Judge, 1914-01-17 · page 22 of 24
Judge — January 17, 1914 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine contains **primarily advertisements for whiskey** (Sunny Brook and Old Overholt Rye), framed with health claims about whiskey's medicinal benefits—a common pitch during the Pre-Prohibition era. The actual satirical content appears in the right column: a series of brief **joke vignettes** mocking social pretension and marital dynamics. These include jabs at: women's makeup ("hand-painted"), charity event exploitation, a husband's intelligence measured by avoiding marriage to someone else, office politics and corruption, family boasting, and marital complaints about hosiery quality and women's cosmetic demands. The recurring theme is **deflating pomposity**—exposing vanity, hypocrisy, and the gap between stated values and actual behavior. The mermaid poem satirizes idealized femininity by suggesting mermaids are preferable because they *don't* demand the petty services real women do. The "Inspector" figure heading the whiskey ad promises government oversight and purity—an appeal to consumer trust during an era of widespread product adulteration and patent medicine fraud.
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Ask any good doctor what he thinks of,the judicious use of pure, old whiskey, and he will tell you that it is the best Sort of a tonic and in- vigorator. But you must choose the right kind with care—a poor whiskey will do more harm than a good whiskey can do good. When you buy —you have the guarant: of the largest distillers of fine whiskey in the world that it is the very best and Purest ,that money and skill can produce—a whiskey Scientifically | distilled and carefully aged for the express 1 of being used “as a yealthful stimulant in the home. SUNNY BROOK The PURE FOOD Whiskey is distilled, aged and bottled in bond under the direct sup- ervision of U.S. Government Inspectors, and the Gresn Government Stamp that seals each bottle guarantees that the contents are genuine, straight, patural whiskey, proper! eed eed fn US. eee] HEN hail and sleet W And icy street Combine to take you off your feet, You should worry—you should care: Just grab yourself an easy chair And JUDGE, to carefully peruse, To edify you and amuse, And Presto! Exit grouch and blues; The lilies bloom, And Winter's gloom To Spring's beguiling smile gives room, $5.00 a Year 52 Issues New York ‘When old friends get together and memories of bygone days are revived, there is one beverage that best fits the occasion— Old Overholt Rye “Same for 100 Years” 2] The heart of the sun-ripened grain, f crystal mountain water and the century- j) old processes of distilling cartied out in ba modern plant make Old Overholt Rye the choice of men who know. Distilled and bottled in bond. A. OVERHOLT & CO. Pitubargh, Pa. Passing the Mustard A Critic—‘‘She’s as pretty as a pic- ture,’’ said the young man. “Yes,’’ replied the young woman, with a glance at her rival’s complexion; ‘‘and hand-painted, too.""—Houston Post. One Girl to Another—‘‘I’m going to sell kisses at the charity bazaar. Do ycu think one dollar a kiss is too high?”’ “Oh, no! People expect to be robbed at these charity affairs.” — New York Globe. Certain of It—‘‘Why do you say that Brown is smarter than you are?’’ “‘Why, you see, he had a chance once to marry my wife—and didn’t.’’"—New York World. A String to It—Office seeker—Is there anything else in the job you speak of be- sides the salary? Political boss—There’s a little work on the side. Office seeker—Ah! I knew there was some string to it!—Kansas City Star. And Gave Him One—‘‘Freddie has a for- tune in politics. He knows the ropes,”’ declared the admiring friend. “Yes; I judged that from the campaign cigar he gave me.’’—St. Louis Republic. Ancestors—‘‘My grandfather flew his own pennant as a commodore in the navy.’" “Yah! My grandfather helped capture one in a world’s series.’’—Pittsburgh Post. Just Ordinary Ones—‘‘I want to get some socks.’’ “Silk, ma’am?”’ “No. They’re for my husband.’’—-De- troit Free Press. Ma Grump Says When we practice it, it’s economy; when the other fellow does, it’s stinginess. Once in a great while it happens that some one gives some one a book for Christmas that is really readable. Another big drawback to this egg boy- cott is that the fruit keeps getting older all the time.—Peoria Journal. The Mermaid The mermaid is a favored soul. She's clever and she’s sweet; But if she cannot have her way, She never stamps her feet. —Yonkers Statesman. And also—which beyond a coubt. Looks good to man of woman born- She never gets your razor out To trim her hardest, biggest corn! —Indianapolis Star. Nor is she like those damsels who In these days gad about a lot. She don’t the fashions overdo, Nor does she tango, smoke or trot. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com