Judge, 1912-04-06 · page 20 of 28
Judge — April 6, 1912 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and a "Brief Decisions" humor column**—not political cartoons. The main content consists of: 1. **Advertisements** for railroad service to French Lick Springs, Apollinaris water, Allen's Foot-Ease powder, and other products typical of early 20th-century periodicals. 2. **"Brief Decisions"** (right column)—short satirical quips mocking contemporary topics: - The discovery of the South Pole as uninteresting to real-estate investors - Suffragettes' efforts to reform men's clothing - References to Chicago's reputation for large feet - Kansas wheat production statistics - Spring weather signs The humor relies on **gentle social satire** rather than sharp political commentary. The suffragette jokes reflect the era's anti-women's-suffrage sentiment (common in Judge), while other items simply mock absurdities and local quirks. This reflects Judge's role as a humor and satire magazine focused on entertaining affluent readers with witty observations about contemporary life.
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Afpollinaris The Table Water of the Duke of Connaught Daily Service French Lick Springs “THE PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED” Lv. New York, Pennsylvania Station Ly. Philadelphia Broad St. Station - . Ar. French Lick Springs - ‘DAILY 10.50 A. M. 1.02 P. M. 1.10 P. M. (next day) - Through sleeping cars to Indianapolis; parlor car Indianapolis to French Lick Springs Returning leave French Lick Springs daily at 1.45 P. M.; arrive New York 5.30 P. M., with like service. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD A delightful DRINK; an excellent TONIC for the KIDNEYS and BLADDER. Ask for it anywhere liquors are sold. Press Cutting Bureau willeend you all newspaper clippings. which may appear about you, friends, or any subject on waich you may want to be ry newspaper and periodical of importance in the United "States and Europe ‘ls, searched. Terma, $5.00 for 100 notices. Henny RoMeIKe, 106-110 Seventh Avenue, New York. A_QUARTER CENTURY BEFORE THE PUBLIC Over Five Million Free Samples Given Away Each Year. The Constant and Increasin From Samples Proves the Genuine Merit of ALLENS FOOT-EASE. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot=Ease, the antiseptic powder for the feet. Are you a trifle sensitive about the sizeof yourshoes? Meoy people wear shoes a smaller byshakingAllen’sF oot-Ease intothem. Just the thing for aching, hot feet and for Breaking in New Shoes. If you have tired, swollen * tender feet, Allen's Foot-Ease gives instant relief. We have over 30,000; “nap testimonials. TRY IT TO-DAY. Sold everywhere, 25c. Do not ecceptany sub- mse Allen's Feot-Ease.” stitute. FREE TRIAL PACKAGE sent by mail. Sales BARBERS : other no matter how hand ity Hiding, Chicago, TH. | 20 In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. Brief Decisions, The discovery of the South Pole by Amundsen may please the scientists, bet it will never interest real-estate men, =) The labors of militant Suffragists sep. gest that, in case of future wars, sim women may be joyfully and effectires active. "’ says a Chicago wor: physician, ‘tare an indication of » amiable temperament.’’ And thus, x last, the pedal legend of that city 5 happily and honorably justified. “Big feet, Suffragettes in Hartford, Conn, & clare that when they get the ballot thy will reform men’s clothes. Why can men, who have the ballot, start a | feminine reform? The Columbus, O., man who left é structions that his body should be ried to the grave in a dray or exprs wagon, and that a band should play np time at his obsequies, seems to hin known where he was going. The Chicago policeman who took a drink or a cigar in a saloon Wi out paying for it during twenty-the years of service’? has resigned. He is a vaudeville headliner or a rare objec for some museum. In twenty years Kansas has gre 1,222,500,000 bushels of wheat, with farm value of $801,339,000. An imp inative Chicago University profes has ‘calculated that this wheat wal have made a biscuit larger than & State of Rhode Island and 700 feet big or a doughnut with a hole in it 9,0 000 miles in diameter. Yet the pra tion of corn in that State in the a period was 3,009,646,905 bushels, we? on the farms $1,041,084,985. A Real Spring Sign. You may tell me that a mild south is blowing, You may tell me that the ice has the creek, You may say spring beauties in ® woods are growing, And violets will blossom by ™ week; You may mention friends from Flocal returning, You may tell me of spring fashio# suppose; J But here’s a better sign for the dis} ing— : The first small freckle on Aure#) nose! comicbooks.com