Judge, 1898-07-23 · page 3 of 16
Judge — July 23, 1898 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three separate satirical pieces: **"The Way He Looked At It"** (top): A domestic scene depicting Noah (biblical reference) and his wife debating whether to take animals on the ark. The satire mocks marital disagreements about practical decisions. **"Honesty Is the Best Policy"** (center): A story about Coyote Sam's con artist schemes. The narrative satirizes fraud and deception in business dealings, with the ironic title suggesting honesty would have served him better. **"A Clever Ruse"** (bottom): Shows cyclists on a beach road. The dialogue between Jim Jackson and Mose Hopkins concerns avoiding tolls—likely satirizing petty dishonesty and attempts to circumvent fees. The page overall emphasizes fraud, deception, and dishonest shortcuts as recurring themes in human behavior, treating them with humorous cynicism typical of Judge magazine's social commentary.
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THE WAY HE LOOKED AT IT. Nora (af farting)—"‘Arrah, thin ! luk at thot refliction, now, uv beauty an’ th’ bashte.” PATRICK (tenderly)—"* G'wan wid yer nonsense, Norah. ‘Don't be ferivir tryin’ t’ flatter me, or it’s proud Oi'll be getting.” HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. ‘ OT ALEIN: about frauds,” began Coyote Sam, “about the purest K for him the rest of the night. He soon had an ele- gant jag, an’ it didn’t cost him a cent. The boys (Sag) eae ane ‘cussesdeat spachabon of thi pette that ever ane ak —-/ was ready to just fall down an’ worship him. Well, Starving -dog Gulch last night. He gave what the boys thought was a blamed good show in the room over the Garter-snake sdlogn. He did lots of confoundedly mystetious things, an’, take him all round, we all voted that he wasn’t just the sort of a man fora ten- this morning I met his royal highness on the street an’, wholly in a spirit of / fun an’ in order to amuse him a little, bein’ as I knew his. power in that line, I pulled out my gun an’ let fly right at his mouth. Gentlemen, he was a mis- erable, outrajus frau i . “He was? derfoot, at least, to monkey with. He soy cut off Lariat Luke's 2] y y sae could you head right on the Zi Gf 4 $i “Th table before us, kept S } € coro- it off for ten min- 1 ji ner's verdict proved utes, put it back on ne 7, ‘ Y, it.” wc. prooxs. again, an’ Luke came down among \ : 3 7 AGOETHEEGEAS us lookin’ as well as e alll . y y: SIDE a picter. But the 2 if ij . greatest thing of all Y ic \ 4 Theodora —"\ was when he had a F ! f wish I was a post- feller shoot at him; ¢- t . l dl age-stamp. . an’ I'll be tamally " : J. ; Evaline— guyed if he didn’t 8 = Why such a fool- catch the bullet be- . ish wish ?” tween his teeth. I Theodora— tell you that just GOOD ADVICE. “Because then I brought the house Orrice-boy—"* Please, sir, I'd like to go to my grandmother's funeral this afternoon.” could be with the Emrtover—' You should be economical. Don't waste your grandmothers so early in the season; save mails.” down, There was them for the deciding games in the fall.” : nothing too good A CLEVER RUSE. Jim JACKSON (to himself)—"" De debbil! Dar comes Mose Hopkins. 1 ae forty-five cents, an’ he'll be shuah to stop an‘ dun mie for it. Wot'll (Aloud)—“‘ Guess I'll coast a bit, Miss Gummy.” Za comicbooks.com