Judge, 1914-10-24 · page 22 of 24
Judge — October 24, 1914 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and humor page** from Judge magazine, featuring short jokes rather than political cartoons. The content includes: **Advertisements**: Evans Stout beer, a motion picture plot contest, diamonds, firearms, and a book titled "Letters of a Self-Made Failure" by Maurice Switzer. **Humor section**: Multiple brief jokes satirizing everyday social situations—a Southern financier bragging about his cheap suit, a husband avoiding supporting women's suffrage to save money on jewelry, marital disputes over rat traps, and various professional encounters (lawyer, barber, geology professor). **Notable context**: The suffrage reference reflects the contemporary women's voting rights debate. The jokes employ mild cynicism about marriage, economy, and professional life typical of early 20th-century American humor magazines. **James H. Hare advertisement**: Promotes a war photographer now covering European conflicts for Leslie's magazine. The page reflects Judge's mixed commercial-editorial model: advertising subsidized satirical content targeting middle-class readers.
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