Judge, 1900-08-18 · page 3 of 16
Judge — August 18, 1900 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated humorous items rather than a unified political cartoon. The top illustration, "Shakespeare in Possumville," satirizes a dramatic club's amateur production of *The Tempest*, with anthropomorphic possums performing the play—likely mocking pretentious local theater groups attempting Shakespeare. Below are three brief comic dialogues: "The Cruel Fair" (romantic humor), "Remedy for Heat" (domestic comedy about a woman cooling the kitchen), and "Horse-Talk" (a stallion boasting about winning prizes at a Jewish meeting—unclear what this references specifically). The bottom three-panel comic strip, "Her Scheme Worked," shows a domestic scenario where a woman's ruse successfully deceives her husband into thinking he overheard her voice while reading alone. Overall, this is light, domestic humor with no apparent political content—typical of Judge's miscellaneous entertainment section.
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THE CRUEL FAIR. WHEN Cupid discovered how dull was his dart, He sharpened it, straightway on Phyllis's heart. REMEDY FOR HEAT. Papa —“ Jessie, where is your mamm: Jessie—* She is down stairs cooling off the kitchen.” Papa — How is she doing that?” Jessie —" Blowing the cook.” [F THE people who cannot see a joke were not so funny themselves they would have no excuse for being. A TTECE PHONE ‘The Possumville dramatic club in ** The Tempest lay ; they were simply on an outing, when everything seemed so favorable—except, of course, the absence of the HORSE- TALK. I'm not a beauty, nor do I boast of being a runner, but I've won A MODEST REQUEST. WHEN 1 get declination blanks T turn them into money By writing on the back of each a poem grave or funny ; And so I'd make of publishers this very slight request — Please print your blanks on parch- ment bond —I like that pa- per best. ON THE SAFE SIDE, Mrs, Cobwigger (shaking carpet) — "Which end shall 1 take, my dear Cobwigger —“ Wait till 1 see how the wind is blowing.” * Harietta, who were you talking to as I passed just now?" HER SCHEME WORKED. “That's strange. I thought I heard that young CuaRLey (as Ae emerges)—" That's a great scheme, darling, but awfully warm work. I'm glad * Why, noone, papa; I was just reading aloud.” Pupley’s voice." he didn’t sit down and stay a while.” comicbooks.com