Judge, 1899-07-29 · page 7 of 16
Judge — July 29, 1899 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple brief satirical jokes and cartoons typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"They Are Happy"** mocks German immigrants' contentment with farmland, suggesting their attachment is merely practical rather than patriotic. **"Adjusted to Environments"** satirizes New York's cramped living conditions—families are smaller because tenement flats offer limited space, presented as a caustic observation on urban poverty. **"The Simpler Plan"** jokes about a woman who spent $50,000 escaping a bogus nobleman, when she could have "bought him a title" cheaper—mocking both social-climbing and marital foolishness. **"One Perfect Man"** presents a domestic joke: a wife insists her first husband was perfect, a common complaint about remarriage. **"Good Raisers"** features Western dialect humor where "Bronco Bill" lists what ranchers raise: whiskers, hair, hides, cattle, and *tenderfoots in poker-games*—implying they swindle inexperienced easterners at cards. The page exemplifies Judge's mix of class commentary, immigrant humor, marital jokes, and regional stereotypes.
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ude THEY ARE HAPPY. ae UR German fellow. citizens who own com-fields are never homesick in the autumn.” remarked Bunting “ How is that?” asked Larkin * Because theit fodder- land ison theirown farms.” ADJUSTED TO EN- VIRONMENTS, Warwick— Statistics show that families in New York are smaller than any- where else in the country. What do you suppose is the cause Wickwire— The fact TUS SR THING. that so many New=Vork- Miss SumamitT—* What a pity one can’t play golf in winter.” ers are compelleg.to live Miss Patisape—'* What difference does that make? We can talk about it.” in flats, THE SIMPLER PLAN. Jack — "Yes, the nobleman she eloped with turned out to be bogus, and it cost her fifty thousand dollars to get rid of hi ETHeL—"' The foolish thing! She could have bought him a title for ten thousand.” ONE PERFECT MAN. THERE was one perfect man in life; I doubt it, but so claims my wife. And every day she tells it me— “Twas her first husband, so says she. THE RULE OF THREE. = Teacher—" obby, you may give me an ROT example of the rule of three. Poet—" I lived three weeks on that last poem of mi peated heb t habeas tani Bobby—" ‘The emperor of China, the dow= PorT—" Oh, no; but he threw me down six flight of stairs and I spent three weeks in the hospital.” ager empress and Li Hung Chang.” GOOD RAISERS. Tenpexroor—* What do you raise around here principally, my good fellow?” Bronco Bui—' Whiskers, hair and hides, cattle on the ranges, and tenderfoots in poker-games !"