Judge, 1913-07-05 · page 22 of 24
Judge — July 5, 1913 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content** rather than political satire. The main feature is an advertisement for Leslie's Weekly promoting a serialized story titled **"For the Sake of Her Soul"** by Reginald Wright Kauffman, aimed at parents concerned with "the problem of the rearing of your daughters." The page includes three humorous anecdotes under "Stories with Smiles": 1. A Princeton/Vassar romance story playing on scientific compatibility theories 2. A rural Tennessee dialect joke about nativity 3. A railroad safety joke featuring a widow whose husband died testing a safety device These are **gentle domestic humor pieces** typical of early 20th-century magazines—no sharp political edge. The advertisements (stockings, cigars, Old Overholt whiskey, Romeike's clipping service) represent standard Judge magazine commercial content. The overall tone suggests this targets middle-class, educated readers concerned with propriety, safety, and product quality. There is **no identifiable political cartoon or significant satire** on this particular page.
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Pa. a~ a Stories ‘with Smiles Alike, After Al]—A stunning specimen of the Princeton Tiger was fondly hold- ing the hand of the pretty little Vassar lass, and at last he approached the lead- ing subject courageously. ‘'I have care- fully studied the matter from the scien- tifie point of view, and am thoroughly convinced that we are fitted one for the other.’” “Please explain yourself,’’ said she, looking up at him with her large, bright eyes. “It is simply this,’’ he continued, * cording to science, which is the only way to approach the subject. You see, you are light and I am dark. You are short and Iam tall. You are small and I am large and powerful. You are sprightly I am somewhat sober and In short, we are opposites, * she replied but there are exceptions to all such rules, and I know of one in this case that is sufficient. I cannot marry you.’’ ‘In what respect is this exception made?” he demanded excitedly. “*You see,”’ she smiled up at him again, “‘you are like me in this: I could never earn my own living.’'—New York Tribune. Fixing His Nativity—While visiting in the South recently, a traveler chanced upon a resident of a sleepy hamlet in Tennessee. ‘Are you a native of this town?’ asked the traveler. “Am I a what?” languidly asked the man, as he rose to a sitting posture. “Are you a native of this town? “What's that?"’ « “IT asked you whether you were a na- tive of this place?”’ Suddenly there appeared at the open door of the cabin the man's wife, tall, gaunt and sallow. After carefully scru- tinizing the intruder, she said, “‘Ain't you got no sense a-tall, Ira? He means was yo’ livin’ heah when you was born or was yo’ born after you begun livin’ heah. Now answer him.’’— Na- tional Food Magazine. Unsafe Safety Devices~--A New England railway man said at a luncheon in Boston, “The way some people talk, you'd think that thére were a thousand safety ap- pliances, any one of which, applied to American trains, would abolish accident and loss of life forever. “There are, it is true, an abundance of safety devices for trains, These we are testing one by one, just as fast as we can, But very, very few of them prove, on a running train, to do the things they do on paper. “The average safety device, indeed, recalls the widow who applied for outdoor relief. “**Yours is a sad case,’ said the char- ity agent. ‘How did you lose your hus- band, ma’am?’ “*He was killed, sir,’ answered the widow, ‘while testin’ a new safety cow- catcher for the P. D. R. Railroad.’ ''— St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Fathers and Mothers— Attention! , gan The most important matter with which you hohe have to deal at the present time is the problem |“! of the rearing of your daughters. the | For that reason, LESLIE'S WEEKLY, for the sile |first time under its present management, jg tom |running a serial story. In the issue of June the | 26th there appeared the first instalment of cep “For the Sake of Her Soul” | “ By Reginald Wright Kauffman ; Author of “The House of Bondage,” “Running Sands,” ete, Dlustration for first instalment of res “For the e of Her Soul” It is a story that will burn itself into the minds of all who read it—a real story of existing con ditions. That character—the character of the girl, Joe Meggs, both a delicate and strong it creation—is one that has come into literature Ch to stay. A girl of The People, she is the sort of girl th: ave for unessential details, your k own daughter is, the sort your own wife, sit | gre ter, sweetheart is, in whatever stratum of fina American life you may chance to be. Precisely cou for that reason is Joe, the tempted and tried, him finally triumphant through what she calls her “ “town will to be good." a It is told in story form, so as to make the Swe strongest impression in an interesting. prac s tical way, and Mr. Kauffman has the wonder a ful and rare ability of saying all that is true without saying anything that is unclean, Read the story yourself and you will agree. It began in LESLIE’S for June 26th and will G run for ten successive issues. If you read one I chapter, you will read all. Send $1.00 for a subscription to cover the 10 thro weeks’ period during which this most startling A serial will be printed. ist fell FILL OUT THE COUPON AND MAIL IT TODAY ana LESLIE’S WEEKLY, 225 Fifth Av.,NewYork ) ““S LESLIE'S WEEKLY ban 225 Fifth Avenue, New York T Enclosed please find $1.00 for which please send me the 0 Can consecutive issues of LESL| WE! Y containing “For aco the Sake of Her Soul,"” by Reginald Wrieht Kauffman, the Iment of which appears in the issue of June 26th, A In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciate. comicbooks.com