Judge, 1917-05-12 · page 22 of 28
Judge — May 12, 1917 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and filler content** rather than satirical cartoons or political commentary. The main featured text is a humorous anecdote about "Aunt Susan Maria," a Northern woman visiting relatives in the South who offends her Southern niece by comparing the region unfavorably to the North and praising Northern industriousness over Southern "laziness." The joke relies on period stereotypes about North-South cultural differences and the clash between a Yankee visitor's blunt opinions and Southern hospitality norms. The page also contains several brief joke items ("Shear Steal," "Prevailing Fumes," etc.)—typical light humor fillers for the era. An advertisement for Club Cocktails occupies significant space, along with notices for hotel accommodations, a press clipping service, and a preview of next week's Judge issue featuring a motorist-themed cover by artist James Montgomery Flagg. This appears to be a largely non-satirical, advertising-heavy issue page from Judge magazine.
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You generally give all your guests the same drink when you mix your own cocktails. How much better to have ready on the ice the favorite varieties of Club Cocktails to meet the individual taste! In all ten varieties, Club Cocktails are marked by a smoothness and balance of flavor practically impossible in the home mixed variety. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO. Hartford = New York London Importers of the Famous BRAND'S A-1 SAUCE Philadephia ‘Walnut at 13% Centrally located Distinctive service Excellent cuisine Room with bath,$2up Romeike’s Press Clipping Bureau will send you all newspaper clippings which may appear about you, your friends, or any subject on which you may want to be“ up-to-date.” Every news- per and periodical of importance in the Cikted States and Europe is searched. Terms $5.00 for 100 notices. HENRY ROMEIKE, 106-110 Seventh Ave., New York late interest? I told her I was interested enough without gambling. “Twas glad when we got to Virginia where my other nephew . He married a Southern girl and lives down South. Land sakes alive! I don’t see how he can stand it, but he says the South’s the only place for him. “The first few days we was there I kept my opinions to myself, and never says a word about how slow everyone was and how lazy the hands were in the field picking cotton. I could pick rings around them, myself. “One day my niece-in-law gave a tea, and everybody come. I enjoyed myself telling all about the North, though my i lidn’t seem to want me to talk nally one woman asked me how I liked the South and I says, polite like, It’s a very nice place, onl: reminds me of what Miss Ophelia said in ‘Uncle Tom’s in,’ ‘How Shiftless.’ “Everybody went right home after that and my niece-in-law said I’d disgraced her. Then I got my dander up and says, ‘Uncle Hiram and I'll go home after being insulted like that.” . All the neighbors agreed that Aunt Susan Maria didn’t get any sort of decent treat- ment down South, and that the whole trip must have been a terrible disappointment. Aunt Susan Maria’s having a great time these days telling everybody about her Southern trip. She holds the long distance record now, having been to New York twice in one winter from Vermont and then on to Virginia. Some of the folks think she’s getting in her second childhood the way she spends her money traveling. Shear Steal Too Much to Ask—‘Don't you ad- mire the dove of peace “Very much. But I don’t expect it to hold its own in a chicken fight.”"—Washing- ton Star. Prevailing Fumes— deep breathing as I told “Can't do it, docto rn your lungs full of gasoline.”—Kansas City Journal. Fifty-Fifty—“ You farmers buy a good many gold bricks, eh? “Yes, and you city fellers buy a good deal of swamp land. 1 guess things are about even.” —Louisville Courier-Journal. Sizes—“I want a ton of coal, please.” “Yes, ma'am. What s “Dear me, I did ow coal came in sizes. I wear a } 3 shoe and a No. 6 glove.” —Kansas City Journal. The Bride’s Device—" Grocery butter is so unsatisfactory, dear,” said Mrs. Young- bride, “I decided’ today that we would make our own. “Oh, did you?” said her husband. “Yes; I bought a churn and ordered buttermilk to be left here regularly. Won't it be nice to have really fresh butter?" —Bos- ton Transcript. Next Week's JUDGE will be a Motorists’ Number, with a striking cover by JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG entitled “The Rubber Business” CHARLES SARKA contributes a striking cartoon entitled “The Bum Note in the World Orchestra” Other illustrations are by ORSON LOWELL L. FELLOWS F. L. FITHIAN CHESTER L. GARDE P. D. JOHNSON C. W. KAHLES WESTMACOTT ZIM A. S. DAGGY C. BERTRAM HARTMAN NORMAN ANTHONY TOUSEY M. FLOHRI and others There will be the usual amusing text by WALT MASON DOUGLAS MALLOCH CAROLYN WELLS LAWTON MACKALL J. A: WALDRON H, W. DEE TOD CHENEVIX ALBERT E. HOYT. NATHAN M, LEVY G. VERE TYLER J. L, HARBOUR CHARLES L. FUNNELL and others who make His Honor “The Happy Medium”’ LesliceJudge Company. ‘New York as second-clas Rollaver, Treasurer. Grant F. Hamilton, Art Director SUBSCRIPTION, RATES or The coatents of JUDG protected by copyright bath the United J Great Britaio. nnot be fos it any newsstand, the poh lichers will be under obligations if that fact be promptly or by lette Present year, 10 cents per copy: comicbooksscomm U