Judge, 1916-12-09 · page 22 of 28
Judge — December 9, 1916 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **magazine humor and advertising page** from Judge magazine. The "With the College Wits" section contains short joke exchanges—typical of early 20th-century humor magazines—mocking college students, romantic couples, and racial stereotypes (including a dialect joke about a Black servant). The humor relies on wordplay and situation comedy: a speaker's audience switches from enthusiastic applause to demands for imprisonment; a husband learns his wife needs household supplies, not entertainment; a young man reaches adulthood but remains "quorum" (partial, not whole). The **advertisements** dominate the page: jewelry retailers, hotels, ink pencils, and patent attorneys—standard commercial appeals for the magazine's readers. The cartoon labeled "Encouraging" shows a bathtub scene, likely playing on bathroom humor. Nothing here addresses specific political events or figures—it's general social satire and consumer advertising typical of Judge's format during the 1910s-1920s era.
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