Judge, 1919-12-06 · page 29 of 36
Judge — December 6, 1919 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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This page combines literary content with advertising—not political satire. The left side features three humorous poems/sketches typical of Judge's light humor: **"The Lyric of Love-Lorn Luke and Lyra"** satirizes sentimental romantic poetry through a deliberately awkward, forced narrative about a chorus dancer named Lyra who rejects lovestruck Luke's flowery declarations by asking him to "pass the paprika"—deflating his ardor with mundane practicality. **"My Wife's Hat"** uses elaborate, overwrought description comparing a woman's hat to a heron, mocking the pretentious language men used to describe fashion. **"Egg View News Note"** contains brief, absurdist local humor items—typical filler content. The right half is a **Chesterfield cigarette advertisement** featuring an illustrated man asking "Satisfy? I'll say so!" The ad emphasizes the cigarette's "blend" of Turkish and domestic tobaccos as its unique selling point. This represents pre-regulation tobacco advertising when health claims were unregulated. No specific political figures or events are referenced—this is primarily entertainment and commercial content.
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December 6, 1919 The Lyric of Love-Lorn Luke and Lyra By Maxrsu K, Powers UKE was the serious Tire us, fatigue us, and bore us Robed in ethereal Sketchy material Lyrabel danced in a chorus te proved unwary—a ap cafeteria Lured Luke and Lyra one morning, Chere, in the scenery veanery, soed Luke without warning Sitting near a belle } Awed Luke, but Lyrabel | Spoke up with—"Pass the papriker.” Blushing, though amorous, Luke 5 to the aker Witched by the siren, he (Delightful irony!) Left his t 1 Wh ile he em ¢ wen me Vassal and thrall to you Let me ll to you esce—radiant He Silence $ told it, though flustered. ilingly, guilingly 1 wanted the mus Satisfy? My Wife's Hat I'll say so! K. Weits ‘ : HIS Chesterfield cigarette does more than please the taste. It gives smokers [X_ wife's new hat reminds me of a great I ’ 1 snowy-white heron. a new kind of cigarette enjoyment, the s coloring is that of the exquisite breast one thing they've always wished for in a of the heron—soft, velvety, and of 5 cigarette yurest white. able Chesterfields let you know you're smok- There is the same suggestion of indescri race in its lines,—large-brimmed, sweeping, the ing~they*golareightta, your smoke: ver. mh ment of ‘ul beauty ry embod ‘fect is irresistibly bird-like,—chic, spot—they satisfy. iry, smart, ; . . It’s because of the blend—an exactly siege per fet reminds ime Of 's; erent proportioned blend of the finest Turkish A heron has an unusually large bill and Domestic tobaccos. And the formula for this blend is the manufacturer's secret. It cannot be copied or even closely imitated. Egg View News Note By Leste Van Every ; 3 STRANGER offered Corny Paine an extra Today—ask your dealer for “those AST drink esterday, because of Corny’s cigarettes that "Ly long neck, Fhe band-practice noise over the lock-up Tues- Kggettrtt prs Iitases ay night got so loud that some of it had to be let out through the wind The rascal in the week-end picture play was quickly recognized by Lem Bushnell as being an old offender who served three reels behind the bars in another play here last summer. Chet Lumley, who ‘hears “that more efforts are CIGARETTES to be made to’ pass a law giving. each year an —of Turkish and Domestic tobaccos—blended (Bextra month, is heartily in favor of having it some time during the summer, as more nice weather would be welcomed by everybody. comicbooks keel}