Judge, 1913-03-22 · page 21 of 26
Judge — March 22, 1913 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **magazine advertising page** from Judge (early 20th century), with several unrelated paid advertisements and humorous short pieces. The **cartoon/joke content** includes: - **"Plain Facts about Champagne"**: A wine advertisement disguised as consumer advice—sarcastically suggesting imported champagne is overpriced due to customs duties and shipping costs. - **Club member satire**: Comic definitions mocking club life (dues as "omnipresent ghosts," offices awarded to loyal time-servers, etc.). - **"A Clergyman Embarrassed"**: Anecdote humor about a pastor who forgets to unroll his trouser cuffs at church; his wife's note telling him to "turn down your pants" is mistaken for a formal notice and read aloud. - **"Positively Not"**: Joke about a reformed burglar claiming he won't run for office again. The page reflects early 1900s American satirical humor targeting social pretension, organizational absurdity, and domestic situations. The **suffragette reference** ("game bird and the suffragette") appears in an unrelated evolution joke, reflecting contemporary debates about women's rights.
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er uf- his vot Plain Facts about Champagne Can the customs officers impart life, bouquet, flavor to a wine? Can a transatlantic steam- ship freight department im- prove the purity and delic- iousness of a champagne? If so, by all means pay $2.00 for your champagne—of which Uncle Sam gets 60c for duty and a steamship company 40c for freight. But if not—buy Cook's Imperial and get the best of cham- pagnes, all of whose cost goes into quality. Sold Everywhere and Served Everywhere American Wine Co., St. Louis, Mo. Nature’s Tonic for Weary Heads and Hands va tout Old Fashioned but— Try it at Home—In splits and regular size bottles. C,H. EVANS & SONS, Estab. 1786, Hudson, N.Y. last word in moultin’ season? Wot's the matter, I s’y? Wasn't the pickin’ no good?’” When evolution leaves us with nothing but the game bird and the suffragette, it will behoove us to imitate the ancient Romans and decoy a flock of chickens from some unsophisticated country, pad- lock the hen house, and get a fresh start. Definitions a la Club Dues-—-The omnipresent ghost seen in every pipe dream, presiding at every luncheon, and the last to bid farewell to a departing member. Office—An honor always won by the fellow-member who is always on the ticket. Imbibing—A variety of experiences depending solely upon your own financial condition or that of your friends. Waiters—Grinning idiots, whom Na- ture intended for the prize ring and whose mental caliber causes them to de- cipher your written order with the same impartial accuracy with which you would attack Arabic. Levy—An assessment to pay for the formal dance given on the particular night you are earlier cabled to meet your mother-in-law, who arrives on a night steamer. Fellow-member—A parasite wishing some political, literary or business favor. Friends—Unnecessary spongers, who avoid the hurried lunch counters by call- ing you up and asking for a conference at sharp noon. Habitues—Those whose dues have run out five years before. — Reser Gilmsre Set. A Clergyman Embarrassed On a rainy Sunday morning the coun- try pastor on his way to church, thinking to protect his trousers from the wet, had turned them up at the bottom. Upon reaching the church, he forgot all about his trousers. His good wife, from her pew, discovered his oversight, and when the plate was passed she dropped a note to the pastor. Thinking the note was a church notice of some kind, he placed it with the rest. Imagine the consternation of his wife and the congregation when the pastor read, ‘Henry, turn down your pants! Positively Not The reformed burglar, upon his release from jail, was inclined to be a bit face- tious. ‘‘Simply state,’ he remarked to a reporter who chanced to be in the vicinity, “that under no circumstances will be a candidate for another term.”’ Proving that burglars, as well as comedy actors, have a sense of humor. Sophisticated He—You are the first girl I ever kissed. She—I thought you had a good bit to” learn. ‘Perfect Hearing! For sufferers from severe or mild deafness the marvelous new invention, just perfocted—the improved New 4-Tone Mears Ear Phone is four times as efficient. four times as convenient, able ‘as our famous Standard model. h foul ferent sound strengths, oe im it tone adjustments, in- stantly changed by a of the finger. 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