Judge, 1923-03-10 · page 25 of 36
Judge — March 10, 1923 — page 25: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* contains several short humorous anecdotes and advertisements, typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines. **The humor pieces** mock everyday social situations: a corporate board member reflexively opposing motions, a newlywed bride comparing cooking to fiction, and a drunk Captain Mannering arriving home in absurd disarray (boots on hat rack, sleeping on billiard table, drinking his bathwater). These jokes rely on physical comedy and character types recognizable to contemporary readers. **The main advertisement** is for the Hotel McAlpin, with manager Arthur L. Lee promising personalized service—a selling point suggesting luxury hotels were competing on attentiveness rather than amenities. **The cartoon** (bottom left) depicts a valet explaining the Captain's whereabouts to a visiting woman, the humor deriving from the valet's deadpan delivery of increasingly ridiculous details. The page reflects pre-Prohibition-era drinking culture and depicts class dynamics between servants and upper-class patrons as comedy fodder.
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pet. girl the [m- ue chairman of the board of direc- tors was close. He came in late as a ballot being taken, thought they were trying to put something over on him, and yelled: “I don’t know what you're balloting on, but I'm against “You've got plenty of company,” a quiet old director. The vote was on a motion IT m to buy you a gold watch.”—Louisville Courier-Journal 4 After a few dismal failures, the bride decides that popular fiction and a cook- book have much in common.—Medford Mail and Tribune. Raed “I suppose the treating custom has disappeared.” id Uncle Bill Bottle- E dt when any- body buys a flask of alleged liquor from a stranger he always likes to let a friend take the first drink while he stands by and watches the effect.”"—Washington Star. “I suppose the young man thought he would live with his wife’s parents?” That's what he thought, but her father was too smart for him.” “What did he do?” “Before they got back from the honey- moon he sold the old home place and moved to a hotel.”—Birmingham Age- Herald. Digest of the World’s Humor > “For goodness sake, be careful, child! You'll drop that baby!” “Don't matter. ‘Tain't ours—it belongs to the lidy next door!”—Pass- ing Show (London). sae A LITTLE girl from the city had been visiting in the country, and was being questioned as to what kind of time she had. Finally some one said, “I bet you don’t even know how to milk a cow.” “Bet I do,” she said. She was pressed for particulars, and explained: “You take the cow into the | barn and give her some breakfast food and water and then you drain her crank- | case.” —Prairie Farmer. Young Lady Visitor (to valet)—Is Captain Mannering at home? Valet—Yes, ma’am, he’s at home. But I don’t think you can see him. He came home very late last night, hung his boots on the hat rack, went to bed on the billiard table, and at the present moment is engaged in drinking his bath!—The Humorist (London). 23 A From Personal @ = c4rthur L. Word Lee AVE you ever, in your travels, found a Hotel (probably of moderate size)where the Own- er or Manager, by his personal inter- est in your comfort and welfare, your stay conspicuously you are looking forward to another Visit—and that is just the atmosphere that now pervades the Hotel McAlpin. If you will write me personally the of yourself or famil that you are ex- actly suited, My staff, both male and female, from the house manager to the bell boy, are trained to make the small- est detail of your stay, both in and series of pleasant heir courteous, un- t, reputed to be led, by any ings and cuisi unsurpassed, f there isany n Which Lean let me know too busy to nstrate my desire to establish with you the interest of a host with his guest rather than a manager with his patro’ ‘Thus dol believe I will succeed in leaving with you the cordial desire to make the Hotel McAlpin your New York home in the future. Anrtnvr L, Les, Manager, ‘he Cenker of Convenience Broadway at 34" Street Hoke MAlpin WRITE for illustrated guide book and “RECO RD OF INVENTION Send model or sketch and description of our free opinion of its patentable nature. Highest References. Prompt Sert Reasonable Terms. VICTOR J. EVANS & CO., 813 ashington, D. C. ATENTS. EB 15 NWGHIS8/5 HIS SOF FILTERING and Bottling Grape Juice, Ex- t : y. Lowest price. Sireular 5 SELKO FILTER COMPANY Sandusky Ohio