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This page is primarily **advertisements and humorous anecdotes** rather than political cartoons. The main content includes short comedic stories satirizing early 20th-century social behaviors: - **"Another Cruel Disappointment"** mocks romantic drama: a woman demands her fiancé return everything after breaking their engagement; he notes he only has her hair and a photo, then quips the hair was when she was a brunette (implying she dyed it). - **"Learning Fast"** satirizes working-class ambition: a boy attends evening classes and impresses his mother, but his "improvement" is learning to tamper with the gas meter to steal service—the vicar's education inadvertently enabled petty crime. - Other brief jokes target vanity, marital discord, and financial dodging (tax evasion). The advertisements (Evans' Ale, White Valley Gems, Leslie's magazine) occupy substantial space. Overall, this represents **typical Judge content: light satirical humor about domestic life and social pretension**, with no identifiable political figures or major contemporary events referenced.

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| if you want to put success into 1914. It will make things come easy by putting the “go” into you. bottles taday for home use. ‘AI. evans & Suns, Hudson, N. ¥. WHITES? valley GEMS Stand acid and fire dlamond test, So hard they easily scratch a file ari will cut glass, Brilllancy guaran- teed 25 y Moumred {a 4k solid gold lon ~ all chnrges. prepaid. sista ibersiistae ‘write WHITE VALLEY GEM CO., 773 Wulsin B) a for free cata Nickel-niate Sins. LIQUID PISTOL Will stop the most vicious dog Kes No country is too remote, no spot too inaccessible for the intrepid photographers on the staff of S > Leslie’s A pictorial digest of the World's news. 10 Cents All News-stands LA FOLLETTE’S WEEKLY ‘Tella you feartessly, eandidiy, Interest. Ingty the insite of public aTalrs-free to ‘epeak the truth and champion the cause ef true democracy and equal rights, Regular subscription price, $1.00 per year, We will send you La Felletto's 10 WEEKS—10 CENTS If yoo will send os the eames of five per- sons ntereated in the progreasive easse. La Follejte’s Weekly, Dest. 3 MADISON, WISCONSIN | Another Cruel Disappointment — For a long time James and Maude had courted. Eventually the engagement was an- nounced, and to the loving pair the fu- ture looked as beautiful as if it had received a new coat of paint. But, alas! One evening there was a misunderstanding, and then came the bitter quarrel. With flashing eyes the proud beauty yanked off the hundred- dollar solitaire. “Take your ring!’’ she dramatically cried. ‘I have decided that I can never be your wife! I shall expect you to re- turn everything you have in your posses- sion that belongs to me!”” “‘All T have is a lock of your hair and a photograph,” sadly replied James. ‘You will hardly care for the photo, but the lock of hair you will no doubt wish to preserve as a souvenir.’” “As a souvenir of what, pray?’ im- periously demanded the angry Maude. “Of the time when you were a bru- nette,’? was the gentle rejoinder of James.—Philadelphia Telegraph. Dissatisfied —‘‘Charley, dear,’’ said young Mrs. Torkins, ‘‘the cook says she is going to leave.’” “What for?’’ “She says the Welsh rabbits we make in the chafing dish give her indigestion.’” —Washington Star, Her Beauty—‘‘Isn’t it disgusting, the way she brags about her beauty?’’ “Why, I did not hear her say a word about i “Didn't she say she entered a crowded car last evening and every man in it jumped up and offered her his seat?”— Houston Post. < Making a Bluff—‘‘What’s the matter with Bliggins? He's wearing a last r’s hat, acheap suit of clothes and a vatch. Has he had hard luck?"’ No. He’ 's getting ready to dodge the income tax."’— Washington Star. Learning Fast— When little Willie’s mother opened the door to the vicar, her face beamed with joy and welcome, in spite of-the fact that it was washing day. “This is a real pleasure, sir,’’ she be- gan. ‘‘I’ve been waiting to thank you for the good you've done our Willie by your evening classes. Home's as differ- ent again since he attended the plumbing and gasfitting class!’’ “This is indeed gratifying — ery!" said the vicar. ‘Now, what improve- ment have you noticed especially in little Willie of late?” “Well, he’s arranged our penny-in-the- slot gas meter so that we get our gas for nothing. You see, he’s moved it from the scullery to outside the front door, sir.’” “But you still have to put your pen- nies in the slot, my good woman!’’ “Ah, but you see, sir, before he put the meter in the road, our Willie wrote ‘Chocolates’ over the slot !’’—London An- swers. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. “The Motel of American Ideals.” Hotel Powhatan WASHINGTON, D. C. New—Fireproof. Furopean Plan Pennsylvania Ave., at 18th and H Streets, within walking distance of shops. theatres and public buildings. Overlooks the White House. Rooms, detached bath, $1.50, $2 up. Rooms, private bath, $2.50, $3 up. Restaurant a la Carte, Palm Court, American Indian Grill, Tea Room, Grand Pipe Organ, Orchestra. Write for Souvenir Booklet, with Map. ‘Ask for special itinerary for Bridal Couples, Convene tions, Tourist Parties, Schools and Colleges, CLIFFORD M. LEWIS, Mgr. A Happy Marriage Depends largely on a knowl- of the whole truth about ind sex and their relation to nd health. This knowleige not come intelligently of it- , nor correctly from ordi- SEXOLOGY ied) parts io a clear wholes By William H. Walling, A. M. 2 me volomet Knowledge a Young Man Stould Young Hurbend Should Mave. ther Should HM. Medical Reowteds Wil ‘Ail in One Volumes. illustrated, $2" postpald Write (or “Other People’s Opinions,” and Table of Contents PURITAN PUB. CO., 792 Perry Bldg. Phila, Pa. Pears “There’s no place like home,” and no soap like Pears.’ Pears’ Soap is found in mil- lions of homes the world over. Sold everywhere. ago .. Triple Plate iS Gold or Oxidized if Cuff Buttons i} Cannot be lost from the Cuff. The NUT d& b; i, ‘sctnck” DOC conical NO-LOSE CUFF BUTTON COMPA! Room 2023—Forty-Second Street Building, New York comicbooks.com