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Judge — January 15, 1916 — page 24: Judge, 1916-01-15

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This is primarily an **advertising and humor page**, not political satire. The main content includes: **"Passing the Mustard"** (center): A moralizing poem about ancestors, asking whether one would be proud *to* meet one's forebears, or whether they'd be proud *of you*—a gentle joke on social pretension and family trees. **Short humor pieces** below the poem: Collection of brief domestic and workplace jokes with familiar early-20th-century themes—wives criticizing husbands' fishing, applicants avoiding working with children, conductors making mistakes, etc. These are gentle, inconsequential gags about everyday life. **Advertisements**: Multiple liquor ads (Club Cocktails, Old Overholt Rye, Evans Ale) and job-training ads dominate the page. The "Avoid This Ad" at bottom is meta-humor, warning readers not to fall for inferior correspondence-school cartooning courses. **Overall**: This reflects Prohibition-era advertising (liquor ads still appearing), American domestic humor conventions, and the magazine's mix of satire, advertising, and mild comedy typical of the period.

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