Judge, 1916-10-28 · page 22 of 28
Judge — October 28, 1916 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humor content** from Judge magazine. The main elements are: **Left side**: A book advertisement for *"The Sins of the Children"* by Cosmo Hamilton—a novel addressing youth sexuality and parental responsibility, positioned as serious and modern for its time. **Center**: A humor section titled "With the College Wits" featuring playful, absurdist jokes from college magazines (*Siren*, *Puppet*, *Gargoyle*, *Froth*, *Widow*). These mock romantic and academic situations through wordplay and nonsense—like "taste a pear of shoes" or a student's circular barometer definition. The humor relies on clever linguistic confusion rather than situational comedy. **Right side**: A promotion for *Film Fun* magazine, emphasizing how movie-making involves "romance and adventure" behind the scenes. The cartoon (two men in top hats) illustrates one joke about why someone looks at another person oddly—establishing it as "just a habit." Overall, this reflects early 20th-century middlebrow entertainment mixing earnest self-improvement messaging with collegiate absurdist humor.
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The Sins of the Children By COSMO HAMILTON Author of “The Blindness of Virtue” A Story of Youth’s Temptations E SINS OF THE CHILDREN” is a novel of American family life, illustrating the ey a to young people that come from a lack of knowl- edge of sex truths. Mr. Hamilton has handled a difficult theme fearlessly but delicately, and a more charming love story than that of big, honest Peter Guthrie and Bettie Townsend has not been told in a long time. While its candor will be condemned by a few, people conversant with modern thought and liter- ature will praise it without reservation, and it will cause many to ask themselves “Have I done my duty by my children?” A Book With a Big Message For Every Parent AT ALL BOOKSELLERS $1.40 NET Little, Brown & Company Publishers - - Boston 15 Days’ FREE Trial ntsone. Lasta for eener- great new catalog — post paid free. teehee Piedmont Red Cedar Che Dept. 56, Statesville. N Wizard Repeating LIQUID PISTOL Will stop the most vicious dog (or man) without permanent injury. ppaue Lede trem ony Beeld. Cemice, Cartoons, Commercial, Newspaper an ite fo erwe Lt of soenoetal pops sad heserestion ented PREL. ASSOCIATED ART STUDIOS, 2219 Flatiron Building, New York. WANTED—AN IDEA! WHO CAN THINK OF SOME simple thing to patent. Protect your Ideas, they may bring you wealth. Write for “Needed Inventions” and “How to Get Your Patent and Your Money. Randolph & Co. Patent Attorneys, Dept. 129, Washington, D.C. With the College Wits Did You? Did you ever sit on a starlight night— And spoon—with the trees all round? And tell of your love—to the musical chirp Of the Katydids down on the ground? Have you ever danced with an orchestra swell Or been tripped by the door to the hall, And suddenly squeezed—the lemon they served With the iced tea after the ball? Did you ever ride—in a panama hat? Or swim on a bright afternoon? Or walk along by the side of a house? Or get lost in the dark of the moon? Did you ever taste a pear of shoes Or complexion of peaches and cream? Did you ever hear a dog wood bark, Or see moss on an old sun beam? Did you ever drink with a gingerbread girl Sct up within reach—of your eye? Or eat a bite a mosquito made? You haven't? Well, neither have I!—Siren. No Answer She—Why do you look at me like that? He—Just a habit, | guess.—Puppet. No Escape—‘*I'm awfully sorry that my engagements prevent my attending your charity concert, but I shall be with you in spirit.” “Splendid! And where would you like your spirit to sit? I have tickets here for half a dollar, a dollar, and two dollars.” -Gargoyle. A Good Sign—She—They must be engaged. That's her fourth dance with him this evening. He t’s no sign. She—Isn't it? You don’t know how he dances.—Froth, Perfectly Clear—Prelim question—* De scribe the manufacture of a barometer and explain its action at different levels.” Brilliant answer—* To make a barometer, close a glass tube at both ends, and pour If you take it up a mountain If you take it down a mountain —Widow. it goes up. it goes down.” A New Version—Female—What is that old saying about two is a company? Hemale—And three is a divorce.—Cha par- ral. How the Othe; Side Laughs The making of a movie is almost as full of ro. mance and adventure as the finished film itself. There’s many a laugh and prank that happens “off-stage” that never reaches the screen. You will enjoy the play more when you see it on the screen if you know the “inside” of its production and get acquainted with its heroes and heroines. You can meet your favorites informally in the columns of FILM FUN. Besides their chatty stories and the striking pictures of the new features soon to be released, you'll find the magazine full "of laughter and fun all its own. FILM FUN 10 cents a copy $1.00 a year Published by Leslie-Judge Co. 225 Fifth Ave. New York The have o