Judge, 1916-08-12 · page 20 of 28
Judge — August 12, 1916 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising with light satirical content**, not political cartoons. The "Jitney Japes" section satirizes the **jitney craze**—informal shared-ride services using private automobiles that became popular during WWI as cheap alternatives to taxis. The nursery rhyme parodies mock how common these vehicles had become, joking about dangerous drivers ("My jit ran down a cop") and reckless operation. The humor relies on readers' familiarity with this transportation trend and its associated traffic hazards. The remaining content consists of period advertisements (Club Cocktails, Old Overholt Rye whiskey, Cortez Cigars) and a Stevenson book set offer—typical Judge magazine fare. "From a Sinner's Diary" is philosophical filler, not satire. The final joke about "plaid" meats is mild wordplay unrelated to current events. This page reflects 1910s-1920s American consumer culture and everyday concerns rather than sustained political commentary.
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The frosted wine bottle is submitted for your approval because you know that proper cool- ing is as important as vintage. Extend the same care to the serv- ing of Club Cocktails andthe inimitable flavor will come to you un- spoiled by dilution. Don’t shake with fine ice. Pour over large lumps,or chill the bottle. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO. Hartford New York London Importers of the Famous BRAND'S A-1 SAUCE FOR A COLD— HOT TODDY RANDMOTHER knows well the value ofa hot toddy for a cold—an unfailing remedy ever since her girlhood days, Especially, when it’s made with strong pure Old Overholt Rye “Same for 100 years” —a full-bodied, straight Pennsylvania whiskey that possesses an absolutely un- varying excellence. Its medicinal properties make it the ideal stimu- lant for the sick. ” ) A. Cy Overholt “MADE AT KEY WEST— Jitney Japes ‘As Seen by Mother Goose) ACK STOUT had a runabout, His wife, a limousine: They run them both as jitneys now At business strokes they Hark, hark! the dogs do bark \t many a jitney bus; Some are punk, and some are junk, And some are dangerous! Hickory, dickory, dop! My jit ran down a cop. The judge said, “Ten Plunks fine, for men Who don’t know when to stop!” There was a man in our town, and he was hard up quite. He made his car a jitney bus, and ran it mom and night But when he full fifty plunks, he (“to Main his runabout his burned his And Tenth"), and m: own pet car aga’ Sarah Redington From a Sinner’s Diary VERYBODY is to blame, or nobody. You'll never find a person ‘t ‘Il suit you, any more’n you'll find one ‘t you'll suit. Anything that’s happy, from a hen to acalf, is going to produce a hundred fold. It’s just as good for the rest to give up as ‘tis for me to. I bet a box of chocolates a man wouldn't backslide inside of six weeks. Ive lost. I know a man who gets up and waits till it’s time to get up. Sorry day when you're no longer stuck on yourself! There's really nothing to be sad over, any more'n there's anything to be glad over, My neighbor says if she had money she'd run a kind of a private poorhouse It would be so much easier than running it without money as she has to now. I heard of a man who handled an old lady’s money for her. After a while it was gone. Now don't begin to pucker! That ain't what I'm going to say at all! He went right on paying her bills till she died and she never knew it wasn’t her own. Now if that’s a lic, what a beauti ful one! It scems as if such a story would be too feeble to travel, no matter which. But I can’t change it, inquire as I will. I can write books and music; but the ishers act like fools. Every time anybody gives me a bait box or I find one down by the lake ma confiscates it to put spice or a posy in. What kind of a way is that?) Worms won't stay in a hat I'm thankful everybody is not crippled in the legs that is in the head. Lynette Freemire. What Kind ? Doctor—No red meats. Victim—What kind can I eat—plaid? When We Say STEVENSON 6 Volumes Price * 1 4 For the Entire Set we feel we need add very little to this stats ment to recommend this Remarkable Bargain to the Intelligent’ Reading Public Reo oo oo oo on Excepting, perhaps, that this is an E Imported Set, and that our offer of the entiz set for $1.74 is made possible by war coe ditions in the European book market. Jes think of getting Over 250 Titles— Novels Short Stories Essays and Poems of the Supreme Master of the Story Telling At —the author of" Treasure Island,” “Dr. Jeégl and Mr. Hyde,” “Kidnapped,” etc.,—in a3 Attractive Cloth Binding Gold Decorations Large Clear Type Nearly 3000 Pages Each Volume Size 6's x 4'4 inches Practically Six Volumes for the Price of One! Ideal stories of the great outdoors for vacatioe thrilling adventures in the Southes Seas—piracy and hidden treasure and ship wreck, Glimpses of the shady quartess é European capitals,—stories that take you ott of yourself and make you forget your troubles And every one of them a masterpiece ¢ literature. Get Them To-Day—They Won't Last Lens Brunswick Subscription Co. 449 Brunswick Bldg., New York City Enclosed find $1.74. in full payment for the $y vo set of Stevenson, Send books, prepaid, to Name Address ooo oe eee comicbooks.com