Judge, 1914-09-19 · page 20 of 24
Judge — September 19, 1914 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page combines advertisements with sports humor and self-help book promotion, typical of early 20th-century Judge content. **Main Content:** The "About Diamond Stars" column by Ed A. Goewey features **Ty Cobb**, a famous Detroit Tigers baseball player. The piece presents anecdotes about Cobb and team owner F.C. Navin, trading on Cobb's reputation as a colorful personality. The humor relies on depicting a manicurist unfamiliar with baseball and a punchline joke featuring racial dialect about two Black men discussing a baseball game score—a reflection of the era's casual racist entertainment conventions. **Advertisements:** Upper left: Chartreuse liqueur ad (prominent spirits advertising of the period) Center: "Letters of a Self-Made Failure" by Maurice Switzer—a self-help book promoting inspirational philosophy through humor The page exemplifies how early 20th-century magazines blended celebrity gossip, advertising, and entertainment with casual prejudice now considered offensive.
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CHARTREUSE SUPERB LIQUEUR OF THE AGES UNVARYING IN CHARACTER UNSURPASSED IN EXCELLENCE a CN G*CHARTREUSE :) At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafés BATJER & CO. 4S Broadway, New York, N. Y. Sole Agents for United States. AILURE” and were If you sit Letters plod along beside oa the wagon; whether you are a success or think yourself a failure, you will find this book full ot Self-Made hope, help and the right kind of inspiration. If you believe that it is more important to F ¢ l know why ten thousand fail rather than allure why one man succeeds, read this book. by Noe ioe The LETTERS are written in MAURICE SWITZER epigrammatic style with a touch Enclosed find $1 : Send me copy aN of irresistible humor and Letters of Self \ they impart a system of quaint philosophy that will Ns appeal to” everyone, regardless of sex or station. Made Failure.” XN : ; Handsomely bound in cloths 180 pages with \ Price $1.00 isSptendia’ittustrations by Frank Godwin, Leslie-Judge Company 225 Fifth Avenue New York About Diamond Stars By ED A. GOEWEY “Ty” Cobb ¥ Star Batter @ i Detroit “*Tigers”’ HE OTHER day F. C. Navin, presi- dent of the Detroit American League club, after a shave, turned his nails over to the tender mercies of the shop's new manicure, a typically blond and fluffy wielder of the orange stick. Taking the hand of the magnate, she began operations and conversation at the same time. After dwelling feelingly on the warm weather and taking a few long shots at war and politics, she inquired, “Where do you live?” “Right here in Detroit, "’ replied Navin. “Oh, how splendid! Do you owns store?"’ “No; I'm in the baseball business.” that so? Why, you don’t look at all like my idea of ‘a ball player! Are you a professional?” “Yes; I'm connected with the Tigers.” n convulsive ecstasy. ‘What Then you can speak to Mr. ery day if you want to!” Navin admitted frankly that he could. Ty also can tell a goood story, and some Detroit fans credit him with remarking, when he heard that Joe Jackson, of the Naps, had rejected a $65,000 contract to join the Federal League, ‘* Well, the fault lies with the ‘outlaws.’ If they'd oaly shown Joe that much money in quarters and worded the contract in words of one syllable, he'd have swum up Niagars Falls to get the coin."" Ty also tells this story about a game between the teams representing Memphis and Nashville in the Southern League. The score stood 5 to4, in favor of Nash ville, when a row occurred, and the um pire awarded the contest to Memphis by the customary 9 to 0 score. On the Way home from the grounds two negroes were discussing the affair. . “But if Nashville had five runs,” to nothin’?"”” replied _ the other. “Whar's yo’ ‘rithmetic? Didn't Mem i foah runs?"’ “Yaas."" “Well, den, don’t foah an’ five make nine?"’ mark, neithe In F atwel exhibi years, day a throu comicbooks.com