Judge, 1915-07-17 · page 25 of 28
Judge — July 17, 1915 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with humorous filler content**, not political satire. The main cartoons and "Stories with Smiles" are light anecdotes rather than social commentary. **The humor relies on:** 1. **"The Whistle Test"**: A WWI-era joke about a French officer concealing his monocle during a military medical exam. The punchline satirizes military bureaucracy—doctors repeatedly ask him to whistle (testing for facial paralysis, which monocles visually mimic) before finally clearing him for duty. 2. **"All Made Clear"**: A condescending anecdote about Western women's independence baffling Chinese wives, who conclude Western men fear strong women. This reflects early-20th-century gender stereotypes. 3. **"Not Playing in Luck"**: A mild joke about a traveling salesman witnessing a celebration for a town's 101-year-old resident. The page's primary purpose is advertising—Old Overholt whiskey, The Vanderbilt Hotel, and Pears' Soap dominate the layout. The anecdotes serve as entertainment filler between ads.
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Apri 26, 1820 Captain Tappan fs back from a vor atte any we. tertul tales to tell He drought with nim some strange liquors, but agrees with me that there isnothing so excellent as Old Overholt Rye “Same for 100 yearn” ‘The verdict of those who have made comparisons is al- ways the same as that of Capt. Tappan. With a flavor and boquet exceedingly pleasantand § auniform quality, Old Overholt is always in the lead. Aged in the wood, bottled in bond. A.Overbolt & Co.,Pittsburgh,Pa. THE \ Avpereur Hoven THIRTY FOURTH STREET AT PARK AVENUE New YORK Sn Hote! Designed to Appeal: tothe Conservative Hu Top /NN Pears’s Soap has never offered premiums to induce sales. It is, in itself,a prize for the com- plexion. Established in 1789. Stories with Smiles The Whistle Test—A Parisian journal tells a little story of a young Parisian, who in civil life has long worn a monocle in his left eye and had continued the habit as an officer, He had been wounded, was cured, and asked to be returned to the front. He was to be examined, and concealed the monocle, thinking he might be charged with myopia in one eye. When the chief surgeon examined him, after looking well over his face, he said sharply, ‘* Whistle!’’ The soldier whistled like a blackbird. “This is curious,"’ said the surgeon, and, calling a young a: the soldier, ‘* W! He whistled again. **That is curious,’’ said the young assistant. Another surgeon entered, and the patient was called upon for the third time to whistle. “*Ah,"’ said this surgeon, ‘‘this is curi- ous!” “*But,’* expostulated the soldier, ‘I don’t see why there is so much of this. I’m not to serve as a locomotive.’" “It is all right,'’ said the chief surgeon. “You may return to the front."’ When the soldier arrived at his regiment, he gave to the regimental surgeon the note that had been given him by the examiner. This surgeon said in his turn, ‘Will you please whistle?’* He whistled. ‘This is curious,’’ said the surgeon. It seems that when a man wears a mon- ocle, it gives to the face the appearance of facial paralysis. The facial paralytic can- not whistle.—Chicago Journal. All Made Clear—A woman missionary in China was taking tea with a mandarin's eight wives. The Chinese ladies examined her clothing, her hair, her teeth, and so on, but her feet especially amazed them. “*Why,’’ cried one, ‘‘you can walk and run as well as a man!"’ **Yes, to be sure,’’ said the missionary. “Can you ride a horse and swim, too?’’ “Yes."* “Then you must be as strong as a man!"" “Tam.” **And you wouldn’t let a man beat you— not even if he was your husband—would you?" “Indeed, I wouldn't!’’ the missionary said. The mandarin’s eight wives looked at one another, nodding their heads. Then the oldest said softly, ‘*Now I understand why the foreign devil never has more than one wife. He is afraid.’’—Southern Woman's Magazine. Not Playing in Luck—They were speak- ing about playing in luck, and Congress- man Reed, of New Hampshire, told of an incident that happened in the West. A traveling salesman landed in one of the burgs along his route and was surprised to find the whole population marching to the music of brass bands. “Say, old man,’’ he wonderingly asked an esteemed citizen standing along the side- walk, ‘‘what is the cause of all this excite- ment?’"* ‘We are celebrating the birthday of our oldest inhabitant,’ answered the other. “*She is one hundred and one years old to- day. That was her in the first automobile.’’ “*Yau don’t mean it!"’ returned the sales- OREAT BEAR SPRING WATER. “Ite parity has made it fam: We the case of Whe glass seompered bottles. [ADT] Economical Luxury Is offered t .¢ traveling public #*. the new Fort Dearborn Hotel Chicago Opposite La Salle Street Station La Salle Street at Van Buren Every room with private bath or toilet $1.50——$2.00——$2.50 Per Day—No Higher Hotel Sherman Company Chicago. @1) | ROMEIKE’ Press Cutting Bureau willsend youall newspaper clip- pings which may appear about you, your friends, or any subject on which you may want to be ‘up to date."? Every newspaper and peri- odical of importance in the United States and Europe is searched. ‘Terms, $5.00 for 100 notices, HENRY ROMEIKE, 106-110 Seventh Ave., N.Y. WANTED—AN IDEA! WHO CAN THINK OF SOME simple thing to patent? Protect your ideas, they may bring you wealth. Write for “ Needed Inventions" ard “How to Get Your Patent and Your Money.” Randolph & Co, Patent Attorneys. Dept. 129, Washington, D. C. Write Moving Picture Plays HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE Nos, 22, 34 and 36 Bleecker Street Branch Warehouses: 29 Beckinan Street. New ‘York and, 32 Ciinton Street Newark, N. 3, | ALL KINDS OF PAPER MADE TO ORDER comicbooks.com