Judge, 1913-04-26 · page 17 of 24
Judge — April 26, 1913 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **primarily advertisements** interspersed with light satirical humor pieces typical of Judge magazine. The main content includes: **Satirical sketches** ("Across the Fields with Lucy," "In the Shopping District," etc.) offering gentle social comedy: a romantic poem interrupted by a stern father, jokes about hat prices exceeding house prices, and a matrimonial agent distinguishing between a husband and a "beau." These reflect early 20th-century social expectations around courtship, women's consumer habits, and gender roles. **Two large advertisements** for corn starch products (Kingsford's and Karo brand) dominate the page's visual space, targeting homemakers with promises of superior cooking results and convenience—reflecting how Judge monetized its readership by advertising household products to women. The "Heredity" joke about a hen hatched from a parcel-post egg is a pun on postal terminology, suggesting the magazine's audience appreciated wordplay. Overall, this page illustrates Judge's business model: delivering satirical content to middle-class readers while selling them consumer goods through strategically placed advertisements.
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Across the Fields with Lucy CROSSED the fields with Lucy, when blossoms fluttered there; ‘The glad birds gave her greeting, blithe breezes tossed her hair. In fairest mid-May weather, when all the seene was gay, We crossed the fields together and went the longest way. The willows, bending over the tuneful rivulet, May lean as if in gladness to hear its tinkling yet; Bat, oh! its music never shall charm in fature Mays, As when I paused with Lucy to listen and to praise. From branches gently swaying pink pet- als may be blown As when we went Maying and tarried long alone; Bat, oh! the scene can never again be half as fair, As when she was the sweetest of all the blossoms there. ‘The breezes envied Lucy the gladness of ber sighs, And love was in her whisper and laughter in her eyes. In fairest mid-May weather, when all the scene was gay, We crossed the fields together and went the longest way. Tl cross no more with Lucy nor pause beside the stream, As when we two had leisure to listen and to dream; For, oh! her father waited for Lucy and her ‘‘prince,"’ And I have always hated the old man ever since. 5. B. Kier, Hereafter Women who think about nothing but clothes will have a lot of time on their hands when their outfit consists of a robe and a halo. In the Shopping District Small boy (to his mother, who is buy- ing a hat)—Why do hats cost more than houses? Mother—What makes you think they do, Bobbie? Small boy—Well, that sign says, ‘‘ Hats, $10 up,”’ and I saw a sign yesterday that said, ‘Houses, $10 down."* The Difference Matrimonial agent—What kind of a husband do you want? Girl—One who doesn’t smoke, drink or Swear, who brings me chocolates, and takes me to theaters and restaurants every day. Matrimonial agent—You don’t want a busband. What you want is a beau. Heredity “Why does that darned old hen always ‘Want to roost on a letter box?” “She was hatched from a parcel-post egg." Corn Propucts CooK N hot weather especially, be sure to keep Kingsford’s Corn Starch always at hand. It will add many dainty palatable dishes to your summer menu—nutritious, while light and wholly digestible. When you order Kingsford’s, see that you are given Kings- ford’s; not ordinary Corn Starches and inferior substitutes, which are sold at the same price as Kingsford’s. Pastry Flour—Prepare your own pastry flour by adding Kingsford’s Com Starch to regular bread flour in proportions of one part Kingsford’s Com Starch to . five parts flour, sift together three times. ‘The addition of corn starch reduces the percentage of gluten which often causes cake to be tough. Kingsford’s is the principal Corn Starch of this country—prepared so carefully that it has maintained its superiority for more than sixty years. Send your name for our new Corn Products Cook Book, with the latest recipes for the use of Kingsford’s Corn Starch and Karo Syrup. Handsomely illustrated in color. CORN PRODUCTS REFINING CO. Dept. U vy YORK P. O. Box 161 By all means, Try Karo in your Preserving this Year preserves and canned fruits m low and rich is to blend the sweet- ening perfectly with the fruit. Now that you can get Karo Crystal White, you will find that the use of part Karo with the sugar in your preserving syrup will not only you more uniformly good preserves, but will save you a great deal of time and bother. Karo better blends the sugar syrup with the fruit juices, develops fruit flavor in perfection — prevents candying or crystallizing of jellies and jams. Get Karo Crystal White from your grocer. Make your preserving syrup as described in our Karo Preserving Book. This book tells the surest methods for putting up every kind of fruit—and ster- ilixing preserves s0 they will keep per- CORN PRODUCTS REFINING CO., Dept. U, New York, P.O. Box 161 Tr: secret of getting jams, jellies, fectly, We shall be glad to send you a copy FREE—just send us your name on a post card. Send for your FREE COPY, Karo Preserving Book. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com