Judge, 1915-01-09 · page 23 of 24
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This page from *Judge* magazine combines short humorous anecdotes on the left with a full-page advertisement on the right. **The Anecdotes (Left Side):** These are brief satirical stories typical of early 20th-century humor magazines—jokes about miscommunication, physical comedy, and character types. They include: a boy messenger demanding payment for delivering a message, a lanky passenger threatening damage to train infrastructure, a snobbish woman at the theater, an Austrian-Hungarian waiter's excuse for not fighting in World War I, and two doctors discussing a millionaire's wife's appendectomy. **The Advertisement (Right Side):** This is a mail-order course in "Science of Character Analysis" taught by Dr. Katherine M. H. Blackford. The ad promises to teach readers to judge people's character through physiognomy (reading faces), claiming this skill will improve business decisions, sales, parenting, and personal relationships. The course emphasizes learning to read "secrets that are revealed in face and hand." This reflects early-20th-century pseudoscientific interest in character reading and phrenology—now discredited methods based on facial features.
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yep whic ng ucted F sant ting | time I go to church, they always sing some- } fing about ‘the consecrated cross-eyed pear? —tailadelphia Telegraph. the Finishing Touch—The young man ted to believe the statement of her srother that the young lady was not at He repeated the question, at the jms time displaying a quarter. The boy ered it longingly and again replied in the besital litte b home. segative. . e But didn’t she leave a message for me? asked the disappointed swain. ves, sir,” said the lad—and nothing sone who sees a great light, the young man tossed him the coin, ‘*Now,"’ he said, ‘out with the message. = ore, and you're not to give me any money." —Philadelphia Ledger, Fair Warning—The lanky youth who oc- a seat in a passenger coach persisted in sticking his head and shoulders out of | window. The brakeman was passing ‘gugh the coach, and he touched the youth on the back, “Better keep your head inside the win- advised the brakeman. [kin look out the winder if I want to,”’ answered the youth, “[ know you can,’? warned the brake- “But if you damage any of the i n the bridges, you'll pay for Cincinnati Enquirer. Her Dainty Speech —There was one young woman in the box party at the thea- ter who took no part in the noisy clatter and giggle. With her gaze fixed upon the ge, she watched the progress of the pla indifferent to the gayety around her, except ristocratic, finely chis- s bore a look of weariness and a scornful smile curled her lips. At last, however, she turned her head slowly and looked at the other members of the party. Then she spoke to the elderly matron sitting by her side. ‘*That chicken in the blue kimono,"’ she said, **thinks she is the whole custard !""—A rgonaut. Arranged with Enemy—There's a good story going the rounds just now that shows how Austria was deprived of one of her fighting men. A visitor to a West End restaurant in London, being waited on by a particularly tall and fine-looking waiter with a foreign accent, asked the man his natic dh, I'm a Hungarian was the reply. “How comes it, then, that a big, strong fellow like you is not on the firing line? asked the visitor. “Well, sir, it's like this,"’ replied the knight of the napkin, pointing to a brother waiter a few tables off. ‘*You see that man? Well, he’s a Serb, and we have vat you call paired.''"—Philadelphia Ledger. Two Doctors—Two Manhattan physicians were enjoying the breeze from the fronts oa the “hurricane deck"’ of a Riverside Drive bus one bright afternoon recently, part of their conversacion was over- heard, It ran like this | performed an operation for appendi- citis on the wife of a millionaire yester- d said the stouter of the pair. said the other. ‘* What was she suffering from?"'—Boston Advertiser. said she’s not gonna see you any | Learn How to Read these Faces You may be a good judge of character but—I can make you a better one N spite of your ability to judge men you have made many a mis- take during the past year. ‘These mistakes were costly, maybe. You could have avoided them. You will avoid them in the future if you learn from me the accurate Science of Character Analysis Taught by Mail by Dr. Katherine M. H. Blackford saved large firms thou- You do not ask him questions or in any electing men. — make known that you are gaining information who are about him. now rhing large salaries as em- ‘There is no dictatorial laying pl For years let- down of rules, telling you that ters by the thousands have come in a wrinkled brow me: demanding instruction. tration, full lips sensu At last the Review of Reviews aught principles Company suggested that T put the tion in’ such science in such form that you could will not. foi study it by mail. I have put this Science through a most rigid test by analyzing over 100,000 people. I do not teach you to measure a HAVE way sands « T have trained ollars in ssistants nent experts. IS concen= that you The judging of people is not a gilt or a special talent of my own; it is as based on facts that you ¢: learn and apply with just as much success as I can, man’s head, or employ any other method than that of looking at him, What You Learn from the Course How to judge all people. w to judge the aptitudes and How to understand yourself, and _ abilities in your children. decide what you are best fitted How to gain social ease. to do. How to read the secrets How to sell goods by under- men reveal in eyes and face and standing your customer. hand, ? ¢ that <= Jade 1915 KATHERINE M. H. BLACKFORD judge your client, y ployer. ad Tecan teach you te + your casually ¢ ures. o | To sell [to empte | To help me socially. [To select my own vo Mail the coupon today and learn how to size up your fellow men Katherine M. H. Blackford , REVIEW OF REVIEWS COMPANY 7 30 Irving Place New York ¢ | To decide my childre: + Name. Adaress. comicbogks.com