Judge, 1891-08-01 · page 3 of 20
Judge — August 1, 1891 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several humorous sketches and short comedic pieces typical of Judge's satirical style. "**Practicing the Attitude**" shows a man walking with exaggerated posture in a friend's room—apparently practicing an affected gait, likely mocking vanity or social pretension. "**It Bothered Him**" is a brief joke about someone avoiding summer weather by staying indoors. "**Two Kinds**" contrasts professional and amateur photographers—a standard joke format comparing different practitioners of a skill. The bottom section, "**For Summer Use**," depicts a comic sequence (panels 2-7) showing what appears to be an artist or painter struggling with equipment and circumstances outdoors, likely illustrating the humorous difficulties of plein-air painting or outdoor artistic work during summer. The overall page emphasizes domestic humor and social observations typical of early 20th-century American satirical magazines.
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PRACTICING THE ATTITUDE. Curckerton (entering friend's room)—" Why are you walking around with your arm out and your head all bent to one side?" Dupety —"Aw—I'm getting in twaining faw me summer girl.” IT BOTHERED HIM. THE weather was warm and Bobby showed evidence of having some- thing on his mind, Finally on a Sunday Bobby said, “Say, pa.” “ Ain’t it most time that I graduated from Sunday-school?” OUT OF PLACE. I LOVE the country in warm summer days, When I am weary of the midnight oil ; ‘There is a charm in nature's gentle ways ‘That soothes the jaded being and allays ‘The bitter pain of unrequited toil. There's one thing, though, I never could make out (Though 1 am used to fortune’s scurvy stabs) ; Whene’er I take a girl to row about The lake I think I'm fishing, without doubt, And find myself cach moment catching crabs. JAMES JAY O'CONNELL, TWO KINDS. WHAT is the difference between a professional photographer and an amateur photographer? An amateur photographer takes people as they are, and a professional THE STRATEGIC ARTIST AND THE WORRISOME FLIES. photographer takes them as they would like to be. SHE WON’T SPEAK TO HIM NOW. HER curls were auburn with a golden ray. She loved me once and used to call me Teddy; But when I called to take her out one day I didn’t think—but softly asked her, '* Ready?” FOR SUMMER USE. Tenant —" The furnace in this house is no earthly good. It kept the house as cold as ice all winter.” Owner —"Yes, ma'am; but see the advan- tage of having such a beautiful refrigerator in the house in the summer.” comicbooks.com |