Judge, 1917-02-24 · page 22 of 28
Judge — February 24, 1917 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and literary content** rather than political cartooning. The main elements are: **Advertisements:** - Black & White Scotch Whisky (top left) - "Letters of a Self-Made Failure" book by Maurice Switzer, advertised with a pen-drawing by Frank Godwin - Patent/invention solicitation ads **Editorial Content:** The centerpiece is a humorous poem titled "Passing the Mustard: How He Turned Out" about an exceptionally gifted child—brilliant in languages, sciences, arts, and music—whose extraordinary education and erudition ultimately prove worthless in practical life. The satire mocks overspecialized classical education and the gap between academic achievement and real-world success. **Right Column:** Advertises Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, featuring coverage of America's diplomatic crisis (likely referencing early 20th-century international tensions) and a biographical series on George F. Baker titled "Men Who Are Making America." The page contains miscellaneous humorous anecdotes but lacks sustained political satire or caricature.
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BLACK & WHITE Scotch Whisky Quality reasons. Fifth: Because its reputation is guaranteed by both the foreign shippers and ourselves. THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF QUALITY F YOU believe that it is more important to know why ten | thousand fail rather than why one man fucceeds, read this book. The ‘* Letters of a Self-Made Fail- e'* are written in epigrammatic style with a touch of irresistible humor, and they impart a system of gat philosophy that will a to everyone, regardless of age, sez oe station. 14 Brilliant Pen-Drawings by Frank Godwin Letters of a The ‘*Letters of a Self-Made Ena . | Fail ran serially for ten SELF-MADE | weeks in Lea's and were . Abe. quoted by more than FAILURE . i § publications. If you sit in “the driver's seat” or merely plod along beside the wagon, whether you are a success or think yourself a failure, you will find this book full of hope, help and the right kind of inspi- ration. Price, $1.00 LESLIE-JUDGE Co. 225 Fifth Avenue New York City By Maurice Switzer ' | SENT ON FREE TRIAL WANTED—AN IDEA! simple thing to patent? you wealth. Write for Ge Your Patent and Your Money.” Attorneys, Dept. 129, Washington, WHO CAN THINK OF SOME Protect your ideas, they may bring ded Inventions” and “How to jolph & Co.. Passing the Mustard How He Turned Out When he was young, his parents saw (as parents by the million see) intellect of quite unequaled nativity, And carefully they cultivated every bright pro- clivity. At eight, he ate up authors like a literary can- he mastered Latin as the Latins mastered Hannibal; At ten he knew astronomy and differential cal- culus, And at eleven could dissect the tiniest ani- maculus. At twelve, he learned orthometry, and started in to master all The different kinds of poetry, the lyric and the pastoral, ns theoretical and exercises practical. Music he learned—the old and sweet, the up-to- date and hideous; He painted like Praxiteles and modeled like a Phidias; In language he was polyglot, in rhetoric John- sonian, In eloquence Websterian, in diction Ciceronian. At last, with learning that would set an ordinary tion far outshone his most profic And so he entered life, with all his lore to lift the lid for him— And what do you imagine that his erudition did for him? Mas! I fear the truth will shock you, rather than amuse you all— To those who've read this sort of verse, the sequel is unusu: 's hard on humor, for it breaks the wn laws of it!) Was happier for his learning, and a great success because of it!—Ted Robinson, in Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Little Noise, Please!—“ Now, where do you want your speech to com “Put me on e the celery ‘Two hundred people eating make it very difficult to be heard. ville Courier-Journal. —Louis- Very Slow—"Do you drink coffee?” asked the doctor of an aged patient. “Yes,” was the reply. “Coffee,” continued the M. D., “is a slow poison.” ry slow,” replied the old man. ken it daily for nearly eighty Tit-Bits. ASuggestion—Doctor, to nt—You've had a pretty close call. It’s only your strong constitution that pulled you through. Patient—Well, doctor, remember that when you make out your bill.—Lowdon Saturday Journal. He Knew Her—Miss Beauty Chorus (returning to her n ve village, and anxious to impress her fiancé) I say, potah, isn’t The International Crisis in Pictures Photographs of the principals in America’s greatest diplomatic ex- perience since the Span- ish War. Live news pictures of the events brought about by the “ break” and views of the arms of the naval and mili- tary service affected. In This Week’s Leslie's The story of George F. Baker, the man “ with the hardest shell and the softest heart” in America, one of_ the “Men Who Are Mak- ing America” series by B. C. Forbes. At All the Newsstands TEN CENTS ~ et ste : “Ref “But that ha haven’t Journal t Da Gov Een u For key An’ w: Aa’ ccf « You s Eet tak’ For ke Tak’ off mar Baycaus peo Da good So lon For key Baycaus Peo delphia.,