Judge, 1912-06-29 · page 20 of 25
Judge — June 29, 1912 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three brief humorous sketches typical of Judge's satirical humor: **"Rustic Simplicity"** mocks the clash between a sophisticated city visitor and rural landlords. A cosmopolitan boarder seeking summer lodging encounters a crass farmer and his wife who speak in exaggerated dialect, make crude demands (cash advance, extra fees for illness), and boast of their "scrumptionest b'iled dinner." The city dweller ultimately flees back to town, finding rural life unbearably provincial. **"The Emergency"** presents Irish characters (O'Brien and Murphy) using ethnic humor: Murphy fears his wife's anger at his late arrival, but O'Brien assures him they're safe together—"she can't lick the two av us." **"A Promised Reform"** satirizes women's suffrage through a domestic argument. The wife claims women's rule will eliminate "wine, women and song," but her husband cheerfully notes it'll merely become "mirth, men and music"—essentially the same thing with different names. All three rely on class and ethnic stereotypes typical of early 1910s American humor.
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A Delightful Vacation or Week-End is in store for you at one of the many summering places, aniong wooded hills, ear quiet bays, or along the surf- beaten coast of Long Island The most distant resorts are reached in two hours from New York, and the enjoyment awaiting you— a yachting party, a plunge in the stinging surf, set of tennis, a round of the links, a good old fishing trip, and a hundred other pleasures, will set you up for days to come. Let us tell you about these summering places, and show You pictues of the many, brouty soot, by sending roy fay book, "Long Island R. * mailed on receipt of cents postage by the General Pamenget Agent. Long Iuland RR. Room 334, Pennsylvania Station, N. ¥- Overholt Rye “Same for 100 years"’ The process of making has not changed in a cen- tury — it was an honest pro- duct from the first. Smooth, mellow, fragrant. Aged in charred oak barrels and bottled in bond. A. Overholt & Co. Pittsburgh, Pa. The Champagne of Bottled Beer Rustic Simplicity. (Concluded from a preceding page.) “Can’t play the banjo nor sing them coon songs! Gosh! What kind of a city boarder be you, anyhow?” I smiled and said nothing. “Willin’ to pay fer your washin’?”” “Certainly."" “And extry fer trouble if you git sick?"" ‘Most assuredly! How much do you charge a week for board?”’ “Cash in advance?"" “If you require it—yes."" ‘Goin’ to stay all summer?"" “That is my intention,"* “Well, I'll tell you, I'll have to see the old woman. I've thunk of every- thing I could, but she’s a great thinker, an’ mebbe there’s a lot of other things— setch as only changin’ the sheets wunst a month, washin’ yourself at the crick mornin's, whether you don’t think corn- husk pillers is better fer your health than feathers, an’ the likes o’ that. So "pose you come over an’ see us to-mor- row an’ fix on things. Be sure an’ come to-morrow, ‘cause I’ve took a likin’ to you, an’ to-morrow’s washday, an’ the old woman'll be so busy that mebbe she won't have time to think 0’ nothin’ else, an’ on washdays we have a little the scrumptionest b’iled dinner that man alive ever sot down to."" But I did not go. I took the first train back, to find refuge from rustic simplicity in the sordid town. The Emergency. O'Brien—‘‘Come home an’ have sup- per wid me, Murphy.” Murphy (looking at his wateh)— “Shure, it's past nine be the clock! Yer wife will be mad as the divil!"” O' Brien—'"'Yis, that’s jist it; but sh2 can't lick the two av us.’" A Promised Reform. Mrs. Hustler—‘‘When women rule, there'll be no more of this ‘wine, women and song’ thing. Mr. Hustler—'*No?” Mrs. Hustler—No; it'll be ‘mirth, men and music, OU'LL want te ture. You can’t wn this pie- help it. It’s so stunning and the price is only 25e. So send the the LIVE WIRE, colored on enameled and beautifully paper, is yours. JUDGE 225 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK Trade supplied by Close, Graham & Scully, N.Y. | Accommodates 400 The New Hotel Baldwin BEACH HAVEN, N. J. Opens June 20th American Plan Birret railroad commo N dhand Penne 1c fe. 23 4 hours from New York Write for Information and Illustrated Booklet ESTATE OF CHARLES T. PARRY, Owner W. MERCER BAIRD, Maneger BEER BREWED BY MILLER AT miewaunee = In anewering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com