Judge, 1919-12-06 · page 27 of 36
Judge — December 6, 1919 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains poetry, humor columns, and advertisements typical of Judge's satirical format. **"She's Very Dear"** is a sentimental poem by James Courtney Chaffee that describes an idealized young woman—beautiful, innocent, graceful—before the final stanza reveals the satire: she spends "ten thousand every year." The joke targets both wealthy men infatuated with expensive women and the contradiction between feminine virtue and material excess—a common 1919 critique of modern romance. **The humor columns** mock everyday frustrations: a man joins a labor union to escape his nagging wife; a druggist who opposes Prohibition (referencing the recent 18th Amendment, ratified in 1919) can't help anyone seeking alcohol. **The "Add-a-Pearl" necklace advertisement** promotes a jewelry marketing scheme where families and friends could purchase additional pearls to expand a child's necklace over time—a novel mid-century sales strategy. The page reflects post-WWI American society: anxieties about labor, women's spending, Prohibition's implications, and consumer culture.
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December 6, 1919 She’s Very Dear By James Courtney Cnattiss ne YHE’S very dear. So fair, so sweet, WY so true! Lips red as wine; eyes of the deep, deep blue. And full of love and dreams; wh Her rich hair golden gleams ; i she like an angel seems. She’s very dear. Id» | She's very dear. So simple, childlike yet mature; Hers is affection that will e’er endure ; 4 Tender, full of the grace Born of a gentle race; Me \n honest, trustful face. She's very dear. She’s very dear—her smile the little ray ns) OF sunlight that illuminates my day! ‘Tis all so true, but hear: She spends, or very near, Ten thousand every year! She's very : dear. tran by Pavt Retn.y Wuat You Rememner or A Musicat Comeny. Out On Strike Lerret—You never work. Why did you join a labor union? Yadilloh—My wife made it so hot for me that I had to find some excuse for not work- ing. Wasted Effort Stranger—Will you be so good as to tell me the way to the nearest druggist? Native—Sure: but it won't do any good. He's a prohibitionist, himself. 12-6-19 Make Your Little Girl | , Happy With | Cidd- -O- h Covet The Family and Friends Will Keep It Growing _Ask Your Jeweler Called Down “What was that policeman speaking to you Needless to Say “Oh! I can’t thread this needle, ma,” Was little Mary's Cry; “Just as the thread is going through I hadn't parked the baby carriage The needle winks its eye!” | properly.” Regarding Subscription and Editorial Matters cmrrioe OFFICES: Malo ofce — Brunrwiek y civethe number appearing onthe righthand ie ofthe adres hit x Gn tne rappers IU tahes roc tea days to two weeks to make jor gland $5, * GOrroRtAL OFFIC ifth Avenue, New York City. Postage tree 1h the United States, Its dependencies, and Mexico. All be glad to consider Jokes and To Canadian Provinces add 60 cents a year for postage: to all urn of unaccepted manuscripts stamps foreign countries add $1.00 a year. Single copies of presen| urpose should be Incto: Yearsapd 101s, 10 cents each: 1917, 20 cents each: 1610, 30 edt, 1919, by eeeesea taf Entered at the New York aa Secon: Eints each ete ing themactoee ae connected with JUDGE should ADVERTICONG OFFICES: Brunswick Bldg. New York: | New York. Jona A. Melcher, Presiden Walter Bag. Boston Sefarquette Bldg... Chicago; iteary Bidg.. | * r ped ie ears Co. Beattie “dads all eorvenpontonee at CHANGE IN ADDRESS: | Subseriber’s old addreas as well asthe new must be sent In with request for the change. Also | 225FifthAvenue JUDGE New York City ommiclbooks