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# Explanation for Modern Readers This page contains two satirical pieces from *Judge* magazine: **"Why He Wants to Lecture"** (main cartoon): A German policeman seeks to rent a hall, but his fractured English and rambling explanation reveal the real issue—his wife won't stop talking at home. The satire targets both German immigrants (through exaggerated dialect) and marital dynamics. The policeman essentially wants to lecture publicly as escape from domestic chatter, a commentary on 19th-century marriage frustrations played for ethnic humor. **"The Tramp's Appeal"** (poem): A vagabond explains his poverty to a judge, claiming he's "troubled with a thirst." It's straightforward satire of homelessness attributed to alcoholism—a common Victorian-era stereotype used to blame the poor for their condition rather than examining systemic causes. The page also contains various short quips mocking detectives, boat-racing, cooking clubs, and other contemporary subjects—typical of *Judge*'s format as a weekly humor magazine mixing visual and textual satire.

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She says. beople may dink dem haf heard me dalk for d b dot vooman’s he wanted The proy minutes und got avay mitout a gase | ver dem a Dutch || ke.” id the land- man in der » but dot « ufan luf vos a mighdy dee- from fife minutes chin py n hour un fere said the policeman, amarnt “Well, man,” the hall Tie hi very inte n busy. I only wan » know what you wanted the hall for. If it’s for a Iseture you can have it for the usual price.” the Policeman replied, with perfect good natur vould not haf kebt you longe qu Aid the proprietor of I'm sorry to interrupt you. hfe is Uf you are marrit your own selluf, sberience in der © lucky g instet uf gatch- Tam so lo arried iree- ders uf an hour. Uf you had kebt shtill dot leetle vhile you vould der whole legture haf for nodings got und [ vould haf pe to gradulate you on h enchoyed yourselluf “immensely. But if you Vont to rop vourselluf, dot’s nodings to me. I vill tomy frent, Reilly, der pekeait, und bractise on him my ure. [haf goton him der bulge, alretty. He has got to listen or ran | from his shop avay.”” bleasure uf hear- first uv our Ivf fool- from bedw my on or legture Kneeling on von el- Ach! vhy r, heatinga the culprit.” What prixnkers need most is a horizon- | tal bar—one that will stay so no matter how | Pure poxxe’s demands imply that | much they perform on it. they all sing bank notes. | RACING in these times is ‘full of nd modern instar Thr MaNaGens of the Mt. Olivet crema- tory, to the asseveration that ‘* Death does not end all,” offer an effective retort. Boat- wise saw td.” Tak BEST TIME to ent wood—in t | Ir 1s CLAIMED that all femal ve, “what's this complaint — physicians sweet by-and-by, if it is to be a syndicate | 4re ¢ method there wood-cut. is in their madness—the allopathic, perhaps. it is not stated w 4.4, o'vovnens MANY A FELINE discussion fails of an It’s A WASTE of time, brethren, this issue because the contestants do not come to making sarcastic jokes on detectives. | - may. | a ‘The two-cent postage did it—a modern “ re- | Ges. Baprav has taken to writing | ‘ iva otters.” novels, but we do not learn that they are to suspended animation—a | *i¥#l of letters. : | ms be published as war histories along with | | - | Americans annoap should always ap. | hose of the other generals. | Americans. Even in Rome, do as | _ the roam ‘uns do. THANKSGIVING ODES should be bound in turkey, but thanksgiving celebrants had | “Only imag- | Gints, pon’ indulge in tattle and slan- | better be bound over to keep the peace. | der. 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