Judge, 1913-07-12 · page 20 of 24
Judge — July 12, 1913 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and humor columns**, not political satire. The ads promote Beeman's chewing gum, a hotel, wine, and train service—typical early 20th-century Judge magazine content. The humor section ("With The College Wits") contains brief jokes from college newspapers, most relying on dated tropes: a woman rejecting a suitor, a drug clerk's crude sales pitch, observations about co-eds and their appearance, and a woman's loud dress. These reflect period attitudes toward gender roles and courtship. One recurring theme is **workplace hierarchy**—a business manager questioning an employee, a judge questioning a witness—suggesting contemporary anxieties about authority and class. The jokes are largely **situational and conversational** rather than politically pointed. They target no specific figures or events, focusing instead on universal social awkwardness and romantic misunderstandings common to college humor of the era. The humor would feel dated to modern readers primarily due to outdated assumptions about gender behavior and propriety.
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