Judge, 1912-12-14 · page 22 of 26
Judge — December 14, 1912 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humor content** rather than political commentary. The main advertisements promote **Sunny Brook whiskey** and **Hunter Baltimore Rye**, leveraging early 20th-century marketing tactics: doctors' endorsements for medicinal alcohol use and government inspection stamps to assure quality—common claims during the Pre-Prohibition era when whiskey was marketed as a health tonic. The right column, "Passing the Mustard," contains humorous short anecdotes mocking everyday frustrations: a man dreaming of heating his cellar, his wife leaving town, financial complaints about suffrage, and physical decline. These represent typical middle-class anxieties of the period. The page includes a **"Be An Artist" instructional advertisement** and a **Judge Art Prints promotion**—standard revenue sources for magazines. The content reflects **no significant political satire**—instead offering light domestic humor and commercial promotion typical of Judge's mixed editorial-advertising format during this era.
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Ask any good doctor what he thinks of the judicious use of pure, old whiskey, and he will tell you that it is the best Sort-of a tonic and in- vigorator. But you must choose the right kind with care—a poor whiskey will do more harm than a good whiskey can do good. When you buy SUNNY BROOK The PURE FOOD Whiskey —you have the guarantee of the largest distillers of fine whiskey in the world that it is the very best and Purest that money and skill can produce—a whiskey scientifically distilled and carefully aged for the express yu of being used as a calthful stimulant in the home. SUNNY BROOK The PURE FOOD Whiskey is distilled, aged and bottled in bond under the direct sup- ervision of U.S. Government Anspectors, and the Green Government Stamp that seals each bottle guarantees that the Contents are genuine, straight, patural whiskey, full Be An Artist Make Money Drawing Comic Pictures, Let the world’s famous cartoonist, Eu- gene Zimmerman, spill a few ideas into your head. Get the Zim Book—it's chuck full of valuable suggestions. Price, $1.00, postpaid. Bound in 3-4 Morocco. Satis- faction guaranteed. Money back if book returned within 10 days, Address; Zim Book, Room No. 1149, Brunswick Bidg., New York. rated catalogue of over fifty subjects from which to mai 225 Fifth A BALTIMORE RYE AN IDEAL PRODUCT OF THE STILL Sold at all first-class cafes and by jobbers. WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. Passing the Mustard Sweet Dreams. He had a dream, a joyous dream, That thrilled him to the soul; He stood, with a receipted bill, And watched a row of wagons fill His cellar full of coal. —Jupce. He dreamed again, a pleasant dream; His smile was great to view. His snoring struck a tuneful note, Because he thonght his overcoat Was just as good as new. —Youngstown Telegram, He dreamed once more, a wondrous dream; It brought a mental glow. He dreamed that for a price dirt cheap A neighbor had agreed to keep His sidewalk free from snow, —Denver Republican, Again he dreamed, a dreamy dream; Then shook in violent glee. A missive on the table lay Which said his spouse had gone away For a week or two, maybe, —Erie (Pa.) Dispatch. The Tempter.—‘‘Hello, Jimson! I hear your wife is away.”’ “Yes, and I'm going home to feed the cat.”” “Shucks! Come with me and ‘feed the kitty.’ ""—Boston Transcript, Handicapping a Winner.—‘‘You say you object to your wife’s interest in suffrage for financial reasons?"’ “Yes,”’ replied Mr. Flimgilt. “It interferes with her bridge playing.” —Washington Star. Result of Practice.—‘‘How is your son getting on with his exercises in the college gymnasium?"’ “‘Swimmingly. Formerly he could not walk a block. Now you ought to see how quickly he can run up @ bill."’—Baltimore American. Breaking It Gently.—‘‘ Whom have you there in tow?’’ “This is Rip Van Winkle. He just woke up.’” “*Why guard him so carefully?” “Weil, we're letting him see the women’s styles gradually, don’t you know."’—Louisville Courier-Journal. Hard Luck.—‘‘If there is any hard luck wandering about, you can gam- ble that Glumley will head it off.” “Up against it again?”’ “To the limit. The other day, when he was riding his safety bicy- cle, he tried to light his safety pipe with a safety match’’—— “And then’’—— “He fell off and cut his leg on® safety razor which he carried in & aafety pocket."’—Youngstown Tele gram. The piquancy of a Sherbet using a dash of Abbott's Bitte bitters by mail, 25 Abbott & Co., Baltimore, In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com =e