Judge, 1914-08-08 · page 20 of 24
Judge — August 8, 1914 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** for hotels and consumer products, with small satirical comic anecdotes in the right column—typical Judge magazine filler content. The ads feature the Commonwealth Hotel (Boston) and Great Northern Hotel (New York), emphasizing amenities for middle-class travelers. An Apollinaris mineral water ad promotes it as "the safe and satisfying drink." The small illustrated jokes mock travel anxieties and social awkwardness: - A farmer can't sleep after reading life-preserver instructions on a steamboat - An elderly woman elbows strangers on the Brooklyn Bridge, indifferent to which trolley she takes (suggesting urban crowds are chaotic and impersonal) - A woman claims "maidenly resistance" while admitting she stabbed a man who tried to kiss her—mocking contemporary courtship pretense These gentle satires reflect early 20th-century anxieties about modern travel, crowding, and evolving gender relations, presented for middle-class readers' amusement.
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Stories ‘with Smifes Apollinaris “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.” an inland town went on a trip that in- the safe and cluded an all-night ride on a steamboat, Accompanying the farmer was a nephew e e e more accustomed to the of travel. satisfying drink. “Well, uncle,” smiled the nephew, meeting the old man on deck the follow. ing morning, ‘‘did you have a good night?” “Can't say that I did,’’ answered uncle wearily. ‘*When I went to my room, I seen that card which tells ye how ter put on a life preserver, and after that I didn't git much rest.’’ “I don’t get you, uncle,’’ wonderingly returned the young man. ‘*What had Book on that to do with it?” “‘Everything,’’ answered the farmer, “I couldn't sleep with the derned thing - : TRAVE i on."'—Philadelphia Telegraph. \ He Didn't Care Which—The usual large Commonwealth Hotel, Inc. It Is Entirely FREE | crowd was gathered at the New York er i | os \ * Enurety of the Brooklyn Bridge, waiting for trol- Opposite State House, Boston, Mass. ley cars, Anelderly lady, red in the f i | We expect a greater de- | flustered and fussy, dug her elbo Offers room with hot and cold water ame rs Gneaeye COR Der © " . mand for this 40 page, illus convenient ribs, irrespective of owners, for $1.00 per day and up, which in- trated booklet on travel, than has — area } A fat man on her left was the recipient cludes free use of public shower baths. pies borat or tal for any other ever published for of a particularly vicious jab. She yelled Nothing to Equal This in New England Mothensill’s Travel Book tells you what to take on a jour at him, *‘Say!'" jothing to Equal in New Englan |) | ney and what not to take—how to pack ani how to best care He winced slightly and moved to one ——— for y year baggage and Eines exect information as to checking side at *, n countries—gives ° - Rooms with private baths for $1.50 { a from ‘New. York—tells when, who She, too, sidestepped and thumped him pet day and up; aultes‘of tro rooms. Mvalisble ts all whe travel or are contemplating taking’ vigorously on the back. | and baths for $4.00 per day and up. ») | trip in this country or abroad. . "S: she persisted, ‘‘does it make Published by the proprietors of the famous Mothers any difference which of these cars I take ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF | | SirRemsty, etek featten! seer name | to Greenwood Cemetery Strictly a Temperance Hotel Shamed i Beng a “Not to me, madam,"’ he answered, Send fr Booklet | MOTHERSILL REMEDY CO, | Sipping throoa an opening in the crowé STORER F. CRAFTS, General Manager | 467 Henry Smith Bldg, _ Detroit, Mich. pee 5 " London, England. Merely Coy—‘‘That booby made a bluff ~_Milan_and lambers: | at kissing me last night and quit.”” “But he says you scratched his face, blackened his eyes, and stabbed him with hen Your Wife and Daughter onMtell, a girl has to put up a little Visit NEW YORK maidenly resistance. ’'— Kansas City Jour be sure they are surrounded by the most refined, homelike atmosphere The Great Northern Hotel 118 West 57th Street is celebrated for its high-class patronage, its luxurious furnishings and its excellent cuisine. 400 Spacious Sunshiny Rooms Located in exclusive residential section, it is : the ideal abode for families visiting New York. Ten minutes from theatres, shops, railroad RATES terminals. Just a few steps from beautiful becsalidaisditre es paw 2 Central Park and fashionable Fifth Avenue. Awakened Parlor, Bed Room and Bath, $4.00 and up “Are ye goin’ to kirk, mon?"” “Aye, my wife’ I nae let me sleep. i th’ hoose the morn.’ comicbooks.com