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# Page 263 from Judge Magazine - Satirical Cartoons This page contains several unrelated humorous cartoons mocking everyday misfortunes and social awkwardness: **Top cartoon** ("Very Indefinite"): A woman on a bicycle encounters a man on horseback, with dialogue about whether he's a "dog, bicycle, or man"—apparently satirizing ambiguous masculine presentation or confused first impressions. **"The Universal Accident"**: Mocks how cyclists routinely blame others when collisions occur, suggesting bicyclists always find convenient excuses. **Other cartoons** ("In Trouble," "Many a Slip," "Blessing Her Stars"): Brief gags about romantic mishaps, slapstick falls, and domestic quarrels—typical Judge magazine humor. The cartoons lack specific political references and appear designed for general amusement rather than commentary on particular events or figures.
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@ fies VERY INDEFINITE. Mr. Posy Poser (of Boston) —"* lave you—aw—met youaw ideal yet ?* Miss KusuMore RUSHE (0/ Chicago)—'* Dog, bicycle, or man?" THE UNIVERSAL ACCIDENT. **THERE is one delightful thin said the old sport, “about the sporting life of the present. Whatever may be the result of any contest of any kind, owing to the kindness of newspaper interviewers the man who is defeated need never feel the sting of dis- grace. Everybody knows that when Corbett was de- feated by Fitzsimmons it was all on account of a chance blow, and not because the Cornish man was the better man. When Fitzsimmons was defeated by Sharkey the whole world was made aware of the fact that it was because Wyatt Earp was an unfair and venal referee. Whenever one bicyclist is beaten by another it is al- ways because he was over-trained, or had eaten some- thing fer breakfast that had disagreed with him. It was a shame that visiting-catcher Casey should step on a bat just as a hight foul-fly was about to drop in his— IN TROUBLE. Mr. Learner (on Ais first trip down hill Sufferin’ landslides { Won't nuthin’ ever stop the blame thing 7” Whenever a base- ball team is beaten by another the newspapers always tell us that it was because the first baseman had a glass arm, or be- cause the pitcher got a cinder in his eye. In short, things are so de- lightfully arranged nowadays that every man in sporting life, whether he succeed or fail, has an oppor- tunity to prove to the public that he is not only as good a man as his opponents, but considerably better.” UNAVOIDABLE. HE CANNOT meet his creditors? 2* Though bankrupt, ‘tis not true ; In fact he meets them oftener ‘Than he would like to do. THE GRATITUDE OF A THINKER. es VOurR reflections do you great credit, Mr. Brain- by." “ Thank heaven!” sighed Brainby,* I can get credit for something. Ab, my dear friend, | would you were a grocer.” NEEDED ATTENTION, Dorothy (watching the kettle-cover rise and fall, emitting at the same time tiny puffs of steam)—" Come quick, grandma! One of the kettles has the asthma.” BLESSING HER STARS. Crawford —“ What makes you think your wife isn’t so much of a new woman as she used to be ?” Crabshaw —* Because since this war-scare I have- n't heard her say how sorry she was that she wasn’t a man.” td = 2. MANY A SLIP. —hands! 1 comicbooks.com