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This page is primarily **advertising and humor columns**, not political cartoons. The satirical content consists of brief anecdotes: **Humor pieces** mock: - A poet so obscure that burglars mistake his house for someone else's - Dr. Wallace's delayed marriage due to poverty despite scientific genius - A bachelor who prefers losing an engagement ring to commitment - A man named James who overestimates his abilities after watching a lion tamer **Advertisements** promote: - **Chartreuse liqueur** (cordial) - **French Lick Springs Hotel** (health resort in Indiana) - **Hunter Baltimore Rye** whiskey - Patent services and spring water The humor is gentle, domestic, and non-political—focused on romantic misadventures, poverty, and male vanity rather than social commentary. The page reflects *Judge* magazine's mix of light satire with substantial advertising, typical of early 20th-century periodicals. No specific political figures or events are referenced.

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| ae PEPE LELE EEE EEE EEE S. a3 the latest about the well-known poet, Pindar Oade? . “Mrs, Oade nudged her husband in the dead of night and whispered, ‘Pindar, wake up! There’s burglars in the house!” a “Well, what of it?’ said Pindar Oade sleepily. ‘Let them find out their mis- take for themselves !""’—Chicago Record- Herald. Recognition Comes Slowly — The late Alfred Russel Wallace, the co-discoverer with Darwin of evolution, had a hard row to hoe at first, said a Baltimore physiol- ist. oe Poor Dr. Wallace had, in fact, such a very hard row to hoe that he couldn’t afford to marry till he was sixty-three, when, to balance matters, he married a young girl of eighteen, by whom he had a son and a daughter. “I commiserated in London last sum- mer with Dr. Wallace. “It was too bad!’ I said. ‘A man of genius like you, cramped with poverty till past middle life! It was too bad!’ ““My friend,’ Dr. Wallace replied, ‘always you will find that the fire of genius takes a long, long time to make the pot boil.’ ’’—Baltimore Sun. His Happiest Moment—A bachelor of considerable wealth was much sought after by many of the most charming young women of the town. Minnie Rivers, a very pretty maiden, was sure she had brought him almost to the point of a proposal. “What was the happiest moment of your life?’’ she asked, while they were taking a moonlight stroll one evening. “The happiest moment of my life,” an- swered the bachelor, with a reminiscent smile, ‘‘was when the jeweler took back an engagement ring and gave me some cuff links in exchange.’’—Harper’s Maga- zine. James Was Efficient—Efficiency was the topic that was being discussed at a gab- fest in a Washington club the other night, when Congressman John G. Roth- ermel, of Reading, was reminded of the declaration of an esteemed party named James The aforesaid James attended a circus some time since, where one of the big features of the show was a beautiful lion tamer. Entering the ring, followed by the lion, the fair charmer placed a lump of sugar between her pretty lips, which the lion took from her with his teeth. Instantly James sat right up and began to take notice. “Great stunt, all right,’ he loudly shouted to the performer; ‘‘but I can do it, too!” “Of course,’’ scornfully replied the girl, who didn’t appreciate having her act minimized; ‘but do you really think you can?’" _ ‘Most assuredly,’’ was’ the prompt re- joinder of James; ‘‘just as well as the lion.”"—Philadelphia Telegraph. Som2 of It —Editor—You must remem- ber that poetry is a gift. The poet—It is; you can’t sell it nowa- days.—Idler. GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER, “Ite Purity Has Made It Famous” 50c. per case of 6 glass stoppered bottles[4dv.) CHARTREUSE THE SUPERB CORDIAL OF THE AGES UNVARYING IN CHARACTER UNSURPASSED IN EXCELLENCE Liqueur amen sr Peres Chartreax At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafés BATJER & CO. 45 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Sole Agents for United States, FOR HEALTH REST RECREATION ic rious ale and ageation ‘apd the medi sports may be enjoyed WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET OF FULL INFORMATION. FRENCH LICK SPRINGS HOTEL CO, - - - - ~ FRENCH LICK, INDIANA. WANTED—AN IDEA! WHO CAN THINK OF SOME simple thing to patent? | Protect your ideas, they may bring you wealth, Write for “Needed Inventions” and "How to Get Your Patent and Your Money.” Randolph & Co.,; Patent Attorneys. Dept. 129, Washington, D. C. TO ERR IS HUMAN; TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT DIVINE If you have neglected to subscribe for JUDGE—The Happy Medium— own up, and send in a $5.00 bill to-day, for 62 weeks of continual mirth, JUDGE—Tihe Happy Medium 225 Fifth Avenve AUMANULAUUSHUUUAAUGEALENAAUCAEOOOUUCOOUCOOUGOUUOEOUCOOLCONAEOONEOONEEOOUOUOUCOUOUEOOOGAOOOOOLOGOELONEONOEOOAOGOUOOOOUONAOGOUEQOOEOOOUOOOUNOOUEONUEOULEAONUNNAOCS HUNTER ddd RYE ddd VION THE CONFIDENCE AND APPROBATION OF THE PUBLIC MORE THAN SO YEARS ACO AND THE ALMOST UNIVERSAL DEMAND FOR IT PROVES iT IN EVERY WAY WORTHY (AND WELL QUALIFIED Sold.at all first-class cafés and by jobbers. = WM. LANAHAN .& SON, Md. 1 = HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE Noa, 82, 34 and 36 Bleecker Street Branch Warehouse, 20 Beekman Street, New York ALL KINDS OF PAPER MADE TO ORDER y IN, Baltimore, SUOMAOANUUAUAAUAAECASATEAANEEAAUAEAAUOADOULUOAEOOUAUOANCUDOELEONEGAUEALOOEAONCOUOOUERSOEOTONEGOO CUOMUEAGOOOOOLOOUOOLOOOUSONOAYOOOOOOOOAEOOOOSUGAUOOTOOG CAINE In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE, , It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com