Judge, 1912-06-08 · page 17 of 24
Judge — June 8, 1912 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This page combines editorial content with period advertising. The main article "A Lesson" contrasts modern scientific explanations for laziness (hookworm, toxins) with old-fashioned moral judgment. It argues young people lack ambition and expect success without training, then praises blind performers—likely including Senator Gore and Helen Keller—as examples of perseverance overcoming disability. The small cartoon labeled "HONOR" presents a judge asking a thief if there's honor among criminals. It's a cynical joke about corrupt judiciary: the judge himself is corrupt ("the corrupt judge sharply"), so his ironic question about criminal honor satirizes judicial hypocrisy. The page is heavily dominated by **period advertisements** for Evans Ale, Challenge Waterproof Collars, Schultz Ginger Ale, and I.W. Harper Whiskey—typical early-20th-century product promotions.
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A Lesson. HAT some modern persons would call lethargy, old-fashioned peo- ple insist upon regarding as pure lazi- ness. Considering one of the accepted definitions of lethargy, ‘‘a state of in- action or indifference, ’’ the old-fashioned idea would seem to be pertinent. Yet here. science steps in with new discoveries, new facts and new ideas based thereon. Bodily states or tem- peramental inclinations which formerly were greeted with a laconic, a homely or acaustic bit of comment that was de- cidedly unflattering are now explained by science in a very different way. Some persons who used to be thought lazy or indolent really may have suffered from ‘‘hookworm,'’ while others thought to be shiftless and inefficient might have been physically unfit because of toxins in the blood. Yet laziness, indifference, incompe- tence and idleness are seen all about, and unhappily too often among the young, who can have no physical or physiological excuse for inertia. It is becoming characteristic of too many young men to wish to leap to success at once—to achieve it at a bound—without preliminary service or training. Such young men complain that they lack ‘‘op- portunity,’’ when, in fact, opportunity Different Now SINCE THE SLUGGER, COFFEE, WAS ABAN- DONED. Coffee probably causes more bilious- ness and so-called malaria than any one other thing—even bad climate. (Tea is just as harmful as coffee because it contains caffeine the drug in coffee). A Ft. Worth man says: “‘T have always been of a bilious tem- perament, subject to malaria and up to one year ago a perfect slave to coffee. At times I would be covered with boils and full of malarial poison, was very nervous and had swimming in the head. “I don’t know how it happened, but I finally became convinced that my sick- ness was due to the use of coffee, anda little less than a year ago I stopped coffee and began drinking Postum. “From that time I have not had a boil, not had malaria at all, have gained 15 pounds good solid weight and know beyond all doubt this is due to the use of Postum in place of coffee as I have taken no medicine at all. “‘Postum has certainly made healthy, red blood for me in place of the blood that coffee drinking impoverished and made unhealthy.’’ Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Postum makes red blood. “There's a reason,’”’ and it is ex- plained in the little book, ‘“‘The Road to Wellville,”’ in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. 17 should be sought diligently. It can be found in most cases if the seeker for it persists and is deserving. A lesson was afforded to the slothful among young men who enjoy all their faculties by an entertainment given re- cently, in Jersey City, by the New Jer- sey Progressive Blind Men’s Society. The president of the society delivered an address, in which he said that ‘‘many seem to have the idea that the blind are a race born on a siding and left there to rust.’’ The alert inteitigence and cul- tivated talents of the performers at the entertainment—all blind—proved what persistence and activity of mind may do for those who lack one of the most es- sential senses. Lazy and indifferent youth should also note the work and careers of such blind persons as Senator Gore and Helen Keller—and be ashamed. Ig HONOR. "Ts there, then, no honor among thieves ?”” demanded the corrupt judge sharply. “Oh, yes, your bonor,"” replied the trem- bling culprit (Puzsle—find the trembling culprit.) The Modern Sport. I cannot ride the summer cloud Which drifts across the sky, But I can own an aeroplane And laugh as I go by. I cannot ride the gay gazelle— Its gait might make me sick— But I can own a motor car, And distance the Old Nick. I cannot ride Leviathan, He's slippery and grim, But I can own a submarine, And have a chat with him. — Rue Trumta tl In Stormy Weather, Too. “‘Come, my son,’’ said the stern but fond parent, as he tore a shingle from the roof of the hen house and strode in the direction of the woodshed, ‘‘let us take a little trip.’’ “What kind of a trip?’’ nervously asked the dutiful son. “Oh, we will go on a short whaling trip.” The know-how is the lever of success. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE, It will be appreciated. A Cold Bottled View of the Case ‘a mighty atracive thing fr the mn fl cn an cating who has "Ate for that oatlog on the lake or la the woode—The pleasare exper- enced mates one deably appreciative of the oeeaslon. fle wise— Any dealer o CH. Evans & Soon, Huston. WY tect in ft" Cutts catewis $0¢ SCHULTZ GINGER ALE Particularly Prepared for Particular People From your dealer or sent direct CARL H. SCHULTZ 430-444 Fint Ave, IY. Clty GRANDFATHER USED STILL THE BEST. Note style 2% bottling This is the Guaranteed Original ackage. To get solid with the steady drinkers in your place, give them the old standby— “I. W. HARPER” BERNHEIM DISTILLING CO. comicbooks.com