Judge, 1914-05-09 · page 20 of 25
Judge — May 9, 1914 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** with minimal editorial content. The page features various product advertisements (pianos, water, massage machines, hotel services) interspersed with brief college humor pieces in the right column. The humor section—"With The College Wits"—contains **jokes from university publications** (Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Minnesota). These are gentle, non-political quips about student life: a landlord demanding rent, an optician making glasses jokes, and romantic musings about chorus girls. The only item approaching satire is "Perhaps—Cocksure anti," which mocks suffragettes by claiming they want various reforms but the author "wants chloroform"—a crude jab suggesting their advocacy is tiresome rather than substantive political commentary. Overall, this reflects Judge's shift toward **commercial content over satirical cartooning** by this era, with college humor serving as filler material.
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