Judge, 1898-06-11 · page 4 of 16
Judge — June 11, 1898 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis: Judge Magazine Page This page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"The Man Behind the Gun"** (top): A patriotic poem celebrating military personnel during wartime, likely WWI-era based on the rhetoric of "righteous war" and naval imagery. **"Judge's Favorites"** (left): A brief humorous anecdote about a woman named Alberta Gallatin encountering a mechanical lawn-mower—the joke being her surprise at the device's noise. **"The Seven Ages of the Wheel"** (bottom): A sequential cartoon satirizing the bicycle's cultural impact, showing a child's introduction to cycling through adulthood, culminating in elderly decline. This reflects late 19th/early 20th-century bicycle mania when cycling represented progress and social mobility. The remaining text snippets ("Cause for Surprise," "Reassuring," "What Caused the Riot") are brief joke columns typical of Judge's format.
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JUDGE'S FAVORITES, ALBERTA GALLATIN IN ‘LOVE FINDS THE WAY." ™ Love finds the way,” Though it be rough. But in this play "Tis smooth enough For you, because you soften strife, And smile at duty, Such is life! CAUSE FOR SURPRISE. TWAS the first time Rachel had seen a lawn- mower in use,“ My!" she exclaimed, “ who ever heard before of cutting grass with a carpet- sweeper?” 5. —through circumstances he also became a pusher of a new kind of a wheel which contained his hereditary wheeling son which he fell heir »o— 2. —Hlis first opportunity to propel one was a snecess to such an extent — THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN. OW let the eagle flap his wings And let the cannon roar, For while the conquering bullet sings We pledge the commodore. First battle of a righteous war Right royally he won, But here's a health to the jolly tar— To the man behind the gun ! Now praise be to the flag-ship’s spars, To the captain in command, And honor to the stripes and stars For whose defense they stand ; And for the pilot at his wheel Let streams of red wine run, Bot here’s a health to the man of steel— To the man behind the gun! Here's to the man who does not swerve In the face of any foe; Here's to the man of iron nerve, On deck and down below ; Here's to the man whose heart is glad When the battle has begun ; Here's to the health of that daring lad— To the man behind the gun ! Now let the stars and stripes float high, And let the eagle soar ; Until the echoes make reply We pledge the commodore. Here’s to the chief and here's to war, And here's to the fleet that won, And here’s a health to the jolly tar— To the man behind the gun! MYRTLE REED. REASSURING. Patient —“ Look here, doctor, do you think you will ever be able to tell exactly what is the matter with me?” Doctor —“ Ob, yes. 1 will find that out at the autopsy.” _ 6. — through whose efforts and his own combined wealth he was able to ride in an up-to-date turnout — THE SEVEN AGES OF THE WHEEL. 3. —that he became a fixture in the wheeling fraternity of his set, which gradually grew— EVADING THE WAR ISSUE. Mrs. Soursus (sarcastically) — I should think that such a great big man as you would be at the front ?” Huncry Horton —‘“ Well, it is more er less trubble walkin’ roun’ ter de Back door, leddy — but beggars shouldn't be choosers, mum, Anythin’ cold ter spare dis morn’ WHAT CAUSED THE RIOT. Biggs —* So Cheatem is behind the bars at last. It does me good to see the old scoundrel in the soup.” Boggs —* Yes, he is now what you might call a consomméd villain.” 4. ——until he became a genuine up-to-date scorcher ; but—— A and riches he was forced to take to the old- time bath roller-chair. and as the final outcome of high living comicbooks.com