Judge, 1914-11-28 · page 21 of 24
Judge — November 28, 1914 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising and humor page** from Judge magazine. The main content includes: **"Stories with Smiles"**: Three brief jokes about marriage and social behavior. The first concerns a man who nearly lends money but changes his mind when his friend's daughter sings a mournful song. The second, attributed to businessman James J. Hill, praises marriage as mutually beneficial. The third mocks "Banquet Bores"—men who monopolize after-dinner conversations with tedious speeches and platitudes, boring audiences into exhausted silence. **The satire targets**: Social climbers and tedious after-dinner speakers who imagine themselves as eloquent orators but actually exhaust their audiences. The final anecdote references a Black deacon criticizing his minister, using period-appropriate dialect humor typical of early 20th-century publications. The page is otherwise filled with product advertisements (cocktails, liniments, ink pencils, leather goods), reflecting Judge's commercial model alongside its satirical content.
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