Judge, 1900-07-21 · page 3 of 18
Judge — July 21, 1900 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated humor pieces typical of Judge magazine's format: **"A Boomerang"** depicts a domestic scene where a man and woman argue about circus work—apparently the woman worked as a circus ticket clerk and the man questions a premium payment. **"A Belated Tryst"** is a romantic poem about a man meeting a woman in mist. **"A Peculiar Case"** is a dialogue joke about naming a baby—the punchline involves confusion about which child in a large family is being discussed. **"One Good Point"** jokes about dogs versus women, playing on the phrase "bites you." **"The Soubrette"** contains verses about an actress and philosophical observations about weather prediction. The remaining items are brief humorous observations. No clear political satire or topical references are evident—these appear to be general-audience humor pieces.
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‘il! Marks (vindictively)—"' Confound it !" Mrs. Mark: Now what's th’ matter?” Marks (sad/y)—" A BELATED TRYST. SAW Aurora sleeping late Ina net of golden mist, When Phabus rode through the eastern gate And came to the place of tryst ; His magic fingers the mist - net broke, And, clasped in his arms, Aurora woke. A PECULIAR CASE. Foster —" Say, here 's a peculiar circumstance, Fen- wick, he ‘s a friend of mine and he 's got a young baby, and he wants to name it after some of his wife's folks.” . first child, 1 suppose ?” No, it’s his fourth, and he's been married fourteen years, Funniest case T ever heard of.” en i) th A BOOMERANG, You know that Chilian dollar I worked off on the circus ticket-clerk ? Confound it, th’ **Great Scott! I never had such a horrible gnawing sensa- tion in my stomach before. I sort of suspect that I didn’t quite kill that last rat I swallowed.” ONE GOOD POINT. Most —*I prefer dogs to women every time. When a dog kisses yo’, yo’ know he means it.” Pere —"* Wa-al, yais; but women is preferable to dogs some ways — when a woman bites yo’, yo’ don’t git hydrophobia.”” Paper says here there’s a half-dollar premium on ‘em '" THE SOUBRETTE. METHINKS this is a funny age! How soon we would impeach If she should venture on the stage Costumed as on the beach. NEW SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY. Edith (who always appears happy on a stormy day and unhappy when the weather is bright, on being asked the rea son) —“ When it’s stormy I know ‘twill clear off pleasant, and when it’s pleasant L know ‘twon’t be long before a storm.” Moon —'* Hang it! I believe they know I'm watching them. They always wait till a cloud covers my face.” comicbooks.com