Judge, 1915-04-24 · page 22 of 24
Judge — April 24, 1915 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **advertisements and humor page** from Judge magazine, likely from the 1910s-1920s. ## The Content: The page features two cartoon sections labeled "With The College Wits"—a collection of brief jokes and witty exchanges attributed to college humor magazines (Lehigh Burr, Columbia Jester, Harvard Lampoon, Yale Record, Texas Coyote, Penn State Froth). The humor is **mild romantic/social comedy**: A man fondly remembers holding a woman's hand—revealed to be poker cards (Ace through King). A wife's "light" goes out because she leaves the house too often. A woman mistakes a rubber doll for a human baby. ## The Advertisements: The page is dominated by **mail-order ads typical of the era**: diamonds on installment plans, a sex education book promising wholesome knowledge, bunion remedies, and a newspaper clipping service—all promising solutions via postal order. **For modern readers**: This reflects an era when magazines subsidized content through aggressive advertising, and when mail-order businesses promised personal solutions to embarrassing problems.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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