Judge, 1917-03-03 · page 25 of 28
Judge — March 3, 1917 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertising and humor columns** rather than political cartoons. The small jokes scattered throughout reflect early 20th-century American humor, including an Irish-immigrant dialect joke about "Pat" refusing military service because the King and Kaiser are cousins (playing on period tensions and Irish-American attitudes toward European conflicts). The dominant content is a **House & Garden magazine advertisement**, prominently displayed with the claim that $1 invested in the publication will save readers $100-$1,000 on home improvement mistakes. This reflects the era's growing consumer culture and the rise of lifestyle magazines as authoritative guides for middle-class homemaking. The remaining humor items mock everyday domestic situations—nervous wives curious about neighbors' wealth, music teachers profiting from poor singers, and the difficulty of maintaining marital control in an increasingly modern economy. The page illustrates Judge's mix of satirical commentary on social pretension alongside commercial appeals to aspiring middle-class readers.
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refused, whereupon the sergeant asked his reason for refusing. , me “ Aren't the King and the Kaiser cousins?” asked Pat. “Yes,” said the recruiting sergeant. “Well,” said Pat, “‘begorra, I once inter- fered in a family squabble, and I’m not going to do so again." —Chicago News. Worried—“ Mrs. Dubwaite has been under a great nervous strain for about six months.” . “That's too bad. What's troubling her?” come people moved in next door who are evidently well-to-do, but to save her life she can’t find out where they get their money.”—Birmingham Age-Herald. Wrong—Mrs. Exe—I don’t believe that music-teacher can make anything out of Katherine's voic Exe—You're mistaken. He’s made over a hundred dollars out of it already.—Buffalo Courier. Just as Good—‘ Truth is mighty,” exclaimed the idealist. “Yes,” replied Mr. Dustin Stax. ‘But a well-managed rumor will answer just as well if you want to get the stock market going.” —Washington Star. Close Observer— ah, ‘the littledaugh- ter of a clergyman, was asked if her papa ever preached the same sermon twic After considering a moment, she answered, “Yes, I think he does, but I think he hollers in different places.””—Chicago Herald. Especially—Milly—A good story al- ways bears repeatin Billy—Y y if it is told to you as a secret.—Buffalo Post. The Offended Maid—‘Are you sure Miss Richly is not in?” he questioned. “Do you doubt her word, sir?” replied the maid.—Dallas News, Hard!—*‘Don’t you find it hard these times to meet expenses?” “Hard? Man alive, I meet expenses at every turn.” —Topeka Journal. None to Purchase—“Did Jobson’s purchase include also the good will of the business?’”” “There wasn’t any good will. It was a coal dealer that Jobson bought out.” Boston Transcript. Another Way—The old-fashioned way, when you wanted to keep your wife at home, was to lock up her street clothes. Now you simply refuse to buy any more gasoline.—Kansas City Journal. Down-Trodden Sex—By gorry, I’m tired.” “There you go! You're tired! be a-standin’ over a hot sto d. you wurkin’ in a nice cool sewer! Bright Youngsters—‘“Well, children, what did you learn at Sunday school today?” “Kitty learned to wiggle her ears, and learned ‘to whistle through my teeth.” Chicago Herald. A teaspoonful of Abbott's Bitters with your Grap maker an ideal nppetieg tome “Sample of bitters by mal 2Sets. in stamps. CW. Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md. (Adv) you have a garden, or are going to have a garden if you own a house, or are going to furnish a house this spring . . . you should consult especially the SPRING GARDEN GUIDE March INTERIOR DECORATION April numbers of Pouse€s arden and the numbers that’ follow them. House & Garden isa prac- tical help to the home maker; the final authority on the thousand- and-one problems of house build- ing, furnishing, gardening, sanita- tion and the like, which at one time or another puzzle the owner of every hous In the next six months you will be spending hun- dreds—perhaps thousands—of dollars on your home. Experts in home-making—experts who know every trick of the thousand trades that go to equip the gracious and charming home—can at least double the value received from your present house expenditure. $1 Invested in House & Garden A tiny fraction of your loss on a single ill-chosen chair Will Save You $100—Perhaps $1,000 For everybody with good taste, House & Garden is a consulting expert. In its pages are shown all the fine arts of home-making. The lovely, the new, the quaint, the individual; the touch to make your Italian garden finally enchanting; the distinctive lamps, screens, hangings, vases, bibelots, which give character to a house; the color scheme to add depth and richness to your living-room; the key to that troublesome architectural puz- You Will Receive these Six Numbers Spring Garden Guide March Garden Furnishing — June Garden is valuable to you zle; the counsel to save you from costly mistakes—all are there. Consider, then, that by the sim- ple act of mailing the coupon below and at your convenience forwarding $1—a tiny fraction of your money loss on a single ill-chosen chair or discarded set of hangings—you insure your having expert advice on all your house and garden problems just at the time when you are plan- ning your most important ex- penditures of the year. O convince you that Hou: Everything that the am teur gardener needs to know —planting, planning, fore- ing, individual gardens. Interior Decoration Apri The new spring fabrics, wall-papers, furnitur Summery effects for the a year house. Original decora- tive schemes. Spring Furnishing May \n exhaustive account of the work of the best makers of furniture, papers, fabrics and the showings ‘of the smart shops. How to make your garden delightfully livable every hour of the longest summer day. Furnishings, tea equi- ages, fountains and carven fauns. Small House Number July Plans for the bungalow, for the holiday house in’ the country, for all little houses. Nature Number quee, tennis court, camp. sonally, we will give you a s Gal six months’ trial subscrip- tion for $1 (yearly subserip tion, $3) beginning with the current issue. These numbers will tell youvall that you moat want’ to know about Your house and gar: den’ problems. st tire yo