Judge, 1892-01-30 · page 6 of 16
Judge — January 30, 1892 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple unrelated satirical items typical of late-19th-century American humor magazines. **"A Disciple of Izaak Walton"** mocks an absent-minded fishing enthusiast so absorbed in reading *about* fishing technique that he ignores actual fish biting his line—satirizing impractical intellectualism. **"The Likelihood of It"** jokes about a man so unremarkable he might be named *after* a cigarette brand rather than vice versa—social commentary on celebrity endorsements. **"The Salt of the Earth"** contains a dark joke: a deceased journalist boasts of having "a pass for two" to heaven, implying journalists lack moral character. **"A Winter Fool"** is a cautionary epitaph about ignoring danger warnings. **"The Military Feature"** suggests that contentious board meetings at the World's Fair constitute the exposition's main "military" spectacle—satirizing bureaucratic infighting. The left panels show sequential comic strips depicting muddy road transportation mishaps, illustrating the title's reference to "necessity" driving invention in rural navigation challenges.
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74 NECESSITY THE MOTHER OF INVENTION ; OR, THE PERILS OF MUD-ROAD NAVIGATION IN ‘THE WEST. A DISCIPLE OF IZAAK WALTON. (By the book.) E WAS of meditative turn, and loved to hie unto a quiet stream in the conventional cool and sequestered glade and dangle a line all day long. That he never brought any fish home was rather a matter of wonder, for others came well laden from various parts of the same stream, and many pitying remarks were made upon his poor luck by the neigh- bors, who were devoted baiters of the fry. At last the secret was revealed. A bare-footed, wild-eyed boy rushed into the house next to his one night and shouted : “What d’ye think? That infernal old book-worm was a-fishin’ to-day, as usual, with one hand and his nose poked into a book. I saw his line twitch, and I'm blamed if he didn’t say in a real disgusted tone, “Now see here; can’t you fish let a fellow alone and not come pesterin’ around his hook when he's inter- ested in readin’ about the right way to throw a line?” THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT. Layman—*Is this brand of cigarettes named after you?" Dude—"Ya-as. Cawn't you see that it is, don- cher know?" Layman—"Yes; but I thought you might have been named after it.” THE SALT OF THE EARTH. OUTSIDE THE GATE. First shade—* Do you expect to get in- side?” Second shade (a journalist on earth) —"* Yes ; come on. I've got a pass for two.” A WINTER FOOL. HERE rests in peace a child of fate; Don't idly pass him, stranger. In life one day he tried to skate ‘Too near the sign marked ‘' Danger.” THE MILITARY FEATURE. Gordon —" Will there be any army manceu- vres at the world’s fair?” Maxwell —"No; but during the exposition the meetings of the board of commissioners will be open to the public.” ELECTRIC SPARKS. A FORE-AND-AFTER, comicbooks.com