Judge, 1913-12-06 · page 38 of 40
Judge — December 6, 1913 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is predominantly **advertising** with a secondary section of **short humorous jokes** ("Passing the Mustard"). ## Advertisements The major ads feature **cigars and cigarettes**—Fifty Six Turkish cigarettes, Box of Havana cigars, and French's Cuban Special—along with hotels (Earlington, Imperial) and miscellaneous services (photographers, paper warehouse). ## Humor Section The jokes are brief, domestic satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor. They mock: - **German immigrants' restlessness** ("wanderlust") despite long employment - **Lazy husbands** and negligent neighbors - **Political corruption** (a "political machine" adopting a man into a career) - **Marital foolishness** (old men marrying young women) - **Class dynamics** (workers vs. bosses, laziness) The humor relies on rural/small-town dialect and simple observations about human nature rather than complex political satire. No specific historical figures or events are referenced—these are generic social commentary pieces aimed at middle-class readers.
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FIFTY SIX Highest Grade Turkish Cigarettes (In special Christmas box) ‘THE IDEAL GIFT FOR HIM OR FOR HER Send $2.50 for Holiday box containing 50 plai and 50 cork tipe CADO CO., Inc. 26 PARK PLACE NEW YORK PHOTOGRAPHERS ATTENTION! Write for details of the moving picture camera, making thing entirely new. Big prosts, “Chicago, Il. moving picture cards, Somet co. zeicenthal 209 South Jefferson Box of Havana Cigars only 25c duce you to try them. Our cigar busi- ness is exclusively to fine box trade all over the United States. We wan you that French's Cuban Spe . delightful and satist that compares favorably wit and 15¢ cigars. We know that you will to supply you regularly if smoke the five cigars we will sen you now from our Tampa factory at tt special introductory price of only #3 Send only t3c today for a box by Parcei Post prepaid. Cuba Grown y) The filler in French's Cuban Sj made of leaves not quite long en use in our celebrated Juan del K of clear Havana cigars. Both wrapper and filler are of purest Cuban grown to- easoned leaf. A rich xquisite tropic hey are su in flavor and smoking qualities to an cigaron the market. It is an exclusive brand for fine box trade at a saving price on fine cigars, Direct from Factory to you Pronch’s Cuban, Special ls mate ta Tampa, Posie perfect to govt trom the dusty selves Soecial Offer Send only 2e, sflver or stamps. We will send by " lotradactory offer lag Ws for a limited time, merely 35 lntroduce these fine Havans Cigare For $2.80, Se, ill send you postpaid a bex of 50 Prench' Cuban Spectal Cigars. | Se five out of the box. Re- turn the balance t exactly sult you, and your mency will be. telunded. in full. ta. ordering: Specify whether you prefer mild, medium or strong. Me sample of Preach’ mixtare, French Tobacco Co., Dept. 24, Statesville, N. C. Passing the Mustard Transient—‘‘They tell me you've lost your hired man.”’ “Yep; best farmhand I ever had.’” “Sho! What wuz th’ matter?’’ “‘Nothin’. John’s a German, you know, and these here Germans hev what they call the wanderlust. It’s somethin’ thet keeps ’em movin’ from one place to t’other, an’ don’t let em stay long any- wheres.” “How long had John been with you?”’ “Only eleven years.’’—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Shiftless—Subbubs—What kind of peo- ple are the Nextdores? Outaways—He's negligent and shift- less. The garden hose he loans me is full of holes, and he never thinks of fixing it!—New Orleans Picayune. Every One—‘‘Every one has some se- cret sorrow,’’ said the philosophic friend. “Yes, even the fattest and jolliest of us has a skeleton in his midst.’’"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Free Thinker—Tommy—Paw, what is a free thinker? Paw—An unmarried man, my son.— Chicago Tribune. How He Got In—‘‘I understand Whipple has adopted a political career.”” “It was the other way about. A po- litical machine adopted Whipple, and now his career is assured.”"—Birmingham Age- Herald. How He Did It—‘‘How do you always keep the office clock right?’’ the foreman was asked. “T set it in the morning by the time the boss arrives and set it again at noon and night by the time the help quits. Indianapolis Star. Proof—‘‘It is wrong for an old man to marry a young fool.”” “‘But how is he to know that she is a fool?” “*When she says yes to his proposal, he ought to know it."’—Houston Post. Oh, Those Husbands!—Mrs. Muggins— My husband is the laziest man on earth. ‘Mrs. Guggins—Dear me! I wonder if he is lazier than Mr. Guggins. Mrs. Muggins—Indeed he is. Why, he even ordered soft coal for the furnace, because he thought it would be easier to shovel than hard coal !—Springfield Union. Upsetting Ducks—While visiting his uncle in the country, Wee Willie was much interested in watching the ducks “tipping up’’ in a pond. “They're most all young ones, aren't they?’ he observed to his uncle. “Why, no, boy; they’re old ones. What makes you think they are young?”’ “I thought they were young,” Willie explained, ‘‘because they don’t seem to be able to swim without upsetting.” Youngstown Telegram. HENRY LINDENMEYR a SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE Nos, 22, 34 and 36 Bleecker Street Branch Warehouse, 20 Beekman Street, New York ALL KINDS OP PAPER MADE TO ORDER | HOTEL EARLINGTON 27th Street, West of Broadway NEW YORK EUROPEAN PLAN GA Step from Bros Broadway. Q Absolutely Fireproof. Q Quiet as a Village at Night. q Your Comfort Our Aim Always. Parlor, Bedroom and Bath, front of house, one person, $2.50; two people, $3.50. Why pay more when our service is equalled only yy the best? SINGLE ROOMS, $1.00 Manager E. W. WARFIELD, ort Jou don't like te Ord sy etate st ce Enclowe $2. Welte for “1918 Vall ond Winter Style Neak™— P REL. FRENCH CO., fides ts vautey GEMS Stand acid and fire diamond tet. So hard they easily scratch a file ni will cut glass, Briiliancy guar teed Sycars. Motmted in lak solid gait diamond mount Seethem beforerar. tng. Will wend 3oa,any 4710 rine. pin org examination ~ all'chi repaid. Ne money "in advase Stoney retunded if mot satisfactory. Write tiny for tree lame Indianapola WHITE VALLEY GEM CO., 773 Wulsin Bldg... HOTEL IMPERIAL Broadway, 31st to 32nd Street, New York served by eleterious drugs or otherwise adulterated are not served in the Hotel Imperial." After+ theatre supper in the Palm-Room a winter specialty. A delightful home for the traveller with fastidious tastes. At the gateway of the City, Herald Sqi block from new Penn. Station, the radial poi traffic lines, in the midst of the fashion: and theatre district. Send for booklet and schedule of rates. ROBERT STAFFORD COPELAND TOWNSEND Proprietor Manager Telephone Mad. Sq. 6100. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE, It will be apprecaica. comicbooks.com