Judge, 1912-04-13 · page 18 of 24
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This page is primarily a **biographical profile** of Kate Masterson, a humorist and writer for *Judge* magazine, accompanied by period **advertisements**. **The Masterson Profile:** The text celebrates Masterson as an early female contributor to *Judge*, having sold her first manuscript to the magazine's editor Isaac Gregory years earlier. It humorously describes her as a strict vegetarian who cooks with a chafing dish, recently obtained a pilot's license, and does her best writing at midnight through "clairvoyant inspiration." Her notable work includes a piece titled "How To Live a Double Dollars a Week," translated into Turkish, Arabic, and Yiddish. The profile ends with a tongue-in-cheek editor's note that she's "quite old" and lives with a cat. **The Advertisements** include tobacco (Velvet), hotel lodging (Hotel Gregorian), liquor (Sunny Brook whiskey), cigars, and sales positions—typical of early 20th-century magazine advertising. The Masterson piece is essentially a **lighthearted tribute** to an early woman writer in American humor publishing.
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