Judge, 1900-02-10 · page 6 of 16
Judge — February 10, 1900 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects several brief satirical jokes and cartoons typical of Judge's humor: **"Wrongfully Accused"** mocks judicial injustice—a man accused of bigamy protests he's merely a murderer of his wife and children, as if that's a *better* crime. **"Losing Both Arms in the Philippines"** satirizes the ongoing Philippine-American War (post-1898), criticizing an expedition leader who delays progress by constantly stopping to write and memorize lecture material rather than focus on the mission. **"Sorry the Day"** uses racist humor (common to the era) suggesting African Americans' only cultural contribution is "coon-songs." **"His Little Scheme"** jokes about vanity publishing—a man gets his poem printed by writing a fake reader letter praising himself. **"The Only One Large Enough"** uses "Uncle Sam" (America) as metaphor: the nation has grown so large it requires a crib "of the deep" (ocean)—possibly referencing territorial expansion. Other items mock family life, Arctic exploration, and economic mobility. The page reflects Judge's mix of political commentary and light social satire.
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COULD PROVE IT. JONAH (inside of whale)—" I wish I'd brought my camera along. Nobody ‘Il ever believe this,” WRONGFULLY ACCUSED. #6 ARE you the bigamist who married forty-four wives?” she asked timidly of the mild- looking man behind the bars. “No, ma‘am,” he replied with virtuous indignation ; “I'm only the man who killed his wife and five children.” W Hy, 7 l/ “ LOSING BOTH ARMS IN THE PHILIPPINES. A COLD, HARD THEME. *s\JE DON'T appear to be making much prog: ress,” said one member of the north-pole ex: ploring expedition to another. “No,” replied the other; “our leader is an awful slow writer, and thinks he must stop the whole expedi- tion each morning while he commits to memory the parts of his lecture that he wrote the day before.”” HOME MUSIC. QUUR new baby is like the grand opera, ‘Though perhaps with diminished delight ; There's the singing, grand marches and encores, ‘And loud calls for the author each night. SORRY THE DAY. Jaggles—" What did your friend mean when he said this country would have been better off if there had never been any negroes here ?” Waggles—*| suppose he meant we wouldn't have had any coon-songs.” ‘Tue rroresson—" I'm glad I brought my umbrella with me.” HIS LITTLE. SCHEME. . How in the world did van Scribbler get his poem pub- lished 2” Didn't you hear? He wrote a constant-reader letter to the edit- or, requesting that it be printed.” THE ONLY ONE LARGE ENOUGH. O BIG his family has become ‘That, when they go to sleep, Now Uncle Sam must rock them in The cradle of the deep. CHANGED CONDITIONS. Father — That man should be an example to you, my son. He entered a store as office-boy and worked himself up until in a few years he owned the business.” Son— He could never do that ' WILLING!'TO-OBLIGE. in these days, pa, when they have H ; Conild yer spare mie a quanies sir? days. | a have nothing smaller than a fifty-dollar bill.” cash-registers. Reccar—" Well, slide ‘er out. If it’s good I'll change it fer yer.” comicbooks.com