Judge, 1916-11-18 · page 20 of 28
Judge — November 18, 1916 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book promotion** with minimal cartoon content. The three "Foreign Humor" items are brief, captioned comic anecdotes translated from European publications (Munich's *Meggendorfer-Blactter* and *Fliegende Blaetter*, Sydney's *Bulletin*). The jokes reflect early 20th-century working-class sensibilities: one depicts a snobbish young man wasting his father's money; another shows a poor boy recounting cascading miseries (father arrested, mother diseased, no breakfast, no money for movies)—dark humor about urban poverty; the third is a simple children's joke about mouth size during rationing. The dominant content is liquor and tobacco advertising (Club Cocktails, Old Overholt Rye whiskey, Cortez cigars) alongside a book promotion for *"The Gravest 366 Days,"* a collection of editorials from *The Evening Mail* covering important 1915-1916 events. The page reflects Judge's typical mix: light satire and imported humor alongside commercial advertisements.
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Youcan mix a good cocktail. If you have the finest of old liquors and years of experience in blending. But if (as is true with most of us) these re- quirements present some difficulty— Then meet them with Club Cocktails whose smoothness of blend and delicacy of flavor stamp them as the creations of connoisseurs. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO. Hartford = New York = London ~ | Importers of the Famous | BRAND'S A-1 SAUCE For Hospitals Hos?rars use nothing but bottled-in-bond whiskey, and the brands chosen are judged by their purity and strength as well. Old Overholt Rye “Same for 100 years” is the choice of most hos- Pitals, which attests to the merits of this pure, excep- tional rye. Agedin the wood and bottled in bond, the favorite of a century. A. OVERHOLT & CO, Pittaburgh, Pa. or eRains | CIGARS | “MADE AT KEY WEST~— FOR _g MEN Foreign Humor How arrogant this young fellow is, and but waste his father’s ze L had spent mine long Meggendorfer-Blactter (Munich). The Crowning Misery Kind old gent—Well, my little man, what is the matter? Sorrawing youth —Boo—me _ farver’s pinched fer killin’ a copper—boo—an’ me muvver’s got small pox—ba-a—an’ I ain't had no brekfus’—an’—an’—— Kind old gent—Dear, dear, how dreadful! Sorrawing youth—An’ n't got no money to go ter the pickshers.—Sydney Bulletin Ant—You mustn't eat you take three bites of bread while 1 am taking one. Charlie—Yes, but your mouth is three times as big, Auntic.—Fliegende Blaetter (Munich). A teaspoonful of Abbott's Bitters with your Grape Fruit jnaXes an ideal arpetizing tonic. “Sample of bitters by mall 25eta in stamps. C. W, Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md. (Adv.) —EE - : a The most informing book of the year | | “THE | GRAVEST 366 DAYS’ Day by Day with the Editors of | The Evening Mail This book of 640 pages is a carefully selected | collection of editorials which illuminate each day of the past twelve months — days which ri- valed each other in importance to the United States, Europe, and all mankind. Price $1.60 net. Give your order to any book- seller, or mail orders ad- dressed to The Evening Mail will be promptly filled. 25 City Hall Pls New York Cis ul micbooks.com