Judge, 1914-07-04 · page 18 of 24
Judge — July 4, 1914 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **primarily advertising** for Schlitz beer and Hotel Earlington, with smaller comic anecdotes in the right column. The **main advertisement** ("Is this Food Pure?") addresses early 20th-century concerns about food purity and adulteration—a genuine public anxiety before modern FDA regulations. Schlitz emphasizes its brown bottle protects beer from light decay, positioning purity as a selling point. The **right column** contains three brief humorous anecdotes: 1. **"Ping" Bodie** (Chicago White Sox player): A joke about a player so inattentive he didn't notice the outfield umpire during a game. 2. **Burleigh theatrical story**: An actor foolishly tries reciting poetry to stop a theater fire panic—mocking his poor judgment. 3. **Pathetic things**: A cynical exchange about romantic loss versus financial loss, suggesting gambling losses are worse than heartbreak. These are typical light comedic filler for Judge magazine—workplace humor, baseball gossip, and vaudeville-style jokes with no apparent political content.
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Is this Food Pure? A natural question. Every purchaser should ask it. Every manufacturer who cannot answer fairly, squarely and honestly deserves ostracism. Pure Beer Is Food Schlitz is made pure. The Brown Bottle keeps it pure from the brew- ery to your glass. Light starts decay even in pure beer—the light bottle is insufficient protection. Why should you risk impurity? See that Crown is branded “Schlitz” e Order a Case The Beer _ --. That Made Milwaukee Famous. HOTEL EARLINGTON 27th Street, West of Broadway, NEW YORK QA Step from Broadway. Quiet as a Village at Night. Q Absolutely Fireproof. Your Comfort Our Aim Always. SINGLE ROOMS, $1.00 Parlor, Bedroom and Bath, front of house, one person, $2.00; two people, $350; Why pay more when our service is equalled only by the best? EUROPEAN PLAN E. W. WARFIELD, Manager About Diamond Stag} By ED A. GOEWEY «Ping ” Bodie Chicago American League HERE is a yarn being told at theez pense of ‘‘Ping’’ Bodie, the famoy Chicago swatter: ‘‘Ping’’ was riding t the ball park with Jimmy Callahan, th White Sox manager, and they were read ing over the box score of the preview day’s game in the morning paper. At|- last Bodie blurted out, ‘‘It says here that the umpires were Messrs. Sheridan ani Evans. I saw Sheridan and Evans, all | right, but I never got even a flash &} Messrs.’" “Oh, he was the outfield umpire!” a» | swered Callahan. ‘‘Didn’t you see hin | out near the scoreboard?” “So that was the guy, was it?’ said “Ping.’’ ‘‘Well, he didn’t make any de cisions.”” | “That’s because there were no close decisions in the outfield yesterday,” re plied the manager, as he turned and looked out of the window. Poor Way to Stop Them “Once,” said the juvenile comedian, “1 supposed Burleigh was a man who po © sessed rather more than average intelli | gence.’’ \ “And you don’t think so any more?” | the soubrette replied. } “No. We were playing to a crowded house in Pennsylvania, one night, whea sumebody shouted ‘Fire!’ There was s panic immediately, and Burleigh at | tempted, by stepping before the curtain and reciting ‘Curfew Shall Not Ring To t night,’ to stop the people from rushing } out.’” i Speaking of Pathetic Things “‘What,’’ said the sentimental woman, “can be more pathetic than a man who | has loved and lost?”’ “‘Well,”’ replied the man who had tried it, ‘‘the chap who has bet and lost on | what he thought was a sure thing gives | him a hard chase."’ j 5 comicbooks.com