Judge, 1900-05-19 · page 3 of 16
Judge — May 19, 1900 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical cartoons and humorous pieces from an early 20th-century American magazine. **Top cartoon ("Serious Symptoms")**: Features "Dusty Doolittle" and "Daisy Doily" discussing domestic concerns—likely commentary on working-class anxieties. **"Better Let a Junta Attend to It"**: Shows the Sultan of Turkey discussing strained relations with Russia, referencing Ottoman-Russian tensions. The joke suggests military intervention ("trochas or kopjes"—military fortifications) is needed. **"A Centaur"**: Contrasts hobbies and horses—a man on a hobby-horse versus one on an actual horse. **"Professor Blowhard Minds the Baby"**: Three-panel domestic humor showing a professor incompetently babysitting, concluding with him not recognizing his own horn as a photograph. The page mixes political satire with domestic comedy typical of Judge's era.
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SERIOUS SYMPTOMS. Dusty Dottie —" How dirty your face is" Daisy Doity—"* Yes; I'm beginning to get worried about it! I hain’t sweat for a week.” BETTER LET A JUNTA ATTEND TO IT. SSYES," observed the sultan of Turkey, “ matters are somewhat strained between my beloved country and Russia. I have been reading up a little on recent wars, and I am in something of a puzzle as to whether, if matters come to a crisis, we had better conduct our de- fense behind trochas or kop- jes.” “In case of war with Russia,” replied the “I think we had better trek.” A CENTAUR. A MAN may ride his hobby ‘And a man may ride. his horse, But between them there's a difference, Which you comprehend, of course, A man that’s mounted on his horse May get off whene’er he will, But once mounted on his hobby Till he dies he's on it still. ®. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. Whenever the salt-cellar refuses to act, try the. effect of a spanking. A * Little boy blue, come blow your horn ; The sheep are in the meadow and the cows are in the corn.” Bes PROFESSOR BLOWHARD MINDS THE BABY, Proressor BLowHanp— I think I'll play the Proressor BLowHARD—"‘Ah! here itis. A baby a tune that will keep him quiet.” nice little lullaby.” Prorrssor BLowHarD — ‘Great Scott! I didn’t know my big horn was a phonograph.” comicbooks.com