Judge, 1899-04-22 · page 7 of 18
Judge — April 22, 1899 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct satirical pieces mocking generational attitudes and modern life: **"A Wise Demand"** and **"Unable to State"** form a paired joke about generational conflict. A young woman condescends to an elderly woman's old-fashioned hobbies (embroidery, reading classic novels), repeatedly pressuring her to adopt modern activities—golfing, biking, reading Kipling. The elderly woman's repeated "I never..." responses (never golfed, never biked, never kippled) suggest stubborn resistance to contemporary trends, while her serene patience subtly mocks youth's assumption that novelty equals superiority. **"Highland Lassie"** is a sentimental poem celebrating Scottish traditions and whisky—contrasting sharply with the modern woman's pestering above. **"A Modern Comparison"** is a weather joke where two New Yorkers exaggerate a snowstorm as "southern" in severity—typical urban hyperbole humor. **"A Yard of Boarding-House Chickens"** is a chaotic cartoon illustration at the bottom (the "apologies" reference suggests it parodies another publication's art). The page satirizes the era's generational divide and youth's uncritical embrace of modernity.
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A WISE DEMAND. Mrs. NewLywep—"'I want you to doa little five-minute errand for me to-night, John, on your way home from work.” Mr. Newiywen—"*All right, love, Hurry up and tell me what it is as quick as possible, for I've got to be down to the office by half-past nine, and it’s seven o'clock now. UNABLE TO STATE, HE js an elderly lady who likes to do fancy-work and read over and over again the novels and the po which were popular when she was a girl. @ woman was fond of her, but could not resist the temptation which often assails youth to parade su perior knowledge of matters of current consequence The up-to-date yor “Don't you get tired of making all those centre-pieces and doylies?” asked the lass as she on the friend's seated herself step near her chair. answer; “that is my amusement.” * Teisn’t a very exe musement.” y: but 1 have tried other things, and I like this best.” “Don golfing? tion was surely not prompted by a lack of information, A glance at’ the placid old lady would have been suf- ficient to show that she did not indulge in so athletic a recres But that is the way of youth, you e The ques- “1 don't know. Fi dear," came the an- 6) swer softly and with- 4 out a tinge of reproach: “I never golfed.” “You ought to. Everybody yolfs now: adays. Before your visit here is ended | am going to take you bik- ing with m STAN bw. B comovncn HIGHLAND LASSIE. A glint o*suntight on the brae, ‘A game o' golt on a lowery day, A partner braw that kens the way To win wi’ cleek and brassie ‘of whuskey “gainst the ¢ No, xiv. ese things are more than Kok, Of course O bonnie Highland lassie. hat.” know, dear,” came the answer in precisely the same tone; “ never biked.” * But you can't embroider all the time. What do you do besides?” “Tread. “The old-fashioned books I saw up in your room? “Yes. Loften wish | could spare the time to read the stories 1 hear talked of now. But there were so many good ones written before | cared for reading that I haven't caught up yet. “But of course you like Kipling ! animation the young woman ¢ imed with And in the former tone of entire serenity the yood old lady answered, 1 don’t know, my dear; | never kippled. eviLannen sore, A MODERN COMPARISON. First New~Yorker—* My! but this is weather.” Second New - Yorker. ‘es, indeed—a regular southern blizzard.” A YARD OF BOARDING-HOUSE CHICKENS,—( With apologies to the Art Imerchange,) comicbooks.com