Judge, 1920-05-22 · page 27 of 36
Judge — May 22, 1920 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising-driven**, dominated by a large W.L. Douglas shoe company advertisement featuring the company's founder and his credentials. The cartoons and short jokes are minor content: - **"It Might Be Worse"** by Corinne Rockwell Swain celebrates spring in the city despite urban grayness—a sentimental poem with accompanying illustration about urban romanticism. - **"Just Now"** presents a brief joke: the "most expensive drink" is a whiskey milk-shake, likely referencing Prohibition (enacted January 1920), making alcohol-mixed drinks costly or illicit. - Small gag comics include wordplay about a sick pet requiring a veterinarian ("the nightmare") and ethnic humor about a French-Italian character's broken English. - **"Does This Make a Pair?"** shows playing cards, implying a poker joke (unclear meaning today). The Anmi-Kamnia tablet advertisement addresses post-WWI ailments. Overall, this appears to be a light humor magazine filled largely with advertising, reflecting 1920s consumer culture and early Prohibition-era references.
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22, 1920 Drwe by LQ. Maus shouldn't let pro. teasional jealousy interfere with his busine It Might Be Worse Ry Cortxxe Rockwetr Swain MAY in the city? Believe me, my kul Lots of good poets have wasted their pity Vuning their lays as though nobody had May, in the city. Sparrows are chirping an amorous ditty; Blossom-cheeked maids go adorably clad Vaciturn youths of a sudden grow witty Flower-venders make the gray cafons look glad And, in the square, as I saunter with Kitty Listen—a robin! It isn’t so bad. in the city. Just Now Willis—What is the most expensive drink in the world? Gillis—A whiskey milk-shake. I'd say R HEADACHE, rA-K Tabs} $920 & 310-22 SHOES W. L. Douglas shoes are sold in 107 of our own stores direct from factory to the wearer. All middlemen’s profits are eliminated. W. L. Douglas $9.00 and $10.00 shoes are | boost the best shoe values for the money in this country. W. L. Douglas name and | | price stamped on the bottom guarantees the best shoes in style, comfort and ; ow that can be produced for the price. TAB LETS Stamping the price on every pair of shoes asa Trotectio jon against high prices and unreasonable profits is col. one example of the constant endeavor of W. L. Douglas to protect his customers. W. L Douglas name on shoes is his pledge that they are the | best in materials, workmanship and style possible to produce at the price. Into every pair go the results of sixty-seven years experience in making shoes, dating back to the time when W. L. Douglas was a lad of seven, pegging shoes. i: our ow! Ores, the sole, If it has been changed BEWARE oF FRAUD, Douglas shoes are for sale by over 9000 shoe dealers If your local dealer cannot supply no other make. Order direct fro tor booklet telling how to order shoes by mail, postage free. GAUTION. — Insist upon, having W. L. Douglas shoes. | ‘The name and price is plainly stamped on or mutilated, Tt, quality of W. L. Douglas product is guar- anteed by more than 40 years experience in making fine shoes. The smart styles are the leaders in the fashion centersof America. They are made in a well-equipped factory at Brock- ton, Mass., by the highest paid, skilled shoe- makers, under the direction and supervision of experienced men, all working with an honest determination to make the best shoes for the price that money can buy. The retail prices are the same everywhere. They cost no more in San Francisco than they do in New York. he factory. Send Pretest W. L. DOUGLAS bil, g one ‘SHOE COMPANY, igh SPARE STRICT. A Serious Case at was taken awful bad last night; they had to send for the veterinary.” “Why the vet the nightmare.” © Feline-Up | Maud—Masn't ne a great deal of fam- ily pride? Beatrix—Well, 1 notice she doesn’t like jokes about cats. ing—Rotten is neither French nor Bige When I inquired how he v Tl punt Lerret swered Drawn by A. Dr Comey i Does Tis Make a Paik?