Judge, 1918-01-19 · page 24 of 28
Judge — January 19, 1918 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from **Judge** magazine contains mostly **advertisements and humorous short columns**, not political cartoons. The main illustrated content is the **Leslie-Judge recruitment ad** (top right): it shows a man in formal attire distributing copies of Leslie's Weekly/Judge magazine, appealing to salesmen in rural areas to become representatives. The **bulk of the page** is "Passing the Mustard," a lighthearted section where newspaper humor columnists joke about **reprinting each other's short jokes and quips**—a common editorial practice. They humorously acknowledge the cycle: one columnist "grabs" a funny four-line joke from another publication, reprints it, readers love it, so others do the same. The satire is gentle: it gently mocks this recycling of material while admitting everyone benefits from the practice. The rest comprises **period advertisements** for products like Vaseline, hair dye, cedar chests, and glue. Without a specific date visible, this appears to be from the **early 20th century**, likely WWI era based on the magazine's reference to training camps.
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“F irst For the Aid of the Injured” y wound or abrasion use the antiseptic preparation that aids clean healing— Vaseline S.Pat. OFF. Carbolated PETROLEUMVJELLY Sold in metal-capped glass bottles and sanitary tin tubes at drug and department stores everywhere. Write for free “Vaseline” Booklet. CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO. | 35State St. (Consolidated) New York With a Moth-Proof Red Cedar Chest Sent on 15 y Free Ti Gray Hair ftestored y, Original Color hair positively, got sear, yestored to original color, no matter wns lor it ws AK guaranteed to do Fy ‘OF it costs. you nothing! KOLOK- BAK i ine pleasing, pure, harmless, rep ELSE Containa no injurious lngredientayColorces, talnens,, Net garect lain, bata wenderfalecentite preparation, A ts art on the pu sts of ‘the hair, Also retieves dandruff and itching scalp in two applications. Write for free book and positive proet. KOLOR-BAK PRODUCTS CO., 68 W. Washiagton St., Dept.138 Chicago [E AGE'S WANTED—AN IDEA! WHO CAN THINK OF SOME simple thing to patent? Protect your ideas, they may bring You wealth. | Write for “Needed Inventions” and “How to Get Your Patent and Your Money.” Randolph & Co, Patent Attorneys, Dept. 129, Washington, D. C. GLUE ‘xu: WILL MEND IT Passing the Mustard | Conservation Is it herd to write columns? Well rather; Tt isn’t all skitt Jokn D. Wells, in Buffalo News. Which accounts in a way for the habit (And it surely is nothing amiss) When we sce a four-liner, we grab it, And tack on another like this. , in Voungstown Telegram, We're tickled to death when we strike ‘em, As over exchanges we pore; And gosh! how our readers all like “em— They eat ‘em and ho ler for more! —R. P. McPhee, in Springfield Union. We thank you, dear colyuming brother, For saving us labor and fret; Behold, we have written another— And happily the end is not yet! —Ted Robinson, in Cleveland Plain-Dealer, Let me get in the game while it I can tack on Just look at the w And notice the space it ca . A. Guest, in Detroit Free Press. ne to be a good waiter; ¢, in this sort of case ours off until later By holdir We make it full three times the space —W. Kee Maxcel!, in Akron Times We're sure there is more to come after, To doubt it would be most absurd; Although not a cause for loud laughter, It’s seldom w the last word. —E. A. Oliver, ia Voukers Statesman, Let’s send it along on its travels; A colyum at least it should tak Unlike some war knitting that ravels, This fabric is casy to make. Pity the Child!—*I wish I had a baby brother to wheel in my go-cart, mam said small Elsie. ‘My dolls a getting broke when it tips over. Daily News. "—C hicago Like a Surgeon—Friend—Doctor, how do you manage to stand the high cost of living? Surgeon—By cutting out something.— Brooklyn Citizen. What He Needed—‘I shall never for- get the thunders of his oratory!” “Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum. “But his oratory wasn’t illuminating, and_ it didn’t hit any point in particular. What he needed was less thunder and more light- ning.” —Washington Star. Inconsistency—Marie Willis—How in- consistent the government is. For their of cers’ training camps they say they want ap- plicants who can handle men. Marie Willis—. i yet they won't let us women enlist.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Economy—Mother—Oh, E I thought you were going to economize to help the JUDGE ‘a> Leslie-Judge Representatives WANTED In Small Towns and Country Districts Tne tapos appy side of the movies Inly Illustrated News: to 21) preferred, and help you to pas for three and six months and a year ys, etc., and earn population y you think SUB-AGENCY DEPARTMENT LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY 225 Fifth Avenue New York City Send This Issue toa Soldier or Sailor at the Front finished When __you’ve reading this issue simply stick a lc stamp alongside Postmaster Burleson’s notice on the front cover, and drop it in the mail. The Government will see that it is transported to the soldiers and sailors at the front. Judge, bringing real hu- mor in picture and text, is | eagerly looked for by the fighting men to_ brighten their rest hours and _ relax war-strung nerves. Let them enjoy your copy when you have finished with it. _— comicbooks.com