Judge, 1912-02-24 · page 20 of 24
Judge — February 24, 1912 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** with a small collection of brief student jokes interspersed among liquor and hotel advertisements. The "Student Humoresques" section contains short, punny jokes typical of early 1900s college humor magazines—the sources cited (Yale Record, Wisconsin Sphinx, Dartmouth Jack o' Lantern) confirm these are reprinted campus jokes. They're mostly wordplay: a pun on "putting on heirs" (heirs/airs), ethnic dialect humor featuring "Potash" and "Perlmutter" (Jewish characters), and gentle domestic comedy about a boy feeding a baby cream instead of milk. The page's main content is **advertisements**: Old Overholt Rye whiskey, Club Cocktails, Challenge Collars, Cook's Imperial Champagne, a paper warehouse, and the Rittenhouse Hotel. These ads reflect the magazine's wealthy readership and pre-Prohibition drinking culture (1911 was before the 18th Amendment). The humor is gentle, family-appropriate, and entirely devoid of substantive satire or political content—this page represents Judge's lighter entertainment function rather than its satirical mission.
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1810—1911 The connecting link Ww between the past and the present Old Overholt Rye The same old smack—the same ripe, ‘mellow flavor it had in the Puritan days of its first making Distilled and Bottled in bond by A. OVERHOLT & CO. Mix the best cocktail you know how —test it side by side with a Club Cocktail No matter how good a Cocktail you make you will notice a smooth- ness and mellowness in the Club Cocktail that your own lacks. Club Cocktails after accurate blending of choice liquors obtain their delicious flavor and delicate aroma by ageing in wood before bottling. A new cocktail can never have the flavor of an aged cocktail. Manhattan, Martini and other standard blends, bottled, ready to serve through cracked ice, Refuse Substitutes AT ALL DEALERS G.F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sele Prope, Bz Hartford “New York " London Student Humoresques. “Eavesdropping !"" exclaimed Adam, as his wife tumbled out of the fig tree. —Purple Cow. - Spinker—‘‘Joe married a widow with three children.”” Spanker—"‘Oh, well, he was always putting on heirs."’"— Yale Record. ~ “Sir, are you opposed to votes for women?"’ “Certainly not; but if women had the ballot, then suffragettes would want it, too.’’—Siren. ~ “Well, old sport, how do you feel? I’ve just eaten a bowl of oxtail soup and feel bully.’’ “I’ve just eaten a plate of hash and feel like everything.""—Yale Record. ~ Potash—‘Cohen can nefer make a goot golluf blayer.’’ Perlmutter—‘‘For vy not?” Potash—‘‘He neffer hollers fore—al- ways he yells dree ninedy-eight.”"— Wisconsin Sphinz. - Larry—''! like Professor Whatishis- name in Shakespeare. He brings things home to you that you. never saw be- fore.’” Harry—Huh! I’ve got a laundry man as good as that.’’—Dartmouth Jack o” Lantern, Barred Children.—‘*Why don’t you let your little brother play house with you, Ethel?”’ “We're not playing house, mamma.” ‘What are you playing, then?”’ ‘We're playing flat; and they won't let any children in this flat, mamma.’ —Yonkers Statesman. Not Finished.—‘‘A party of us went over from Nice to Tripoli to see a bat- tle.”” , “‘And did you see a battle?’’ “Saw part of a battle. The battle was called on account of rain.’’—Louis- ville Courier-Journal. The Best Part. “Johnny,’’ said a West End mother a few days ago, ‘‘you are now large enough and old enough to care for the baby for a few hours, and I wish you would look after him and feed him while I Fo oyer to see your grandmother, who is ill.”” “Sure, mamma!’’ proudly Johnny. ‘I can feed him all right. “*Did the baby have plenty to drink?” asked the mother, as soon as she re- turned. ‘*He drank the best part of a bottle of milk,’’ replied Johnny. “But the bottle is still nearly full,’’ said the mother. “That's so,"’ agreed Johnny; *‘but when I said the best part, I meant the cream off the top.’’— Youngstown Tele- gram. Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery Eyes and Granulated Eyelids. No Smarting—Just Eye Comfort. Gorrizo a7 me Seances” Buon PEST. HUNGART, “. No matter what / — IMPERIAL \ Extra Dry To not sy, the best "AMERICAN Cham but the best CHAMPAGNE—it delights the taste—efforde exquisite pleasure. Sold Everywhere HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WA REHOUSE Nos. 32, 34 and 36 Bleecker Street Branch Warehouse, 20 man Street, New York ALL KINDS OP PAPER MADE TO ORDER THE RITTENHOUSE HOTEL Chestnut and Tweoty-Second Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. A Refined Hom ing to Discrimi and Permanent Guests. Located in the very heart of Phil- adelphia’s most select residential section, yet within ten minutes’ walk of the railroad stations, chopping district, and theatres. Hotel, Cater- ing Transient An exclusive cafe—cuisine and service of the highest standard. _———_ EUROPEAN PLAN, $1.50 Per day and up. AMERICAN PLAN, $4.00 Per day and up. R. VAN GILDER Manager In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com