Judge, 1917-11-17 · page 21 of 28
Judge — November 17, 1917 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, dominated by a large W.L. Douglas shoe company advertisement featuring a winter sledding scene and the company founder's portrait. The left column contains brief humorous sketches and poems typical of Judge's satirical content: - **"Thanks"** mocks a man (Skinner) who gives thanks for cheap/free things—suggesting stingy gratitude - **"A Helpful Hint"** jokes darkly about stopping a struggling artist's hardship through violence - **"His Probable Action"** depicts a poor Black man pretending wealth by leaning on a bank—satirizing economic desperation and aspirational fakery during Jim Crow era - **"A Modern Trend"** quips about film adaptations of Shakespeare, typical of 1917 cinema commentary The page also advertises Eugene Zimmerman's cartooning instruction book, appealing to readers wanting to learn drawing. The content reflects WWI-era American anxieties, class commentary, and period racial attitudes, with humor aimed at working-class and ethnic stereotypes standard to Judge's audience.
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November 17, 1917 Thanks | Mrs. Nubor—Vhere's one thing to be said Men orm for old man Skinner: be certainly shows a disposition to give thanks for what he Cosi has. . Vabor—Well, I don’t know anything to ave that’s less expensive. For Cause Fer every fool who foot gains, ey For each and every crank that’s living, For all the faddishness that reigns, He daily offers up thanksgiving. Ab! much to him all these are worth He always has been bent on showing \ mission to reform the earth And so has things to keep him goi Nathan M. Levy. A Helpful Hint “I do not know what todo for my sephew, Cedric Postlethwait Dally,” bur- bled Mrs. Pifflegilder. “He is a struggling | artist, and——” j “Why not knock him in the head?” interrupted J. Fuller Gloom. “That would stop his struggling.” His Probable Action “ THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE” £3 $304 $4295 $657 288 You Can Save Money by Wearing W. L. Douglas Shoes. The Best = Known Shoes in the World. W: L.Douglas name and the retail price is stamped on the bottom of every pair of shoes at the factory. The value is guar- anteed and the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. The retail prices are same everywhere. They cost no more in San Francisco than they do in New York. They are always worth the price paid for them. The quality of W. L.Douglas product is guaranteed by morethan 40 years * experience in making fine shoes. The smart styles are the leaders in the fashion centresof America. They are made ina well-equipped factory at Brockton, Mass., bythe highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and supervision of experienced men, all working with an honest determination to make the bestshoes forthe price that money canbuy. BBVARE. OF FRAUD, L. Douglas name and the retail stampedonthe bottom, TFIKENO SUBSEITOTE For sale by over 9000 shoe dealers and 105 W. L. Douglas stores in the large aaties, If not convenient to call at W. L. Douglas store, ask your local dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes. If he cannot supply you, take noother make. Write for booklet, showing how to order shoes by mail, postace fre frees Vib Goreglad ¥: ‘ BOYS SHOES Best IntheWortd $3 $2.50 $2 None genuine witeas nt L, pouGrAS SHOE Co. 145 Spark St., Brockton, Mana. “What yo’ doin’, sah, loppin’ agin dis | u bank and tryin’ to look rich? Is yo" got | $ money in dar?” f “No, sah. If 1 done had LE wouldn't be leanin’ agin de ederfice. I'd be inside uh- ce, bollerin’, ‘Gimme! Gimme!"” rson He Helpless “Help!” he cried in agonized tones. i The man was clearly in great distress. M., “Help! Help!” he repeated. Besides pegging his usual quota But he lived in the suburbs and wanted of shoes each day, W. L. Douglas woman for gencral housework, so the help was obliged to gather fuel to in the employment burcau gazed upon him keep the fires going. with calm scorn, ny A Modern Trend CAUTION—Be sure the i “Well, Esee progress in the films every price stamped on the bot- it day.” a "Wh oe tom has not been erased hat now? . Ty “Julius Flubdub presents his own version or raised. got of Hamlet, after suggestions by William * Shakespeare.” he I An Autumn Rondeau | ak ZR aster eyes have all the dyes 4] de That deepen in the twilight skies;— : nd The glamour of May’s violet, The hue of gentians, dewy wet, The larkspurs in their morning guise. \ lupin light within them lies; They ope a path to paradise Like stars in vasts of midnight set, Her aster eyes! They hold suggestion and surmise; Tlook, and straightway visions rise Of mingled swectness and regret; . Their lovely lure I can't forget, & So L must needs apostrophize Her aster cyes! -—Clinton Scollard, ‘saner™ SRP TS OE ET If you can draw a little and want to draw more you have an oppor- tunity to learn at small expense to yourself. EUGENE ZIMMERMAN has an established reputation as a cartoonist. He has put some of the tricks of his trade into a book, “Cartoons and Caricatures” bound neatly in 34 morocco, which will be sent to you prepaid on receipt of $1.00. ZIM BOOK 11-17 Brunswick Bldg., 225 Fifth Ave., New York City