Judge, 1915-03-20 · page 21 of 24
Judge — March 20, 1915 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and short humorous anecdotes**, not political cartoons. **The anecdotes** are light social humor typical of Judge's era—jokes about male/female differences (judges baffled by women jurors wanting shopping breaks), frontier comedy ("I had hold of the rope" after a hanging), and domestic situations (wives realizing husbands weren't as bad as they seemed). **The advertisements** include: - **Mogul Egyptian Cigarettes** (featuring an Art Deco-style illustration of people in an automobile driven by Egyptian figures, playing on the "exotic Cairo" appeal) - **Hotel Marie Antoinette** in New York (fine dining, fireproof, convenient to theaters) - **Beeman's Pepsin Gum** ("The Original Pepsin Gum—Good for Digestion") The page reflects early 20th-century America: commercial aspirations, casual attitudes toward now-taboo products (cigarettes, pepsin products), and light, genial humor targeting middle-class readers.
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ch!" Passing the Mustard 4 Cut Him Down—One day, in od time of cowboy activities, a timid tenderfoot at Bitter Creek asked trem- ingly if that bad man, Bill Busher, was hanging around there yet. " replied the native who was asked. “But he was last week."" “Are you sure?” id the tenderfoot. “positive. I had hold of the rope.'’— Browning's Magazine. Long-deferred Joy—'‘ Why are you so crazy to take mud baths? There's nothing the matter with you.”” “It's this doctor. I was brought up ina lace collar and a Fauntleroy suit, and Lalways vowed that I would get my share of playing in the mud some day.’’—Kansas City Star. Force of Habit—We gazed pityingly on the listless drug-store clerk, leaning against the soda counter. “Haven't you any ambition?"’ we queried kindly and all that. “No,"" he replied, with brightening in- telligence; ‘‘but I have something just as good." —Philadelphia Ledger. The Question Solved—'‘B'gosh, I don’t see how the people of Europe are going to live after this war.'"" “Bijinks, that’s plain. There won't be nothing left but widows and orphans, and they will all live on pensions.’’—Louisville Couner- Journal. Tory of Ladies—‘‘ Well, how did you get along with your jury of ladies?"’ “Pretty fair,’’ said the judge. ‘They demanded some things not usually accorded jories. Wanted a chafing dish in the jury- room and had to go shopping every after- noon." —Pittsburgh Post. Queer Enoug! fancy-dress ball? “Oh, yes.’* “In what garb?"* “I shall wear one of the quaint old cos- tames of 1905."'—Aansas City Journal. Finding Him Out—Wifey—Do you recol- lect that once when we had a quarrel I said You were just as mean as you could be? Hubby—Yes, my dear. Wifes—Oh, Tom, how little did I know you then !—Phrladelphia Record. “‘Are you going to the A Possibility—He—Have you sent out Your invitations to your reception? She—Yes, all of them. Now, if those I Want accept and those I would rather have Stay away decline, we may have’ a really Pleasant party.—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Possible?—"‘Our dairyman's cows look very dejected." “Maybe that is why our milk is so blue."” St. Paul Dispatch, 3 WATER, jase stoppered bottles, [4DvT.} GREAT nEAR ite purity hai We the case of Bix © SINNOTT OGUIE CIGARETTES HOTEL MARIE ANTOINETTE NEW YORK CITY BROADWAY, 66th and 67th STREETS = os oho GETGATER in the most convenient location in town, Modern in every detail, absolutely fireproof, within ten minutes’ of the leading department stores, shops and theatres. Convenient to Pennsylvania and Grand Central Depots. Rooms awith Running Water, $1.50 Per Day Upward. Rooms, with Rath, $2.00 Per Day Upward. Suites, ‘$4.00 Per Day Upward. RESTAURANT OF UNUSUAL EXCELLENCE H. STANLEY GREEN, Manager FOR SALE EVERYWHERE