Judge, 1913-11-15 · page 21 of 24
Judge — November 15, 1913 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **humor and advertising page** from Judge magazine. The page contains several brief satirical jokes rather than a single focused political cartoon. The main visual element—a caricatured man with a mustache captioned "Stroking the Eight"—appears to be a Yale Record reference, likely depicting someone in a rowing context or making an expression. The humor is situational rather than politically charged. The jokes mock everyday social situations: a woman so unattractive she'd lose a presidential vote, men preferring aesthetics to dental pain, overeating, business inefficiency, and courtship. One prominent joke mocks the phrase "penny wise, pound foolish" by claiming it describes marrying a heavy woman. **Context for moderns:** These are gentle, misogynistic observations typical of 1910s college humor—mocking women's appearance and intelligence while depicting men as bumbling. The advertising (hotels, whisky, paper warehouses) reflects period leisure and business culture.
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a> pinst mATiOnA (© Jotge THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK By James Montgomery Flag In Full Color 9 x 1? Mounted Oo Heavy White Mat Il x 14 Twenty-five Cents END 25c now, and The First National Bank will be sent to you by retum mail. It's one of the most popular of Flagg’s pictures. Nearly 50,000 copies are now hanging in offices, banks, clubs and dens. Leslie-Judge Co. 225 Fifth Ave. New York HOTEL EARLINGTON 27th Street, West of Broadway NEW YORK EUROPEAN PLAN GA Step from Broadway. @ Absolutely Fireproof. Quiet as a Village at Night. q Your Comfort Our Aim Always. Parlor, Bedroom and Bath, front ay house, one person, $2.50; two people, $3.50. Why pay more when our service is equalled only by the best? SINGLE ROOMS, $1.00 E W. WARFIELD, - Manager With Te College Wits Pretty! —‘‘So you’re engaged! Good work, old man! Is she pretty?"’ “Pretty! Say, if that girl ran for the presidency of the United States, there wouldn’t a woman vote for he: Ohio Sun-Dial. Misunderstood —-Miss Goodrich your husband is a great lover of the esthetic. Mrs. Nurich—Oh, yes! He takes one every time he gets his tooth pulled. Stanford Chaparral, I hear, Married Couple and all who contemplate marriage hould Own this complete informative book e Science of a New Life” By JOHN COWAN, M. D. Endorsed and recommended by fore- most medical and religious critics throughout the U. S. Unfolds the secrets uf married happiness, so often We can only givea few of the chapter subjects here as this is not meant for children. (Agents at Whieh J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Co. vine The Unfittingness of Things — Epicure (dining in a porcelain and’ brass-railed palace) -A demi-tasse, please. Waiter (roars it thrgugh the hall)— Daw one, short!—Pennsylvania Punch aol. Stroking the Eight —-Yale Record. In Restraint of Trade—‘‘Herr Schmidt is so fat that he can’t get near enough to his counter to sell goods.’ “Hm! sort of a corporation in restraint of trade.’’— Yale Record. Answering the Lad—Kiddo—Say, pop, what does ‘‘Penny wise, pound foolish,’’ mean? Pop—That, my boy, is when a man mar- ries a two-hundred-pounder for her good sense.—Dartmouth Jack 0’ Lantern, His Excuse—Collector—Why haven’t you paid your gas bill? Consumer—The light was so poor I could not read the bill.—California Pelican. Humorous Department—‘‘What will we * do at the dance if the chaperon won't let us Boston?”’ “That’s easy. We'll just grin and bear it.''—Minnesota Minnehaha. HOTEL ARLINGTON 18-20 WEST 25th STREET Just off Broadway and Madison Square NEW YORK Bee fireproof building—handsomely furnished jern in all respects. In the centre of the SSooplog ant theatriedl eine. Booklet. RATES, $1.00 PER DAY UP a. W. AUSTIN, Mer. V. A. AUSTIN, Prop. AGENT “Novel watch-shaped Lighter. with ace Beads gives an tar every time. A BRAND AN NEW Operatr: Kives an instantaneous Tighe jo electricity, no battery, no det. ‘of your chain. Trei Write ‘avick tor holceale ‘and pri Qeteeceeceeecesoecoesoecessoooes Better than Scotch Better than Irish G. & W. Canadian Whisky Distilled and Bottled in Bond by Gooderham & Worts, Ltd., Toronto, Canada Better than Bourboa Better than Rye PPELESESOSOS ODO ODOS i: : : 3 oa a a 7 +a 3 : £8, + a * 2 its 1 Press Cutting Bureau will send you all newspaper clip- pings which may appear about you, your friends, or any subject on which you may want to be ‘up to date."” Every newspaper and peri- odical of importance in the United States and Europe is'searched. ‘Terms, $5.00 for 100 notices. HENRY ROMEIKE 106-110 Seventh Avenue New York HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE Noe. $2. 24 and 36 Bleecker Strect Branch Warehouse, 2) Beekman Street, New York ALL KINDS OF PAPER MADE TO ORDER In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com