Judge, 1912-04-20 · page 18 of 24
Judge — April 20, 1912 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple elements: a **New York Central Lines railroad advertisement** for the "20th Century Limited" train; a **poem titled "On the Trail of the Mexican Border"**; and promotional content about the Panama Canal. The poem appears to be satirical commentary on the Mexican border conflicts of the early 1910s (likely referencing the Mexican Revolution era tensions). It contrasts romantic, heroic language about warfare with a bathetic final couplet: a soldier dies, but the speaker mourns that "a Mexican boarder / Who fled, owing six weeks' rent!" This undercuts the preceding patriotic sentiment with mundane financial complaint—a typical Judge magazine technique of deflating grandiose rhetoric through unexpected practicality. The railroad and Panama Canal advertisements celebrate American technological progress and commercial expansion, reflecting early 20th-century American confidence in industrial achievement and imperial reach.
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On the Trail of the Mexican Boarder. OWN at the Mexican border, Down near the Rio Grande, rf S { ri Amiepech:malingspage Yankee gunner and sworder of railroad history was : “ ; Wait for a stern command. written when the New York Central Lines There, ‘neath the fiery sunlight, | Mexicans guard their door- Ready for knife and gun fight, Waged ’midst the cannon’s roar, inaugurated, in both directions, between New York, Boston and Chicago, the daily ser- Hark for the bugle’s calling! vice of the famous List for the rifle’s crack! Vision of warriors falling Prey to the wild attack! Sweethearts, sisters and mothers Mourn for the men who fell— Lovers, fathers and brothers— Heroes who fought so well! e e I seek in the fight’s disorder— Found! but his life is spent! I mourn for a Mexican boarder “The Train That Saves a Business Day’’ Who fled, owing six weeks’ rent! ~ Samad Rey This train has established a new standard of speed, comfort, convenience and luxury in railroad travel. It promotes closer and ever increasing business re- See Panama Now. lations between three great trade centres—New York, Boston and Chicago. American genius, capacity and indes Lv. New York 4.00 p.m. Lv. Chicago 230 p.m. try have made two continents where bet one existed before. They have wrought Lv. Boston 1.30 p.m. Ar. Boston 11.50 a.m. | the greatest homer marvel of all tec Ar. Chicago 8.55 a.m. Ar. New York 9.25 a.m. | The Panama Canal, in separating the two Americas, has made way for the “ce unification of the race of man. It will Water lessen distances. It will make neigh bors of people that have been far of. Every American who can possibly dos ought to see the canal within the nett year and before its channel is flooded. The statement is made that, since the present year opened, six thousand Amer jean tourists have been in the casa zone. It isa pity that the number wa not ten or twenty times as great. The government owns a line of steamships which ply between New York and Coke It operates the railroad across the Isth mus of Panama. At the latter city has a fine hotel for transient visitors It has not offered concessions of fare nt reduced excursion rates. The charge @ = | the railroad is five centsa mile. Att HITE | hotel the minimum rate is five dollars? Around the World with aCamera PRAY ASRPece rem cero day. These charges are not inviting® i s sthmus Write for particulars You need this book— tourists. Summer on the is ; Jet us send prospectus—we are making a less trying than it is in the north, and remarkable offer Pf sciid gold the government would offer inducemet’ ring, pin or stud f LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York Ipsavames. Wruatadar for feel errata opuiny eeepc many thousands of our people would & glad of the opportunity to see the wor derful work that their servants hat Advertising of Advertising--- wrought. Everybody is talking about it, but Judge Every lover of @ good cocktail should isié fT i i hat Abbott's Bitters be used in making it: inset and Leslie’s Weekly are doing it. (See page 22) sat Satin eect tan CW At 8 Baltimore, 18 In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com