Judge, 1914-01-03 · page 20 of 24
Judge — January 3, 1914 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with sidebar humor content**. The main advertisement is Gibson's whiskey (Philadelphia), using the marketing question "Do you drink Gibson's or just whiskey?" to promote their brand. The right column contains **"Overthesea Humor"**—reprinted jokes from British publications (Tatler, Punch, Sketch, The Motorist). These are brief, genteel comedies of manners: - "The Scotch Motorist": A Scottish driver threatens violence over noise - "The Price": Dark humor about hitting a bird; Irish peasant quips about the cost - "The Pegoud Touch": Working-class Londoners discuss an accident (unclear reference) - "Definitions": Wordplay—a dachshund is literally "underslung," a mollycoddle "hires a chauffeur" The hotel advertisements (Earlington, Hotel Imperial) and agents' recruitment ad round out the commercial content. The page reflects early 20th-century American magazine layout: advertisements subsidized satirical content, with reprinted British humor adding cosmopolitan appeal to Judge's American readership.
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