Judge — December 24, 1898 — page 28: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This three-panel comic strip depicts two mischievous boys ("Jackey" and "Jimmy") playing a prank with an alarm clock. In the first panel, one boy tells the other to "Wait till I put her in, Jimmy, for she'll go off in two minutes"—referring to placing the clock in a shop window. The subsequent panels show the boys' surprise when a woman (likely a shop owner) discovers the ticking package they've left, apparently intended as a disruptive prank. The humor relies on wordplay and the chaos that ensues from the unexpected "surprise package." This represents typical turn-of-the-century children's mischief humor common in Judge magazine. The left page contains a Quaker Oats advertisement using sentimental language about nourishing children.