Judge, 1923-08-04 · page 33 of 36
Judge — August 4, 1923 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines humor comics with period advertisements. The "Starting the Car" cartoon depicts the physical effort required to hand-crank early automobiles—a common struggle before electric starters became standard. The visual gags show people straining with the crank mechanism, satirizing the inconvenience of 1920s car technology. The scattered joke captions below reference mundane domestic situations: infidelity, financial troubles, marital bickering, bootleggers, and disarmament—reflecting post-WWI American concerns. The lower cartoon shows a working-class British exchange about a dog bite, using period dialect humor. The page is primarily **advertising real estate**, promoting Henry T. Finck's diet book "Girth Control," alongside ads for typewriters, medical treatments for prostate problems, and foot cream. These ads reveal what concerned readers: weight management, typing efficiency, and various health ailments. The medical ads particularly suggest widespread concern about male sexual/urinary dysfunction during this era.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
By HENRY T. FINCK Author of “Foods and Flavor’’ CONTROL purpose and a sound scien’ ground Henry Theophi Never was there ful friend of th d the lean “Girth Control 2 means health control—‘the triumph of enlightened, refined dietetic sualism over igno- rant, ascetic, s al puritanism.”” Wherever Books Are Sold $1.75 HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers ici STARTING THE CAR | “Use all your strength. It wants a lot of turning!”—Sondags 66 Nisse (Stockholm). 99 “Bobby, I hope you didn’t tell your Financier—I haven't any more change parents that you saw me kissing sister now, waiter; I'll give you your tip to- oun last night.” RorOW. “Nope, I didn’t have to. Sis waked Waiter—Sorry, ig my age writes H. B. Ruth, | : i A Colorado man, yet for years us all up after you'd gone and told it am not in a position to give credit.—| Mr. Ruth suffered with prostate orself.— cris Passing Show gland disorder. “Used medicines herself.” —Boston Transcript. Passing Show (London). ith no avaithaad alot given up ope until a Doctor recommen: aaa tated your treatment,” he writes, z “ , é ie? F 5 Thousands of men like Mr. Ruth are finding r Looks as if we were going to have Your husband is handy with tools, | bealth and vitaitty thra a wonderfal discovery that disarmament.” isn’t he?” vi 7 “I'm glad of it,” replied Uncle Bill “Well, he can fix a stubbogn radio Bottletop. “I hope they start right in apparatus,” said Mrs. Wijjit, “but. he rugs, electric rays, oF b taking their guns away from bootleggers can’t repair an ash sifter.”—New York | whatyourage-or phar ygu have tried, fin hi 99 , = 7 . discovery at once. *‘Why Many Men Are e and auto bandits.” —Washington Star. Sun. title of an interesting book that adil FREE BOOK oii. an crise te can find relief from these distressing conditions th thousands of other men, Write at once to. ie THERMAL COMPANY, 6924-£ Main St., Stoubenvi BRINGS YOU GENUINE. UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER Standard Underwoods, fac. Actual reproduction tory rebuilt and guaranteed | af Shipman- Ward for FIVE YEARS. The: "hint If Your Feet Ache and Throb at Night Massage them with Soothing, Cooling ‘Mentholatum Write for free sample Mentholatum Co., Buffalo, N.Y., Wiohita,Kans. ae ae INVENTORS ies sisuld grt toe Hefty Individual—'Ere, wot abaht your dawg bitin’ my ole woman? our guide book, “HOW TO GET YOUR PATENT.” Cuthbert—But when did my dog bite your—er—old woman? Send model or'sketeh ai “When did ’e? Why, ’e’s bitin’ of 'er now!—Passing Show (London). | BxnBOLRIs Gol'78: iption and we will gton, D.C 31 comicbooks.com