Judge, 1900-05-26 · page 7 of 16
Judge — May 26, 1900 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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**"A Pathetic Story"** presents an art instructor moved to tears describing a sentimental sheep painting to his students. When asked if he loves sheep, one girl enthusiastically agrees—only for the instructor to reveal his farmer father kept sheep for twenty years before selling them off. The punchline: the instructor then callously states he'd "go five miles to kick a sheep," deflating the sentimentality entirely. The satire targets affected artistic emotion and the pretense of refined feeling. **"An Epicure"** shows a goat eating an encyclopedia, captioned as enjoying "an intellectual feast"—a straightforward joke about animals lacking discrimination. **"How the Artist Fooled the New Cook"** (four-panel comic, bottom) appears to depict someone (likely the artist character) playing a prank on a new cook using household items, though the specific trick remains visually unclear. The page's recurring theme mocks artistic pretension and sentimental affectation popular in the period.
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