Judge, 1915-08-21 · page 22 of 28
Judge — August 21, 1915 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and filler content**, not political satire. The main advertisement promotes **Hotel Chamberlin** at Old Point Comfort, Virginia, as a domestic alternative to European spa resorts (Karlsbad, Vichy, Aix) for health treatments—likely referencing WWI disruptions to European travel. It emphasizes American luxury and proximity to military installations. The right column contains brief **humor snippets** reprinted from other publications: - A joke about refusing a suitor - A astronomy gag (translated from French publication *Le Rire*) playing on cosmic insignificance - A children's joke about German submarines and English sharks, implying confusion or dark wartime humor The page's scattered cartoons illustrate the hotel's amenities and the submarine joke. There's no coherent political statement—it's typical magazine filler mixing advertisements with lightweight international humor, common in early-20th-century publications.
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AYBE conditions abroad have upset your Summer plans for tak- ing “The Cure’—at Karlsbad, Vichy or Aix. But your health need not suffer — for Hotel Chamberlin, Old Point Comfort, offers you every- thing that Europe can offer; with less expenditure of Time, Money and Effort. Take “THE CURE” and en- joy it, at The Chamberlin, one of the world’s great Resort Hotels. Nauheim, Vichy and Aix Baths— every sort of Treatment, all under competent Medical direction. And the Social Life at Hotel Chamberlin — delightful people, diversion and sport; a Cuisine that adds to the Epicurean repute of the Southland; an environment unique and charming, amid the gaiety of Army and Navy life. Come to Hotel Chamberlin now —and you will come again. Reduced Summer Rates — June to October Por ilestrated booklets apoly at all tourist baresas of transportation offices, of address GEORGE F. ADAMS, Manager FORTRESS MONROE, VA. New York Office ‘ Barts Relies: Hotel Dees MeAloia Hotel Both Arms of the Service at Old Point Comfort PRESERVE YOUR COPIES OF JUDGE in a handsome binder which we offer for 3 express charges collect. This binder will last for years, as it is heavily reinforced and it is so arranged that issues can be inserted as they are received. Sectional posts allow for expansion. A bound file of JUDGE is very appropriate for your library table and a source of pleasure at all times. Address JU DGE Fifth Avenue, New York Waiting To See Gladys—Why did you refuse him if you loved him? Gwen—Well, you see, he said he couldn't live without me, and it aroused my curios. ity.—Bulletin (Sydney). TITRA Astronomy On avert que le centre de I'Univers est Vastre 18. t'an centre de "Univers, ‘est A 4,629 trillions de kilométres du monde civilisé. The star, Canopus, has been discovered to be the center of the universe. War—My place is in the center of the universe. Astronomer—Go there, then! It is 4,629 trillion kilometers from the civilized world. —Le Rire (Paris). Little boy—How angry the sharks must be with these German submarines—of course mean the English sharks !— Punch (London). comichooks.c