Judge, 1899-08-12 · page 3 of 16
Judge — August 12, 1899 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate humorous pieces satirizing American life: 1. **"Teaching Under Difficulties"**: A schoolroom scene mocking a teacher trying to instruct a scholar who claims his father never told a lie—the joke being that the scholar himself admits lying about it. 2. **"The Sayings of Little Sammy Smith"**: Humor pieces about a boy's observations on life, including jokes about his father changing his name after marriage and his mother's nervous condition. 3. **"Puzzle Picture" and "His Reason"**: A visual puzzle asking readers to identify why boys won't enter a room, with the punchline revealing a man playing piano—the joke being that piano lessons are considered torture by children of the era. The page reflects turn-of-the-century American domestic humor and attitudes toward child-rearing and education.
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THE SAYINGS OF LITTLE SAMMY SMITH. H UMOR is things a feller says to you when you're feelin’ like laughin’ Pa says ‘he changed his name when he got married ; and now . Ma is threatened with nervous prostration. Pa says she’s got the kind that affects everybody else's nerves but hers. Of course I don’t know if that had anything to do with it, but Kit- tie Biggs tells more lies than ever since she's got her false teeth. Pa says women are like fount- ain-pens; they work till they drop, and make us poor fellers scratch till they get ready to do it again. TEACHING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. George Washington.” Oh, all right den. I'm going home and tell my dad you said he was a liar.” atten A ee Jones Surrn HIS REASON What did you give that fellow a quarter for?” Pa was defeated for alderman this spring. Ma said ‘twas ‘cause he didn’t put his heart in the fight, but pa said that wasn’t it—twas his leg. “Man is as the grass,” the preacher said, and I ast pa what it meant. He said it referred to ma’s folks and such, ‘cause they come up in the spring and stay all summer. Old Mister Grumpy come down to our house the other day and set in our new chair, and pretty soon he - begun to kind 0’ smile and look real pleasant. Pa reached for his cane and I went out and got a brick, but there wasn’t no cause for alarm, Ma had left her camera on the table and it was pointed right at the old man; that’s all. Davie nasuy, YE REE Why. since my daughter ’s been taking piano lessons | know how to appreciate good music comicbooks.com