Judge, 1916-07-08 · page 21 of 28
Judge — July 8, 1916 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This page contains poetry and humorous short pieces typical of Judge magazine's satirical content, plus advertising. **"The Summer Girl"** is romantic verse celebrating an idealized young woman at the beach—fair, seventeen, in fashionable summer dress. The poem romanticizes her effect on observers ("fish eyes shine with rapture fine"). This represents early 20th-century idealization of feminine beauty and leisure. **"Quips and Cranks"** offers brief satirical observations on contemporary life: pessimism, religious hypocrisy (a man avoiding Sabbath work but demanding hot Sunday dinner), the abundance of submitted magazine submissions, and modern annoyances like saxophone-playing neighbors. These target recognizable social types and frustrations. **The B.V.D. underwear advertisement** uses humor and period language ("cooler-off," "take-it-easy") to market loose-fitting men's undergarments as relief from summer heat and formality. The ad emphasizes quality construction and comfort. The remaining small ads (tire guarantee joke, New England tourism) are filler typical of magazine pages. Overall, this represents Judge's mix of light satire, romance, and commercial content from the 1910s-20s era.
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The Summer Girl HE breezes swirl, the breakers purl, The gulls salute the summer girl. Fair Imogene, sun kissed and clean {nd lithe and heavenly seventeen. Within your eyes, sweet challenge lies, Oh, summer bird of paradise. AN With shimmery sheen the waters green, ” Slip splashing on the sandy scene, 4s down the beach the sandaled peach Weet for | reps clear of where the breakers reach; Antias | And high and dry for ev ye y cy Her fluttering summer silks go by. D, | _ Ste stops to preen her plumage lean, sources | This gauze-clad, beachy peacherine, ‘the art mounts with a start, the Op J xc urchins toward an apple cart ve bees | \nd fish eyes shine with rapture fine, the state And hearts are fluttering ‘neath the brine. That sunshade blue; those eyes of you; Those red lips damp with honey dew; Those silks that fling their folds and cling About your bosom, fluttering— Those curves set free a surge in me As moon tides lure the maddened sea. —Charles Leroy Edson. ie enerally 0 marry nds, bet ers and Quips and Cranks D' SITION No. 1234567: A pessimist is a man who has lived all his life with an optimist. I know a man who won’t work on the Sabbath for fear his immortal soul might be damaged; but he wants his Sunday dinner hot and served promptly. There are nine-and-sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, and every single one of them appeared in this morning's mail. Antiseptics have done a lot of good, but not nearly so much as antiskeptics. peroned ing and ade up caring, z Latin There is a man in our town; we think he’s wondrous wise, Because he wears a pair of shell-rimmed glasses on his eyes ssome. listen adings Janitors being what they are, it is hard to keep up a front, even a seventh floor front. I have become a militarist since the man in the next flat took up the saxo- Ly phone. “What has become of last year's snow?” Some of it’s still in our street. —F. Gregory Hartwick. A Bargain “A penny for your thoughts!” ‘San “T'll take it! Hurrah!—I knew all the ance time that this moving picture scenario dress would sell sooner or later, in spite of the e for fact that every director to whom it was way submitted declared it worthless.” very The Guaranty dest “Look here, you guaranteed this tire oned for 3,300 miles and it’s run only 2,500. What are you going to do about it?” rain “How would you like to buy another Lb tire?” It that pub Sberbet ts made tasty and delightful by using Abbott's era. Sample of bittera by mail, 25 cts. ia stamps. ¢ Abbott & Co, Baltimore, Md. (aay Pen Se ered / SRB rey B.V.D. Is The National Cooler-Off ET B.V. D. teach you the fine art of ‘*Take-It- Easy..” It helps you get the most fun out of your holiday. It makes a business of coolness and brings coolness into business. It eases the stifling discomfort of a hot day and lessens the fa of a close evening. It’s the National Cooler-Of Loose fitting, light woven B.V.D. Underwear starts with the best possible fabrics (specially woven and tested), continues with the best possible workmanship (carefully inspected and re- inspected), and ends with com- plete comfort (fullness of cut, balance of drape, correctness of fit, durability in wash and wear). If it hasn't This Red Woven Label B. V. D. Underwear (Trade Mart Reg. U.S. Pat, Of, and Foreign Countries) B.V.D. Closed Crotch B.V.D. Coat Cut Under- Union Suits (Pat. shirts and Knee Length U.S.A.) $1.00 and = Drawers, 0c. and upward the Suit. upward the Garment. The B.V.D. Company, New York. (a “Tae aS ww , in stamps to the H | BANCROFT HOTEL WORCESTER, MASS. CHARLES S. AVERILL, President and Managing Director ET PraRS. ATONE be renee Aen HO Win soe LXE TTSIRE IRL TOUR NEW ENGLAND Automobile parties contemplating this tour can secure a most complete itinerary of all the historical points and pleasure resorts of old New England, the most popular scenic motorway in America, by sending 3c