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This page combines several elements typical of Judge's satirical approach: **"Snap Judgments"** section mocks contemporary figures and absurdities: Dr. Anna Howard Shaw (women's suffrage leader) is criticized for objecting to a tax form reference; a tight-rope walker's divorce suit is ridiculed as evidence of poor performance; and there's nostalgic commentary on historical artifacts. **"The Bergson Primer"** satirizes the craze for French philosopher Henri Bergson, whose ideas were fashionable among American intellectuals. The humor lies in suggesting his philosophy is incomprehensible jargon useful only for impressing others at social gatherings—the ultimate joke being that mentioning baseball will derail any Bergson discussion. **The main feature**, "The Spirit of Service," is a full-page **Bell Telephone advertisement** featuring a photograph of a lineman in snow. It presents telephone workers as noble public servants, emphasizing corporate responsibility during the era of trust-busting and railroad regulation debates. The page reflects Judge's focus on satirizing intellectual pretension, women's rights activism, and corporate self-promotion.

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Snap Judgments ‘The Income Tax has no friends but all will be forgiven when it puts an end to the press agent stories of the fabulous salaries paid to the comic opera ladies. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw objected be- cause in the printed tax form she was re- ferred to as And yet Dr. Shaw will admit that as the president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, she is most decidedly IT. A tight rope walker in Chicago is suing her husband for divorce because as she alleges he kicked her from the wire sev- eral times in rehearsal. Surely one of the two must have been a poor performer if it required rehearsals to kick a lady from the wire. out, a George Washington’s pistols were sold recently and at Mount Vernon they have his sword, and his surveying instruments anda lot of other things. But the great- est belp in making George Washington the example for all boys would be the production of that hatchet. ie} The last of John Brown's captors hav- ing now gone to join the last of Jefferson Davis’ captors, and the last of Abraham Lincoln's body-guard and the last little girl that LaFayette kissed, it is now time to again call the roll of the original Floradora sextette. The Bergson Primer PROFESSOR HENRI BERGSON, of the University of France, has made such a furore in this country that it is necessary to be able to understand him if weare going to call the bluff of others who take every occasion to talk about him. If you know a few of the basic points about his philosophy, you can soon make the other person swing the conver- sation around to baseball. We have simplified his philosophy so that no one need feel handicapped in the text drawing-room one finds himself in. Here are the main points: Philosophy reveals to us the sub- nascent self consistent with the isfaction of attaining the ighest ideals, tending to dis- close the life of the spirit which may give us immortality in the old theological meaning or indi- vidual conduct as the chief end, purpose and center of interest. Philosophy delivers us from the feeling of essential freedom of a closed mechanical universe of which life is an infinitesimal part, identical with but still un- like the striving that is com- monly called the impetusof life. Philosophy is so satisfying—especially when the other person hasn’t fully mas- tered the newest professor. —Homer Croy. i half GREAT BE “Its Purity Has Der case of 6 glass stopper mee = HEN the land is storm-swept, when trains are stalled and roads are blocked, the telephone trouble- hunter with snow shoes and climbers makes his lonely fight to keep the wire highways open. These men can be trusted to face hardship and danger, because they realize that snow-bound farms, homes and cities must be kept in touch with the world. This same spirit of service animates the whole Bell telephone system. The linemen show it when they carry the wires across mountains and wilderness. It is found in the girl at the switchboard who sticks to her post despite fire or flood. It inspires the leaders of the One Policy The Spirit of Sexvics telephone forces, who are finally re- sponsible to the public for good service. This spirit of service is found in the recent rearrangement of the telephone business to conform with present pub- lic policy, without recourse to courts. The Bell System has grown to be one of the largest corporations in the country, in response to the telephone needs of the public, and must keep up with increasing demands. However large it may become, this corporation will always be responsive to the needs of the people, because it is animated by the spirit of service. Ithas shown that men and women,co-operat- ing fora great purpose, may be as good citizens collectively as individually. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One System Universal Service PLAYING CARDS For Social Play Decorative designs. quisite coloring. Flexible, easy to shufile. speak good taste and add tone to the occasion. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. BICYCLE CLUB INDEXES PLAYING CARDS Hoyle up-to-date SEND IS GIN STAMPS. ore: true than when applied to Bicycle Cards, Used everywhere. Ivory or Air-Cushion Finish comicbooks.com