Judge, 1900-10-06 · page 3 of 16
Judge — October 6, 1900 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Judge magazine presents satirical vignettes mocking everyday absurdities. The sketches include: 1. **Jersey Mosquito**: A man complaining about aggressive insects biting him at night—likely satirizing New Jersey's notorious mosquito problem. 2. **Collar-Button**: A domestic complaint about a lost button, a common household frustration. 3. **Golf-Ball**: A golfer's exaggerated claim about his shot distance. 4. **Chicken Dinner**: A complaint about missing poultry at mealtime. The central photograph appears to be a portrait, possibly of a public figure, though identification is unclear from the image alone. The large bottom cartoon, "Taking No Chances," depicts an "Eastern Tourist" negotiating with a Western figure over firearms and payment—satirizing Western frontier stereotypes and tourist anxieties about frontier violence and robbery.
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SCENES FROM TOPSYTURVYLAND. THERE WAS A “BUT.” ‘sP)OES Mr. Jones live here?" asked Mr. Barlow, who was seeking a former acquaintance. The question was answered by a colored woman who came to the door, “ He do, but he's dead now.” 1, Jensey mosquito — “Great Scott ! men are biting hard to-night. 2. GoLy- nat —* Here's where I make a three- hundred-yard stroke.” EVIDENTLY. Warwick —“ Mohammed's idea was that the church should advance by means of warfare.” Wickwire—“Ah, he'd have the choi ini i 4, Citicken—"Ab tell you, it's a cold day when hols: and. minister quarreling’ all tbe) iu chicken don't hava coon for dlaies.” time, would he? 8, CoLLar - purron —"* Blank that blank, blank man! I'm all the time losing him.” CHicagy 31060 008 . TAKING NO CHANCES, ive EASTERN ToURIST—*' I am glad you are satisfied with the one hundred dollars I paid you for services, and as I have taken a fancy to your two revolvers I'll Rive you twenty-five dollars for them.” WESTERN cutbe—"' Thankee, friend ; but if after you got me two guns you should take a fancy to have your one hundred and twenty-five dollars back, whar would I be? No offense, pard, but I guess I'll keep me guns.” 1 comicbooks.com