Judge, 1900-03-03 · page 4 of 16
Judge — March 3, 1900 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several humorous sketches satirizing early 20th-century American life and social conventions: **"More Desirable"** mocks English pronunciation pretensions, with a poem suggesting Americans prefer dropping "r's" to affected English accents. **"She Has Learned"** jokes about a woman claiming to understand "Washington's greatness" by citing that George Washington had red hair—satirizing superficial education. **"Judge's Favorites"** and subsequent farm scenes humorously depict rural life mishaps, including a hunter defying doctor's orders to use a flying machine for hunting. **"How He Kept Off"** shows a professor using the flying machine to escape hunting obligations, with the final panel titled "How the machine worked," likely depicting an absurd failure—satirizing both early aviation enthusiasm and the impracticality of emerging technology.
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MORE DESIRABLE. Sea it SHE tells me that an English lord t She never means to wed, ‘And why she thus makes up her mind Most plainly may be read. Instead of one who drops his “* h,” This maiden hard to please Would much prefer a yankee swain Who likes to drop his ** v's,"" MCLANDBURGH WILSON, GK AS Sa oy SHE HAS LEARNED. 66] UNDERSTAND now the se~ cret of Washington's great- ness,” said Miss Titian as she laid down the book she had been read- ing. “ What was it ?” “ This author, who cites docu- ments to prove his statements, says that Washington had red hair.” WHAT THEN? a Hibernian (newly landed) — k % : “ Phwot in the wurruld do the bell Photo. by Pach, be put on the cow fe Jersey farmer—* To keep her EDNA MAY. from gettin’ lost. Dainty, demure as any spring-time day, ae: Aipink pearl in &somembat faahy sting, Hibernian —" But suppose she talent hopetul yet with some regretting, ote oe A preity child too early tired of play— do be deef, phwot thin ? Aho sit, made and marred by public petting? T cannot tell, but maybe Edina may. JUDGE'S FAVORITES. “Please, Uncle John, did the bossy cow strain her milk when she fell down ?” ALU TRESPASSING Tos ao wae odes, pat I've got to think some way out of this. | PREF, TuRNEMOUT |; IMVENTOR. ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO, “Say, professor, fix me up with a flying-machine. I've got doctor’ to nag SY, Profesor Sx me up with a Aying-machine, I've got doctor's orders Fide te machine worked! HOW HE KEPT OFF; OR, A SUGGESTION TO OTHER HUNTERS. comicbooks.com