Judge, 1893-02-04 · page 15 of 16
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This page is primarily advertising with one featured poem. **"Peter's Picture"** (by Sam Walter Foss) is a humorous verse about a man named Peter who grimaces horribly during a photograph session—his neck twists, tongue lolls out, ears flop, whiskers stand straight up, and he looks like he's choking. The joke is that Peter cannot control his facial expressions while sitting for the camera, producing an absurd and unflattering portrait. The poem satirizes the then-common difficulty of early photography: long exposure times required subjects to sit perfectly still, and many people found it nearly impossible to maintain a natural expression, resulting in grotesque photographs. This was a relatable complaint of the era—getting one's picture taken was an ordeal. The surrounding advertisements (for cocoa, rupture cures, pens, hair treatments) are unrelated to the poem's content and represent typical Judge magazine filler.
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