Judge, 1897-11-27 · page 3 of 18
Judge — November 27, 1897 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page 339 Analysis This page contains Thanksgiving-themed humor from Judge magazine. The top cartoon "Before the Scrap" depicts workers in what appears to be a scrapyard or junkyard, with dialogue about someone named Casey quitting work. The middle section includes humorous poems: "November Joy" celebrates autumn scenery, while "Influence of Food" jokes that eating turkey makes people become "gobblers" (greedy eaters). "Turkey Tid-Bits" is a satirical piece mocking turkey's status as a holiday bird, suggesting it's overrated and comparing it to other fowl. The bottom cartoon "The Jealous Neighbor and His Revenge" shows a comic sequence where a man feeds turkeys from a fence to sabotage his neighbor's Thanksgiving dinner. It's a slapstick joke about rural rivalry and holiday preparation gone wrong.
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NOVEMBER JOY. HE salvia is brilliant Along the garden wall, The cruller ‘s as resilient As any tennis-ball, And now with step elastic My giglet I unfold In attitude fantastic On pleasures cloth-of-gold. With fancy I'm aboard ship ‘And watch the gobbler gray With chestnuts stuf! his lordship To gild Thanksgiving day. RK, MUNKETTRIC. INFLUENCE OF FOOD. aS] KNOW that the food a person eats has much to do with the eater’s character- istics.” “Is that so?” “Tris. You will notice that about Thanksgiving day many turkey-eaters will become gob- blers.” BEFORE THE SCRAP, yez hear about Casey quittin’ wor-rk at noon yisterday 7” i did not. Pwhot med ‘im? ure, it wor th’ twilve-o'clock whistle.” QUITE UNNECESSARY. Horex-currx—"' Do you want a room with a bath attached 7” Mr. IsAAcsTEIn (indignantly)—"* Do we look like a bridal couple?” TURKEY TID-BITS. T 1S a wise turkey that knows when to diet. A turkey on your own table is worth two in your neighbor's coop. Beauty unadorned—A well- dressed turkey. At Thanksgiving time the key to the situation is turkey. The hand that carves the turkey is the one that rules the roast. Never look a gift turkey in the gizzard. Degrees of comparison in the life of a turkey— Positive, gobble; comparative, gobbler; superlative, gobble it. The turkey is a great suc- cess as the national bird because it paints itself red simply by gobbling. Don't ask too long a bless- ing at the Thanksgiving dinner. Remember that the turkey is not a bird of pray. THE JEALOUS NEIGHBOR AND HIS REVENGE—A THANKSGIVING EPISODE, comicbooks.com