Judge, 1913-09-27 · page 22 of 24
Judge — September 27, 1913 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Judge magazine, with minimal satirical content. The page features multiple product advertisements (whiskey, typewriters, cigars, hotel, diamonds, furniture) interspersed with brief humorous college jokes and quips. The only visual cartoon shows a **rural farmer** (likely from a California agricultural college publication, based on the caption "California Pelican"). The joke appears to reference what he grew that summer—though the specific point is unclear from the text provided. The "college wits" humor section includes light wordplay: a cubist verse parody, jokes about a young child misunderstanding a lamp's age, baseball family puns, and a play on "hen" and "son/sun" (immortality pun). The page reflects **early 20th-century consumer culture**, with heavy emphasis on luxury goods (whiskey marketed as traditional quality, diamonds for courtship, upscale hotel accommodations). Most content serves commercial rather than satirical purposes.
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“Same for 100 Yean”™ Today this grand old whiskey holds pride of place because the honest quality and excellence enjoyed by our grandfathers always has beeay maintained since those early days. — Distilled and bottled in boad, @ A. OVERHOLT & CO. Pinsburgh, Pa. 10 Months to Pay jessine fgetory-roballt Remit for only Boge font an sate fore paring ‘TIPCHRITER SALES CO... ‘Around the old oak table the choice of sturdy pioneers always was smocth, mellow Old Overholt Rye Lowest Prices 2: Typewriters “badd? ‘cmeage, iLL. With The Coflege W Wits A Cubist Verse ‘Twas nightfall, and the Pooperdink Was softly passing from his lair. Hestops. Hestarts. ‘‘A maid, I think!"’ 'Twas a foolish nood upon a stair. —Dartmouth Jack 0’ Lantern. Smart Kid—Kid—How old is that lamp, ma? Ma—Oh, about three years. Kid—Turn it down. It’s too young to smoke.—Pennsylvania Punch Bowl. TO REAL WHISKEY Get That Name in your mind—memorize it—say it 07, time you buy whiskey and you will alwaye, eet the best. 23 (IGARS "MADE AT KEY WEST~ What He Grew This Summer on the Farm —California Pelican. In the Domestic League—‘‘Jones has some baseball family.’’ “So?” “Sure! His wife is fly, friend daugh- ter’s there with the curves, his son bats, the baby bawls, and he has to steal home every night. ‘ornell Widow. Overheard at the Poultry Show—‘*Why is a hen immortal?’’ “‘Dunno. Why is she?”’ “Because her son never sets.’’—Ohio Sun-Dial. Wanted Publicity —Agnes—Can you keep a secret? Emma—Well, to be frank, dear—no, I can’t. Agnes—Then I'd better tell you that George and I are te be married next month.—Stanford Chaparral, Tact—‘‘ Of course these pies are not like the ones your mother used to make,’’ ‘Not a bit, dear. Poor mother never could make pies fit to eat.—Baltimore | American. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. | ZIM BOOK, Room No. 1149, Brunswick Bide, | tates $3.00 for 100° notices, HOTEL IMPERIAL Broadway at Thirty-First and Thirty-Second Streets NEW YORK CITY VERLOOKING GREELEY SQUARE, one block from Penn- sylvania Station, The customary re- duction in rates will be given to guests who take rooms by the month, quarter or year. The Imperial offers all the refinements of a Fifth Avenue home, including excellent food, daintily served at reasonable prices. Restaurant charge accounts opened with responsi- ble patrons by arrangement with the manager. Rooms may be seen on ap- plication to the room clerk. Send for booklet and schedule of prices. ROBERT STAFFORD Proprietor COPELAND TOWNSEND Manager Tel. 6100 Madison Square MB liome Fur Furnishings ¢ ON CREDIT Cee Se eee ae Wilke bed ee se SARIS rarer amare HARTMAN FURNITURE AND Aart ay YOUNG MAN: YOU CAN'T WIN A BRIDE with a mere promise of a diamond ring. It’s up to you to get it. Send for catalog and open a charge account at Loftis Bros. & Co., Diamond Merchants, Dept. D-874, Chicago, Ill. (Adv. Be An Artist. Make Money Drawing comic pictures. Let the world’s famous car- toonist, Eugene 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 Mor. Satis- faction guaranteed. Money back if book returned within 10 days. Address: New York WRITE VALLE Stand acid and fire diamond test. So bard they easily scratch a file ani will cut riliancy guaran- Mounted in 14k solid gold. mond m: . See them before pay- Wicd You any tre 1 OF stad for arges prepaid. No ing. ramination ~ all. chi loney refunded If not satisfactory. Write | WHITE VALLEY GEM CO., 773 Walsin Bidg., |ROMEIKE’S Press Cutting Bureau will send you all newspaper clippings mich may sppes: friend to dal in th Europ Teri Henny Roweixe, 106110 Seventh Avenue, New York. HE: “WHY DON’T YOU LOVE ME Madge?’ She: ‘Impossible without a diamond ring to remind me of you. Loftis Bros. & Co., Dept. D-874, Chicago, Ill., advertise big barging on credit. Send for free catalog.” (wv. comicbooks.com ton Cri