Judge, 1914-02-14 · page 19 of 24
Judge — February 14, 1914 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** interspersed with humor columns. The left side contains "College Wits"—brief jokes about university life, mostly playing on double meanings (a student caught "fussing" his cousins, a prisoner entering a women's fashion exhibit, wordplay about soup being called "coffee"). These are gentle, collegiate humor typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines. The advertisements dominate the right side: Apollinaris mineral water, J.M. Lyon & Co. diamonds sold on credit, Gibson's Rye whiskey, and notably a peculiar offer from Judge magazine itself—exchanging one quarter for "two quarters and a half" in coins to fund subscriptions. This last appears to be a subscription incentive or possibly a joke about inflation or currency manipulation, though the exact context is unclear. The single illustration shows "Capital Punishment," a somewhat grotesque figure, but without additional context its specific reference is uncertain.
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a ne ae a ela tee coelcel With The College Wits ing—Jack—Talk about trials and jbulations! I was having a fine time in Kindred pursuits, and I had to come back lege. . Fl" Kindred pursuits’! What do ou mean? . ; Jack—Oh, fussing my pretty cousins! —Yate Record. His Excuse—Judge (to prisoner who is being arraigned for entering a women's fashion exhibit)—Prisoner, why did you enter this exhibit? Prisoner—Why, judge, I just wanted to see everything that went on.—Minne- sota Minnehaha. Why—Customer—I think this meat is spoiled. Butcher—Perhaps so, mum; but that meat came from a prize lamb, and it may have been petted too much. — Illinois Capital Punishment —Stanford Chaparral. Grounds for Complaint—Hip—Taste this! Hop—Why, that’s the best soup I ever tasted! Hip—Yes; but the steward had the gall to say it is coffee !—Michigan Gar- goyle, Diplomatic— May— Do you think it’s disgraceful for a woman to expose her- self ina new X-ray gown? Jay—Oh, it depends on how one locks at it!—Stanford Chaparral. A Test—Wy—Here is a story telling of Indians who carry their money in their moutha. Zee—I suppose they pursed their lips. —Columbia Jester. Not Straight She tried to kill him with a glance, But she was, truth to tell, So cross-eyed that, by grievous chance, A poor bystander fell! —Wisconsin Sphinx. Sliced Oranges with a sppetizine and healthful ‘Sete, tn stampe CV, Ab of Abbott's Bitters are ple of bitters by mail, ‘o., Baltimore, Md. (ADY.) Apollinaris the safe and — satisfying drink. down a month ‘DIAMONDS ON CREDIT Nassau Street NEW YORK CIR (Q_ Will Exchange One Quarter for Two Quarters and a Half It you will send us a Half and Two Quarters Ameri- can money, or their equivalent, we will send you JUDGE for a quarter of a year. JUDGE, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York. Proposition: CIBSON'S RYE A WHISKEY OF TRADITIONS RADITIONAL for high quality, absolute purity, satisfying richness, velvety mellowness, delightful fragrance —nearly 80 years the whiskey standard of the world. Every drop of Gibson's is made from selected, matured tye and sparkling spring@MAter; ripened in a fixed tem- perature, and held in, original wood. We especially isp 1900—the finest old whiskey Qwarerooms to order in sealed demijohns, In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com