Judge, 1912-09-14 · page 7 of 24
Judge — September 14, 1912 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* contains multiple humorous pieces centered on smoking—a major cultural preoccupation of the era. **Top cartoon:** "Noblesse Oblige" depicts a customer suggesting cigarette prices be raised so "respectable folks" can be seen smoking them—satirizing class anxieties about mass-market products and social respectability. **"Pipe Dreams"** is a sentimental poem about a man reminiscing over his pipe about lost love, interrupted by his wife calling him downstairs—mocking romantic nostalgia. **"Those Boxes"** jokes about cigarette premiums (flags, pictures, toys, coupons) that smokers valued more than the actual cigarettes themselves—critiquing consumer marketing tactics. **Other sketches** humorously present tobacco use as central to male identity and relationships: wives complaining about smoking husbands, a woman crushing a man's pipe stem, and observations that "a man is known by the cigars he keeps." The overall tone satirizes both smoking culture's prevalence and the era's gender dynamics around domestic life.
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Customer—" Say, that 's a dandy cigarette for five cents. Pipe Dreams. N THIS attic, hashed and dim, Pipe of mine, let’s dream a space. Here’s a picture, “Madge to Jim,” Penned beneath the roguish face. Ah, how clearly I recall This first love of long ago! Then I thought her queen of all, And one night I told her so. After that, with you I'd stroll, Pipe of mine, beneath the moon, Ui ye WV ZA oo S NOBLESSE OBLIGE. Why don'tcha put the price up, so 's respectable folks can be seen smokin’ ‘em,"” Those Boxes. Wills—** How are the new cigarettes?” Gills—''Fine! This last box I bought contained a flag, two pictures of ball players, a cardboard paper knife, a toy balloon and a puzzle."’ Wills—‘‘But how do the cigarettes themselves smoke?’’ Gills—‘‘I don't know. You see, I had to cut each one to pieces to see whether it contained the Great Grand Free Coupon which would entitle me to the next box free."’ Weaving dreams from out your 2 @C bowl, Humming marches heard in June; Till at last there came the day When this girlie promised to Love and honor and obey. (Business of the rice and shoe.) In this attic, hushed and dim— Hark! a voice I can’t forget From below is calling, ‘Jim! Gracious! are you smoking yet? “Here are pots for you to wipe! Really, you're a plain disgrace! Come on down and leave that pipe Where it won't smell up the place!’” From this attic, hushed and dim, I must fly beyond a doubt; Little wifey calls to Jim— Good night, sweet dreams—my Ppipe’s gone out! Ella Bentley Arther . Roland—"' There 's goes young Swift. wife has money.” Oliwer—* Well, that isn't his fault. been married a short time."” GIVE HIM TIME. They say his They ‘ve only ol “hp Ton N y Witeiam “4 rH // A Matter of Atmosphere. “‘My busband was at a ‘smoker’ Sat- urday night and never got home until about one o'clock !’" “‘Was that why he wasn’t at church Sunday morning?"’ “No; he says the ventilation is so ‘poor in church and the atmosphere always gets so heavy that he can’t keep awake.” Boating. (To the Gil Who Sat oa My Coat.) I loved you for your blushes ripe And tempting lipsp—ahem !— Until you flounced upon my pipe And crushed the amber stem. A c Acquiesced. Charlie—‘‘The doctor says I have a tobacco heart.’ Madge—‘'! knew it all along, dear. You always cared more for your old pipe than you did for me."’ One Way. Pipeleigh—‘*Do you know how to judge a good cigar?"’ Miss Peachy—‘‘Yes, indeed! the man who smokes it!’’ A man is known by the cigars he keeps. By comicbooks.com