Judge, 1900-04-21 · page 4 of 18
Judge — April 21, 1900 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains **humorous short stories and illustrations** rather than political satire. The content includes: **"Judge's Favorites"** - A photograph labeled "Florence Rockwell as 'Oliver Goldsmith'" with accompanying theatrical commentary. **Comic narratives** including: - "It Used to It" - A hotel anecdote about summer accommodations - "A Safe Investment" - Charitable advice about giving to the poor - "Easter Feathers" - A quip about fine feathers and church display - "The Little Wheel Behind" - A joke about a child's bicycle - "A Hare-Raiser" - Beginning of a story involving Miss Southerland receiving a telegram - "A Kind Coon" - A dialect story (period-typical racial humor) The page primarily showcases **light entertainment and domestic humor** typical of early 20th-century magazines, with minimal political content. The illustrations are humorous rather than satirical.
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a Photo, by Morrison. JUDGE'S FAVORITES. YLORENCE ROCKWELL—IN ** OLIVER GOLDSMITH." (One reason why this comedy 40 charms us ‘And bears us back to " Boswell’s Johnson” days, Spring lamb with mint upon it Isa dish for any king ; But when the lamb springs o'er the mint It's quite a dangetous thing. EASTER FEATHERS. +4 PINE feathers make fine birds," you say? You must have spoken that in sport ; | For, judging from the church display, Dorothy (on the hotel Fine feathers cut their lives off short. | piazza at Niagara falls)— “Goodness! I should think that river ‘d get aw- fully dizzy turning summer- sets like that.” THE LITTLE WHEEL BEHIND. Beth (who has never before seen an out-of- style ordinary bicycle) —“ Goodness! there’s a be wheel that’s been divorced and it's got the custody ‘of the child, too.” A SAFE INVESTMENT. GIVE pity to those who toil and weep, For such to the Lord are lent ; And always remember that talk is cheap And advice doesn't cost a cent. A HARE-RAISER. 1, Miss Southerland received a telegram— \ \ \ ZN A KIND COON. Coronet SHooTER—"* What are you doing in my fowl-house, you black rascal ?* SHANGHI SAM—" Why, Colonel Shooter, I—TI laid in bed an’ it wuz so cold out I thought ; de colonel’s chickens will be froze to def, an’ T’s dat tendev-hearted dat I got right up out uv 2. ——the startling contents of which made each bed an’ couldn't rest till I wrapped em’ up nice an’ warm in mah coat.” individual hare stand on end, comicbooks.com