Judge, 1900-05-05 · page 4 of 16
Judge — May 5, 1900 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical humor pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **"Biblical Times"** mocks naive questions about historical accuracy, with a character asking if Moses invented the hitchingpost. **"Judge's Favorites"** presents Olive Burnett's poetry about taking a "second love" to theaters and dances—satirizing romantic sentimentality. **"To the Island"** jokes about matrimonial desperation, with a woman claiming she'd relocate for a man if she had "the 'mon.'" **"Fresh"** depicts a man and woman at a piano, with dialogue about "fresh air" as a tuberculosis cure, likely mocking both health fads and flirtation. The cartoons employ period-typical caricature styles and target upper-class social pretensions, romantic conventions, and pseudoscientific health claims. Most references are generic social satire rather than commentary on specific political events.
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BIBLICAL TIMES. “e¢\A AMMA,” asked ‘Dor- othy in a whisper; as she watched a man for the first time unscrew a city hy- drant, from which gushéd'a stream of water, “is that Moses smiting that hitching- post?” HOPELESSLY OB- SCURE. Askins —* Then our de- ceased brother was not a prominent citizen ?” Teller —" Prominent ? Why, that man could return from Europe, and not get more than a two- or three- column interview !" TO THE ISLAND. Jinks—"V'd take my girl to the Thousand islands if only I had the ‘ mon.’ Winks —"-The ‘Thou- sand islands? I find it hard to take my girl to one.” Photo. by Sarony. UDGE'S FAVORITES. OLIVE REDPATH. Dear girl, I had to take a second look To recognize you—serious, with a boo Where are your lines and laughter, songs and dances? Books are but words, of vain imagining, While you are what laspires them—the real thing. Liftup your eyes, and there we'll read romances, SEARCH FOR INFORMATION. 6 DAPA,” asked Philip Perkasie, country was Pandemonium king of ?" “Pandemonium is not the name of a monarch, Philip.” “Oh, he must have been, papa, because I read in the papers that Pandemonium reigned ” TO PASS AWAY THE TIME, Dorothy (seeing a rooster stan ‘one foot while he scratches his neck with the other)—" Goodness! there’s a rooster playing a jew's-harp!” ANOTHER CONTRACTION OF THE CURRENCY, WOMAN'S WAY. [ TOLD my love to him, aye, full and free, Though he ne'er spake one word of love to me; And:when I kissed his brow—a woman weak— With ‘clinched hand he struck me on the cheek. Then I bent down, aye—whether scored or no— And fondly kissed the hand that dealt the blow. For thus will woman do, when she’s the toy— The abject slave—of a wee baby-boy ! JUDITH SPENCER, E 5 Mr. OwL—"*Say, Marie, can't by? OUR NEW ACQUIREMENTS. sues ePaning wale at four MAYELOWER descendants, boast no more With your exclusive ways ; For all of us can now date back Unto colonial days. FRESH. They say fresh air is a sure cure for consumption.” “Ah, Ferdy, then you must be a regular sanitarium ; for you have the freshest air of any man I know.” comicbooks.com