Judge, 1912-11-09 · page 20 of 24
Judge — November 9, 1912 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It features multiple commercial ads for products popular in early 20th-century America: The dominant ad promotes **Schlitz beer** in brown bottles, claiming the packaging protects beer purity during storage and transport—a genuine concern before refrigeration. Below are smaller ads for **Schultz Ginger Ale**, **Durbar Gems** (jewelry), **Varicose Veins** treatment, and **Song Poems** (a music publisher service). On the right side is a **banking-themed humorous poem** titled "The First National Bank," satirizing a job applicant's desperate attempt to secure employment at a bank, desperately pitching himself for any available position—cashier, director, clerk, or teller. A brief joke at bottom ("Could Sympathize") involves wordplay about a wife's changed nickname from "Kitten" to something less flattering. There is **no political cartoon** on this page. It's a commercial advertising section with light humor typical of Judge magazine's format.
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The First National Bank, Every brewer knows this and covers even the handholes of the THE PIT AATIONAL tana case to keep out light. We do more. We put Schlitz in Brown Bottles. | | PRosrectus of your bank at hand, but I find it rather shocking That whether stocks go up or down de. pends upon the stocking. < % : While the bank’s financial footi | ‘ooting may Schlitz will not spoil when the or may not be secure, case 18 open—even though it be for Its standing in society is unquestioned, months, | I am sure; And when it comes to ‘‘earnings,” the| It is only natural that Schlitz | view het ern’ Leads my mind to the suggestion ts| he —— Bottles should be the | begin that word with Y, ome beer. Exchanges, surplus, credits, notes t) pay we do agree The Brown Bottle protects | Are right, of course; but sight draft Schlitz purity from the brewery will bring the fee from me. | A bond is a money matter—I'm no finan. to your glass, | efal shark, But bonds of matrimony are sealed wit} a dollar mark. Order a case from your dealer teday. Are employes needed in the bank? I'l See that crown or cork is branded “‘Schlitz’”. | file an application To act in some capacity—most any sit- uation— Cashier, director, note clerk; but! Hy . e would not be so ‘‘yeller’” IN | Asto apply for or accept the job that’ 7 =Y_ > . | known as teller. J | As to what branch of finance the bati 7 : » is now confined, . I think a trust department would & well to bear in mind; | For all the wills and codicils woul e ee r bring in many a fee, e a And some time to the bank would com#| hat Made M ilwa u kee Famous. a handsome leg-a-cy. And I think it wise and proper, te, ! when times are hard and drastic, VARICOSE VEINS, ™2t&* | to hold the institution up with curreng are promptly relieved with inexpensive home treatment. : It absolutely removes the pain, swellitc, tiredness and elastic. Leon Leite Could Sympathize. ierase.. Full particulars on receipt of stamy, a W. F. Young, P. D. F., 115 Temple 5. “Please, sir, can you spare me! HAVE YOU TRIED DURBAR GEMS Thoven’ta cent tn the worl y Wonderfally brilliant. Pure white. dime? ULTZ eae eee (< Neither have I. What make of GINGER ALE \¥ Mave total ortackine. “sa caly (A) Dag did you buy? Springfield, Mass 5 in 14k Gold Mowntings. Brill Particularly Prepared genus 25 yea ny 4 for Particular People Seat ca Averoral oe by resigcrod Not the Same. From your dealer of seat direct Reel cheerfully refunded if wot satisfac- “You used to call your wife ‘Kitten. tory. Send for oooklet. Dept. B. M MAIDEN LANE SALES CO. “IT know; but she has grown sin] }-50 Maiden Lane, New York 10 th Poa hen. CARL H. SCHULTZ 430-444 First Ave. MY. Clty In answering advertisements please mention JUDGZ. It will be appreciater. comicbooks.com