Judge — December 14, 1918 — page 27: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

UDCE ended Lady! \mer- ¢ Sul- Har- arry- the erful. lain pick ‘ence g up yril run- ness kat- and Iver rris. roll tarr dull sole ke. the ust ny, his ip le ct ¢. December 14, 1918 Mr. Bernard Wells By Harvey Peake Mlustrated by the Author OLR greatest English author. Acknowledges it. Didn’t believe in anything before war. Wrote a book about it. Became a religious convert during war. Wrote a book about it. Became disgusted with religion. Wrote a book about it. Became converted again. Wrote a book about it. Became disgusted again. Wrote a book about it. Don’t know what he believes now. Is writing a book about it. Hopes to believe something in the future. Is going to write a book about it. A Helpful Hint Be kind to the lop-eared farm boy who comes tromping along, stepping high like a blind horse straddling the corn rows. Bye-and bye he will own all the land that j'ines his’n and be president of the big bank where you want to borrow money. Humorists, Past and Present ASHIONS in humor change with F the times. The wits whom the grandfathers remember with a loyalty which always attaches to the favorites of age appear to have been very modest persons. Most of them assumed pen names, and the real identity of some of them was always a mystery to their admirers. Humorists of to-day are known of all, and their fame is as definite as their rewards are certain. In a recent article the Christian Science Monitor, reviewing some of the humorists of past generations, pointed out the prev- alence of anonymity among them. Few readers of “ John Phoenix,” a writer of the early California days, knew that he was Colonel Horatio Derby, U.S. N. “Ar temas Ward” was really Charles Farrar Brown; “Hans Breitmann” was Charles Godfrey Leland; “‘The Fat Contributor” was Griswold; “Josh Billings’—perhaps the most widely-read among them—was Henry Wheeler Shaw; “Eli Perkins’ was Charles M. Landon; and there were “Mrs. Partington,” “Orpheus C. Kerr,” “Petroleum V. Nasby”’ (these two being political humorists of the Civil War period), “The Danbury News Man,” “MM. Quad,” and others. Of course many knew that “Mark Twain” was Samuel L. Clemens. While the Monitor notes the fact that several of the older humorists secured amusing effects by grotesque spelling, which emphasized keen wit in colloquial verbiage of the time, no comparison is made with the more modern humorists who delight this generation, few of whom resort to extrinsic devices. George Ade, who has improved upon Asop by dealing with humans in fable, is perhaps over fond of capital letters, but they do not militate against his pregnant points. In his lighter work Gelett Burgess makes whimsical combinations of ideas and words; Mon- ed the characteristic exotic—of Jewish tague Glass has s patter — somewhat ‘Watch Your Nerves Is your Life's Blood trickling away? When you see red blood escaping you know your vitality is escaping with it, and you promptly stop the flow. 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There- fore care lor year nerves. sa] Price sf 2 5 only c (Coin or Stamps.) Address PAUL VON BOECKMANN, R. S. Studio 75. 110 West 40th Street, New York City Timely Wall Decoration For A Patriotic Home “Die Wacht am Rhein” illustrated the front cover of a recent issue of Judge, and the demand for copies of it actuated our adding it to our large assortment of art prints. Reproduced in full colors and mounted on a heavy mat, 11x14, these reprints are ready for framing, and make ideal Christmas gifts. Send twenty-five cents, cash or stamps, and have us send you, postage paid, a copy of this great picture. JUDGE ART PRINT DEPARTMENT 225 Fifth Avenue New York City Wacut am Ruin Die tradesmen for humor that deals with live topics; and Ring Lardner produces merri- ment by reproducing the acrobatic locu- tions and slang of a class innocent of gram- matical knowledge. Buta majority of our humorists use conventional language to project notions which amuse for originality “Uncle Walt” Mason, beloved by JupGe great family of readers and a world beside, has a universal viewpoint and a sane humor which is emphasized and embroid- ered by a vocabulary which nothing short of an unabridged dictionary can surpass. The older humorists were homogeneous with their age. When they lived and labored education was not the common thing it is to-day. Thus their fantastic spelling was addressed to many persons who recognized it as essentially their own. Present-day humorists address a much larger, a better educated and a more cos- mopolitan public. They employ more of subtlety, and more often invite the imagina- tion. And while there still are many readers who enjoy the obvious and rejoice inthe application of the slapstick, they also may be satisfied, for we have humorists in vast variety as well as in great number. comicbooks.com