I'm against those long hatpins for women,”’ the man in the car said, as he wiped his bleeding jaw. “Ido this in response to an inward prompting,’’ explained the seasick pas- senger, as he leaned over the rail.— Boston Transcript. Business College-—Uncle Dick— “Young man, do you study diligently at college?’” Young man—'‘Nix! There ain’t no such cours California Pelican. Darkness and Bliss.—Edith—‘*How did you feel when Jack kissed you through the tunnel?"’ Edna—‘'! felt as if I never wanted to see his face again.’’—Boston Transcript. A Cinch.—‘‘They’re married.’’ “What makes you think 80?”” “I just heard him asking her if she was ever going to learn to put on her own skates.’’—Detroit Free Press. The’ Beaten Path.—Sergeant—'*Why do you think this dog was stolen from a lady?” Policeman—* Because, as I walked down the street with it, it stopped in front of all the department-store dows.’’--New Orleans Times-Democrat. A Falling Market.—‘‘I’ll give you two dollars for this anecdote about Daniel Webster.”’ “‘What’s the matter with you?’’ de- manded the hack writer. ‘‘You gave me four dollars for that anecdote when it was about Roosevelt.’’—Brooklyn Life. Realization.—‘‘I wonder if your sister realizes, Johnny, that during the last three months I have spent many dollars in sweets on her?"’ “I'm sure she does, Mr. Sweetly; that’s why she’s not letting on she’s engaged to Mr. Bigger.""—New York Evening Mail. Well Worth Seeing.—From an adver- tisement in the North China Daily News of a Cinema exhibition: “Annual Fat Cattle Show. 300 Aldermen March to Church.’’ We can picture the whole scene.— Punch. 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 & Co, Baltimore, Md. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. hiclets REALLY DELIGHTFUL The Dainty Mint Covered Cand Contes Chewing Gum The singer’s tones are more dulcet, the speaker’s voice more clear, when Chiclets are used to ease and refresh the mouth and throat. The refine- ment of chewing gum for people of refine- ment. It’s the pepper- mint—the true mint. 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