Judge, 1914-06-20 · page 20 of 24
Judge — June 20, 1914 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** from Judge magazine, with brief humorous anecdotes in the "Stories with Smiles" column. ## Advertisements: The page features liqueur, hotel, hair tonic, and whiskey ads—typical luxury goods marketed to Judge's affluent readership. ## Humor Content: The three short comic stories use **working-class dialect and domestic situations** for humor: 1. **"Amused the Old Lady"**: A grocer accidentally delivers sawdust instead of oatmeal. The joke: the husband unknowingly eats it and compliments it—his first compliment in thirteen years of marriage. Satire of marital indifference. 2. **"Unneighborly Neighbors"**: Congressman Switzer recalls a story about neighbors Smith and Jones (text cuts off). Appears to mock neighborly relations or social hypocrisy. 3. **"On the Beach"**: About a woman named Isabel attempting to skip down a beach. Incomplete, but the illustration suggests physical comedy about feminine deportment. These jokes rely on **period class attitudes**, broken English dialects, and domestic/romantic situations typical of early 20th-century magazine humor—content that reads as dated and somewhat condescending today.
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CHARTREUSE aS SUPERB LIQUEUR - =i . OF THE AGES UNVARYING IN CHARACTER UNSURPASSED IN EXCELLENCE THE MONKS’ FAMOUS CORDIAL At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafés BATJER & CO. 45 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Sole Agents for United States. GREEN YELLOW 1000 island House ALEXANDRIA BAY Jefferson County New York IN THE HEART OF THE THOUSAND ISLANDS Keep Your Hair Healthy Vaseline Reg. U. S. Pat. Of. Hair Tonic A Health-giving dressing for the scalp. Prevents dandruff and fall- ing of the hair. Gets right down to the roots and gives just the necessary stimulation needed to keep the hair in perfect condition. For sale everywhere. Send 10c for trial size bottle CHESEBROUGH MFG. COMPANY [Consolidated] 173 State Street New York In the most enchanting spot in all America, lights of modern civ 1,000 Island House olis provides greate luxurious comfort—real HOME comfort—as does this tial Summer retreat. An amusement for every hour, or quict, complete test, is the choice of every guest. All Drinking Water Used in the House Is Filtered Send two ¢-cent stamps for Ilustrated Booklet O. G. STAPLES, Proprietor WILLIAM WARBURTON, Mgr. FIRST OVER THE BARS BEST OVER THE BARS HUNTER BALTIMORE RYE Sold at all first-class cafés and by jobbers. WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. Stories -with Smifes Amused the Old Lady—There was a wor. ried look on the grocer’s face as he rushed hatless down the street and ran up the steps of Acacia Villa. “I—I'm sorry to say there’s been a slight mistake, Mrs. Grumble,"’ he panted, ¢ “*You ordered two pounds of oatmeal yes. terday, and by mistake my apprentice put up some sawdust that our grapes came packed in!"’ “Oh!” replied the lady. ‘Then I reckon my usban’ must ‘ave got through about ‘arf a pound o’ wood for breakfus’.”” Y-you don’t mean to say that he ate gasped the man in the apron. “*Course 'e did!’’ was the reply. The lady leaned back on the doorpost and for three minutes indulged ina laugh that brought all her neighbors to the scene. “Wal, that’s right-down funny!’’ she observed, with a laugh. “Funny?” queried the grocer. “Yes, funny! ‘Ere we’ve been mar. ried thirteen years come first of April, and Charles ’as never paid me a compli- ment till this mornin’ at breakfus’, when blest if 'e didn’t pass ‘is plate for an | other go o’ that sawdust an’ told me it reminded 'im 0’ the porridge 'is mother used to make!’’"—New York Times. | ' Unneighborly Neighbors—The conversa- tion at a recent social session turning to neighborly neighbors, Congressman Rob- ert M, Switzer, of Ohio, was reminded of a little pleasantry between Smith and Jones. Smith was rambling down the street one afternoon, with a large smile floating over his features, when he met a friend. “‘Why that beauteous smile, old man?” | ON THE BEACH ‘This was the way Isabel intended to skip dows | the beach, but— Wine Jelly woen favored with Abbott's Breters ts made more delightful and healthful. Sample of bitters by mai Siete In stampe © W. Abbott & Co. Maltitnore. Md (ADV) comicbooks.com