Judge, 1898-10-15 · page 6 of 16
Judge — October 15, 1898 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two separate satirical pieces from early Judge magazine (likely 1890s-1900s): **Top section** ("Too Much for Him"): A crude joke about a character trying remedies—tar soap for mosquito bites creates an absurd recursive problem: the tar soap itself becomes unbearable, requiring its own remedy. **Bottom section** ("Another Hair's-Breadth Escape"): A four-panel comic about the Klondike Gold Rush. A man receives unexpected wealth and immediately plans to go to the Klondike (the 1890s gold rush in Canada). The panels show his various misadventures attempting to prepare for this journey, featuring exaggerated character types and dialect humor typical of the era. The final panel includes a foreign character speaking broken English, mocking non-English speakers. Both pieces use the era's characteristic heavy caricature, dialect humor, and slapstick comedy. The Klondike reference dates this to the Gold Rush period (late 1890s).
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
TOO MUCH FOR HIM. ‘ead de remedy fer muskeeter-bites.” ‘ab de face an’ hands thoroughly wid tar-soap.'" Now read de remedy fer tar-soap.”” Weary W111 SPOKE WHEN IT WAS TAKEN. HIS GOOD FORTUNE. se] T SEEMS to me that I recognize the features, but the picture is ++ (ONGRATULATIONS, my boy. You have at last come into an somewhat blurred around the mouth,” immense sum of money.” “Yes; that is a speaking likeness of my wife.” “Thank heaven! I can now go to the Klondike.” 1, | . 8. ‘Here, my good man ; I'll take the lot, Keep the change.” 4. "'Vair sorre I deed not see heem ; I could not tell, Compranavoo?* ANOTHER HA/K’S-BREADTH ESCAPE, comicbooks.com