Judge, 1899-12-16 · page 4 of 16
Judge — December 16, 1899 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine combines several distinct items: **Upper left:** A portrait of "Miss Painterton" with commentary on her beauty, paired with a poem titled "Saved It All" about financial prudence through stock investments. **Center-right:** An ornate Art Nouveau illustration labeled "No. XIV—The Man in the Fireband," apparently part of a series. **Bottom section:** Humorous anecdotes labeled "Judge's Favorites" and "How It Looked," featuring dialogue about marital misunderstandings and comic situations. The final cartoon, "A Slip of the Tongue," shows what appears to be a bear and rabbit discussing the luck of "rabbits' feet." The page primarily showcases satirical humor through brief jokes and witty observations about contemporary social situations—particularly marriage, class anxieties, and financial matters—rather than direct political commentary.
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SAVED IT ALL. [ AM my own dear Santa Claus And in life's easy-chair I'm rocking, ‘And this in truth is all because My cash I've put into a stock- ing. HER DISTINCTION. . ‘Mss PAINTERTON isa beautiful girl.” “Yes, indeed; and her beauty is more than skin-deep ‘1 too. I should say it was two- skins deep at least.” NOT FROM CARE. Beth (noticing the bark of a small elm-tree that grew by the roadside) —" Gracious! it's beginning to wrinkle already, and it isn’t half as old’s I am.” THE NEXT QUESTION. SSYVHAT is your occupa- tion, my good woman?” said the examining attorney to the witness for the defendant. Photo, by Hoyle “Oi'm a washerwoman, JUDGE'S FAVORITES. sorr.”” ACE: CRORGE, “ Where do you hang out?” Youlve been in many pretty thing You're quite angelic, save for ‘oeyaferea Youu art "Says may. DESERVE IT. vey ottre lovely av Wough yo had * Ben-Hur.” Mrs. Peck —“ Foreigners have to get married twice, I see.” It WAS the poet of North Dak vho said to the Mr. Peck rves ‘em poet of South Dakota, “Say, Bill, it's a mighty right. Darn a foreigner, any- long time between thinks.” how {* NO. XIV.—TILLMAN THE FIREBRAND, Junce’s design for stained-glass windows to be placed in the national museum at Washington, D. C. HOW IT LOOKED, Butty Varpe—"' Don't let Mrs. Van Dyke hear you, but Van Dyke's mother- -. in-law must be paying him a good long visit.” A SLIP OF THE TONGUE. Mapzon Squirt —** Why do you think that ?” Mr. Bear —** They say that rabbits’ feet are lucky to carry, Mr. BULLY VakDE—" He's been a fixture at the golf-club for two weeks, and Bun, Do you think so?’ keeps whistling, ‘I'd leave my happy home for you." Mx. BUN —"* Yes—no—no-0-0-0-0 !" comicbooks.com