Judge, 1899-12-09 · page 3 of 16
Judge — December 9, 1899 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains several humor sketches satirizing domestic life and social situations circa early 20th century. **Top cartoon** ("What Stopped Him"): A large man discusses his grandmother's weight (ninety-seven pounds) and warns against waking the house—satirizing domestic tensions and complaints about in-laws. **Middle sections** include brief humorous anecdotes about everyday life: an old clock that won't work, a man encountering a steeplejack, and marital discord during childbirth. **"A Blow on the Head"** sketch depicts someone being struck, likely illustrating comic physical humor. **Bottom cartoon** ("Incompetent"): A farmer's wife questions a hired hand about operating a threshing machine, suggesting incompetence among rural laborers—a common turn-of-century stereotype about farm workers' limited skills. The page emphasizes domestic comedy and working-class humor typical of Judge's satirical approach.
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THE SMALL COON —"* Dar is only one tin THE BIG Cou! d what am dat, sah THE sMALL coon — WHAT STOPPED HIM. To? MAMMA’S caution that Bennie shouldn't beat his new drum while the folks were asleep the little fellow replied, “It won't wake them up, mamma ; I'll do it on tiptoe.” OLD SNOWBALL. [7 NEEDS no second glance to see He's just as thankful as can be; He never would have got the turk Had not the spring-gun failed to work, SURE ENOUGH! Little Mike (who has an inquir- ing mind) —“Feyther, phwere was Solomon's timple?” MeLubberty (promptly) —“ Solo- mon’s timple, is ut? On the soide av his head, av coorse.” REVOLUTION is obstructed evo- Jution. Mrs. FARMER WHIFFLETREE: Weary WILLIE—" No, ma'am! 1g dat prevents me from calling yo" a liar, sab !" ES PLENTY LARGE ENOUGH. “Mah grandfather weighed two hundred pounds, and mah grandmother only weighed ninety-seven, and I take after mah grandmother, sab." WOULDN'T DISTURB THEM. ?T Was the first time Willie had ever seen a steeple-clock. “ My!" he exclaimed in surprise, “I should think when a house gets as big 's that one it's large enough to have a watch-pocket.” THE BATTLE OF LIFE, ITS no wonder we feel squirmish When the men of wedlock prattle ; An engagement ‘s but a skirmish, But a marriage a pitched battle. JUDICIOUS FAILURES. Mrs. Ikenstein mein wandering poy * Velcome home, They Ikenstein—" Danks | mamma; but firsdt tell me how is papa?” Mrs, Ikenstein— Failing rapidly, Ikey, failing rapidly !—dot is as he can mitout oxciting der suspicions ohf his greditors.”” INCOMPETENT. “* Hey, you! Do know how to run a thrashing-machine ?* y I thought I did till I married a widow with ten children,” comicbooks.com