Judge, 1916-08-19 · page 25 of 28
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This page consists primarily of **advertisements and a narrative anecdote**, rather than political satire. **Main Content:** The lead article, "An Anecdote of Riley," recounts a story about poet James Whitcomb Riley (a famous American writer of the era). According to the anecdote, Riley and his companion Frank posed as a blind sign painter to solicit donations from crowds in Mobile, Alabama. The "blind" painter would deliberately spill paint and stumble, creating spectacle that drew charitable contributions. They repeated this con in multiple cities to fund their travels. **The Point:** This appears presented as a humorous tale of resourcefulness and Riley's cleverness—essentially celebrating a scam as folk-hero behavior. By modern standards, it reads as exploitative (mocking blindness for profit), but the piece treats it as amusing ingenuity. **Advertisements:** The page also features typical period ads for shirt garters, a press clipping service, and cleaning fluid—standard commercial content with no satirical intent. The Charles M. Schwab advertisement at bottom teases an upcoming article about his departure from U.S. Steel.
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An Anecdote of Riley 3. Salome C. Langdon, age eighty-five, fancie, Ind., remembers many interest- gories told by her son, Frank Spear, died in Anderson a f 0 travels with James Whitcomb Riley. wding to Mrs. Langdon, her son and ywent “bro! in Mobile, -, When ne trip together. . The way I have heard my son tell it, ;must have been in a sad plight,” Mrs. gion said. “They not only were yut money, but they were without ods and were hungry. \ fountain was near the center of Mobile hose days—or tv it was just a pump, we forgotten wh s my son said all that misera Frank varied their visits to ses in search of employment with visits de town pump or fountain, where they sk copiously of water. Finally Riley astonished my son by ing to him: ‘Frank, you don’t know it, purse, and probably never will realize it, you're blind—blind as a ba Also, (rea great genius. Didn’t susp you, eh? Well, you ar jus, indeed. You hav inct—marvelous, inexplicable, awe-in- ing, although totally blind. You can x signs as well as you ever did—maybe ter; do the whole thing by instinct. x does a faint gleam of light seem to late through your brain?” ‘Nope,’ said “Frank, ‘I don’t quite kerstand.” Well, the two of them went to a remote iness part of the city, where on a promi- t comer, Riley made a little talk intro- ing Frank the ‘blind sign painter.’ tty soon a crowd gathered and a collec- iwas taken by those anxious to see a dd man paint a sign. A ladder was ob- xd and placed against the side of a cry, on which the grocer’s name and iness was to be painted, and_ Riley derly led k, paint bucket and brush ‘und, to the &. Half way up, ld a touch of rea stumbling and spilling the t. owly descended after that a at argument arose among the spectators to whether Frank really could paint a sand many declared the paint was ed just to keep from doing the work. {Riley told them to get more paint and would show them. In a few minutes ther bucket of paint was on hand, and ak, climbing the ladder he astonishment of the crowd g: ut. With the money thus obtained, the ‘were able to get something to e: next day they left for other citi Yperformed the same trick, Rile xtimes posing as the blind man, until yobtained money enough to get back to Gana, y and Frank met in after recalled the story of thei ‘blind sign painters. napolis News. ust Like an Umpire—The Catcher— Ihow do you like married life, Jerry? brtstop New! Well, Jake, she’s She never thinks I’m Puck. , No Binding This Garter Attaches to Shirt Men, here’s garter comfort at last. muscles, varicose veins yRace G Holds Shirt Neatly Down ;, no bulging shirt, for Shir Gar supports socks per- No binding around the le; fectly and effectually | Style B shown, SHIRT GARTER CO. Ids shirt down. . d ‘finest li ive months of comfort and service. At most good dealers’ 50e—or if yours hasn't, send it to us and we'll send you a pair postpaid, Swollen and tired leg are forever eliminated when you put on Style A goes around leg. Specify style desired. Dept. 34 NASHVILLE, TENN. ROMEIKE’S PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Will send you all newspaper clip- pings which may appear about you, your friends, or any subject on which you may want to be “up to date.” Every newspaper and periodical of importance in the United States and Europe is searched. Terms—$5.00 for 100 notices HENRY ROMEIKE, 106-110 Seventh Ave., New York We That lovely delicate collar is {h soiled. Dip it in Carbona— it will dry out like a crisply petalled flower. Carbona cannot explode 1c 2S¢ 50c $1 At all druggists Do You Know Why Charles M. Schwab left the Steel Corporation? —the inside story, the facts that have never been published? If you do you are one of the very few CHARLES M. SCHWAB who have known. If you aren’t one of those few but are one of the 420,000 readers of LESLIE’S you will know that story on August 17th. B. C. Forbes, the well-known financial writer, will tell the whole dramatic recital from Schwab’s own lips, in his fourth article on “The Men Who Are Making America,” running ‘each week in LESLIE’S. “The Man Who Tore Up a Million Dollars-a-Year Con- tract” appears in the August 17th LESLIE’S. comicbooks.com