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# "A Thanksgiving Episode" The main cartoon depicts two anthropomorphic turkeys in conversation beside a barrel. The caption reads: "The old man's excited, but we must keep calm." / "Yes; we don't want to lose our heads." This is dark humor playing on Thanksgiving traditions—the turkeys are nervously aware that their species faces slaughter during the holiday. The joke's grim irony lies in their attempt to maintain composure while discussing the literal threat of decapitation. The surrounding editorial content includes commentary on current events (politics, social issues) typical of Judge magazine's satirical format, but the turkey cartoon is the primary visual humor. It reflects turn-of-the-century American sensibilities about holiday observances and animal mortality presented through anthropomorphic comedy.
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i W. J. Annet Bexnwaro Gittas, 1. M. Guecony, Editor. PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. UNITRD STATES AND CANADA IN ADVANCE, One copy, one year. or s2 numbers - $5.00 One copy. six months, or 2 numbers - 2.50 = One copy. for thirteen weeks = = 1.35 = Inclading the Cuxiststas Juoce. FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS—To ali foreign countries im the postal union, $6.00 year. THE JUDGE PUBLISHING COMPANY (Jupce BuiLpINc), Corner Fifth Avenue and Sixteenth Street, New York, The Christmas Jadge WILL BE PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 30TH, Among the clever artists who come together in this number are E. Zimmerman ("Zim"), Grant Hamilton, F. Victor, E. L. Fithian, J. H. Smith, Howard Helmick, S, B. Griffan, M. F. Klepper, Dan Smith, Louis Wain, J. S. Barker and J, M. Flagg. The writers of the number include I. M. Gregory, Madeline S. Bridges, Will M. Clem- ens, Kat: Masterson, Henry Tyrrell, Mrs. George Archibald, Madeline Orvis, Nathan M. Levy, William Henry Siviter, James J. O'Connell, Charles M. West, and George S. Crit- venden 25 cents per copy, $5.00 per year (including Christmas number). Leave orders with newsboys and dealers at once. THE SOLID SOUTH carries the appearance of a cocked hat, see 'HE BANK of England is a very rich institution, but John D. Rockefeller is backing the univer- sity of Chicago. eee ATHER GUESS the next na- tional Republican ticket is go- ing to be elected by a practically unanimous vote. eee HE CAGE of the tiger was opened by Teddy and the pret- ty little googoos, They wanted to amuse themselves. eee 0; MR. CAMPBELL of Ohio will not be conspicuous in the national conflict next year, He is not coming; he is gone. eee THE CLAIM of Great Britain that she is an American power was destroyed pretty satisfactorily more than a hundred years ago. eee THE SINGULAR THING about the recent great and good inter- national nuptials is that they should have developed only one lun: UR MORE distinguished pugilists are peculiarly fitted for Thanks- giving services, they know how to work their jaws so excellently. WO PICTURES of Lincoln recently unearthed represent him as a handsome young man; but history fails to discover the man who sat for them, : eee seTHE TRAIN of Miss Vanderbilt was a marvel,” says one writer. Blood will tell. They used to say such things of the enterprise of the original Cornelius. (OWE HAVE THEM NOW!" shrieked the editor of the Utica 0b- server in large letters just before the late election. Well, well! And it was so easy to find a physician. THE WOMAN of New Jersey who was convicted as a common scold was saved from punishment by a suspicion as to her sanity. We look upon the suspicion as a crime worse than the original depravity. eee SOME OVER-NICE PERSONS objected to publication of the fact that Mrs. Stanton was to be presented with a new night-gown, They thought it was calculated to corrupt the young. We ought to say some- thing funny about this, but it seems to whistle itself. eee A THANKSGIVING EPISODE. ; “The old man 's excited, but we must keep calm.” and they have nothing to show for OBBLERESS—" Yes; we don't want to lose our heads.” THE BIRD FOR ALL, LET NO PARTISAN who was whipped in the late emergency make the mistake of supposing that the existing national bird is a crow. He has as much night to a fair share of the universal turkey as anybody else, and he needs more for the reason that he has less of the wherewith for his good digestion. THE PROFIT OF GRATITUDE. NOW GIVE THANKS. The fact of thanks is a profit to the giver of them. They cheat his imagination if he is poor, and bless his wealth if he is rich. ‘They hfe him from the misery of sickness and give him the appreciation of health if he is well. And now let good heart wait on sound stomach, and health and wealth on both. THE HUMAN FAMILY. ‘THE MONEY spent on the great international wedding sends a great many birds into as many poor families, Wealth cannot be happy without giving benefit to the humanity lower down the line That is a natural law which makes thanksgiving possible; and both wealth and pov- erty ought to give thanks for it a good many times a year. A SOCIETY PARAGRAPH. E CAN'T BELIEVE that Mr. Van Alen ever said this country wasn't fit for ladies and gentlemen to live in; but if he did a little reflection makes the words a decided compliment. For instance, there is a difference of opinion between Mr. Van Alen and various others as to the characteristics that make men gentlemen and women ladies. THE CHICAGO POET. FEW MEN “have won more of the affection of the world than Eugene Field, and’his death was as gentle and as unfeared as that of a child. So far as any living person knows, he went to sleep without pain or apprehension, and died without a struggle or an awaken- ing. It was the appropriate though premature close of a life singularly * bright. gentle, generous and affec- tionate, GROVER AND ARTHUR PUE. WHEN MR. CLEVELAND heard of the turning down of Gorman he “felt like he was in { Georgy.” That was the remark and the sensation of an ex-Georgia > lady of mature years when she got converted. But how sad it is that two old friends should separate that way, and the more so as the Republican party gets the victory their antipathy and their hard work. TREAT THE CITIZEN FAIRLY. NOTHING BUT ROOSEVELT and the enforcement of a tyrannous law could have resurrected Tammany within a year after its burial. The stupidity of the ninety-nine reform parties was not equal to it, great as was their power for blundering. And hereafter it ought to be possible to enforce the worst of laws with a little consideration for fair play and a little common sense, After all, the public is not a dog. THOSE RURAL HYPOCRITES. HEY DO SAY that in the rural districts of this state, even in Herkimer county, there isn’t a gin-mill that isn't open on Sunday at the front door and all the other apertures. Those agriculturists not only want the privilege of extreme license, but they insist that the man of the city shall keep his mouth shut and have no license at all. As the late Mr. Ward said of the earlier puritans, “They want to worship in their way and they don’t want anybody else to worship in his'n.” A PRECIOUS PAIR. MB. GORMAN is beaten in Maryland, and Mr. Brice will not return to the national senate. Here are two things to be thankful for. Sugar bosses are too costly a luxury for this country, and it is gratifying that their own states give them the punishment they have earned. Mr. Gorman is dishonest and unscrupulous, and Mr. Brice has no more right to represent Ohio in the senate than any other citizen of this state, Then, too, it is shown that money is of no use in some electicns. comicbooks.com