Judge, 1916-07-22 · page 26 of 28
Judge — July 22, 1916 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humor filler** rather than political satire. The content includes: **Main Features:** - A James Montgomery Flagg art print ("A Curtain of Fire") advertisement featuring three stylized women in 1920s fashion - Multiple small advertisements (Carbona cleaning fluid, novelty bathhouse toy, press clipping services) - Brief humorous anecdotes and jokes about everyday life **The Humor:** The jokes are gentle domestic/rural comedy—a German farmer rejecting a horse because he'd have to walk back from town, a man buying mysterious horse-racing pills that work *too* well, and absurdist exchanges (a girl defining biology as "the science of shopping"). **Historical Context:** This appears to be from the 1920s based on fashion and advertising. The content reflects Judge's shift toward lighter entertainment and consumer advertising rather than sharp political commentary. The German farmer dialect humor was common in American publications of this era. **Overall:** A typical Judge page blending advertisements with mild, non-controversial humor aimed at middle-class readers.
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ee ‘A Curtain of Fire"’ By James Montgomery Flagg THs striking picture, in full colors, 9 x12, free from all printing and mounted on a heavy, double mat, will be sent, postpaid, for twenty-five cents. Judge Art Print Dept. 225 Sth Avenue, New York City A white silk or kid hand-bag is a dainty thing—twhen clean. When soiled—dip it in Carbona, Carbona cannot explode. 1Sc 25c S0e $1. 7 7 “BATHHOUSE 23” “KEEP OUT” OUR LATEST NOVELTY f Bathhouse in wood veneer with swinging door ond brass fastener; size tis inches: with the door open you see a beautiful, hand eoloret Picture of on Ostend bathing girl. Comes boxed, prepaid, for te to introduce our new catalog of pictures for The Den, “ail wine pers! Many Comics. Catalog alone 10c. Stamps accepted. CELEBRITY ART CO., 37 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass. At all druggists. ROMEIKE’ foun your Ineads, or any sut Every newspaper and periodical for 100 notices, HENRY _ROMEIKR, 106-t10 Seventh Ave.. N.Y. PERSONAL Mesars. GOODERNAM &*WORTS (Limited). Toronto, Canada ‘to announce that the whisky they are now sending to the United 8 is TEN VEARS OLD. PRESS CUTTING BUREAU will send you all newspaper clip- pings which may appear about any subject on which you may want to be I'of importance in the United States and Europe is searched. Terms, $5.00 and I’m going to embrace the opportunity to sit in my shirt-sleeves and smoke cigars in the best rooms in the house.”—Wash- ing Star. Needed a Brake—Farmer Hans was in search of a horse. “I have the very thing you want,” said bleman, “a thoroughgoing road horse. Five years old, sound as a quail, $175 cash down, and he goes ten miles without stop- ping.” Hans threw his hands skyward. “Not for me,” he said. “I vouldn’t gif you five cents for him. I lif eight miles out in de country und I'd haf to valk back two miles.” —The Christian Herald. . Flyixis (A story of the tanbark)—Old man Drugg, in his skull cap, sat doaing be- hind the counter of his shop, outside which a sign read: “Drugg, Druggist, Drugs.” A sporty looking man with a black mustache and a nervous smile and a green suit and an imitation panama and a package of cigarettes entered and inquired, “Have you anything that will make a race horse run faster?” . “Flyixis. ion. ll trouble you for some, please.” “No trouble at all—$5 a capsule,” said old man Drugg impolitely. And the stranger bought a capsule and departed. That same evening he returned, in rather more of a hurry and with his nervous smile even more pronounced. “Did it work?” asked old man Drugg. “Did it work!” repeated the sporty one. “My horse kept on going like a streak of htning in a straight line over the ive me two capsules of that stuff lea ‘Il have to catch that animal.”— Detroit Free Press. They Meant Well—A postal corre- spondent sends the following extracts from letters that have recently been addressed to the offici My husband has been away palace and got a for days nd has now gone to the mind r:—I am his grandfather and He was born and brought up answer to your letter.” ou have changed my little little girl; will it make any the future?” “Dear Sir:—I have not received no pay since my husband gone from nowhere.” Another correspondent who had a griev- ance replied: “In previous correspondence with your office I am ays described as ‘Mrs.’ You would form a different opinion if you saw my whiskers.”—Manchester Guardian. Biology—First Girl—What’s _ biology mean? Second Girl—Why, it’s the science of shopping, 1 suppose.—Boston Transcript. What Pa Said—Hector—What did your father say when you told him I was a war correspondent? Imogenc—He said he would give you something to write about if you didn’t leave early tonight.—Brooklyn Life. Helen Gonne is another favorite of Movie Rooters, She says it’s as much fun to be on the inside looking out as on the outside looking in. If you would like to have the big motion-picture per- formers talk to you about themselves, they will do it for you each month in Film Fun. You will enjoy the play more when you see it on the screen if you know the “‘in- side” of its production and get acquainted with its heroes and heroines. You can meet your favor- ites informally in the columns of Film Fun. Besides their chatty stories and the strik- ing pictures of the new fea- tures soon to be released you'll find the magazine full of laughter and fun all its own. Tear off the Coupon and send It In Ten cents a copy, $1.00 a year FILM FUN 225 Fifth Avenue New York Published by the Lesile-Judge Co —-- ee ee FILM FUN 37-2216 225 Sth Avenue New York Enclosed find ($1.00) for which please send me FILM FUN for t year. Name Address comicbooks.cormyy