Judge, 1900-11-03 · page 4 of 14
Judge — November 3, 1900 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two satirical fables with moral lessons typical of Judge magazine's humor. **Top cartoon** ("Hard on the Man"): A Miss Elephant demands assurance from a man in bed that no one else is beneath it. The fable mocks female jealousy and paranoia in relationships, suggesting women are unreasonably suspicious. **Bottom cartoon** ("Her Idea"): A woman asks a man for fifty dollars, claiming she only asked for tea yesterday but now wants more money. The satire ridicules women's perceived greed and manipulation—the implied joke being that women exploit men financially through escalating requests. Both fables exemplify early-20th-century misogynistic humor common in Judge, presenting women as either irrationally jealous or mercenary. The morals reinforce stereotypical gender attitudes of that era.
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Who would not be glad to own a Ranch in parching Arizona, Where they've noble hearts, although they're shy of water? Who would not go there to meet a Girl like bonny, sweet Bonita? Mf they really grow such flowers as ‘Canby's daughter. FABLES. 1 CORN-fed philosopher, gifted with rare reasoning facul- sone day -faring, when he was confronted by a highwayman who bellowed “Your money or your life Then the philos- opher auswered composedly, as philosophers should, “My dear man, your threat brings me no fear. We be- gin to die the moment we are born. Wherefore what matters a few moments more or less?” “ Very true,” said the highwayman ap- proving] I'm new to this business and have been annoyed by scruples and prejudices, which I now renounce.” He thereupon blew out the philosopher's brain and decamped with his valuables. This fable shows that the tenets of philosophy are highly dangerous to the vulgar-minded and vicious. HARD ON THE MAN. Miss Everitant—"* Gracious me! I do believe there’s a man under my bed.” un, Two men being engaged in a game of poker, which is a game of chance, a bystander observed a cunning juggler secrete up his sleeve the last link in a bob-tailed flush and whispered this fact to the farmer who had dealt.“ Mention it not; ‘tis a trifle,” said the farmer, likewise whis- pering. Then the juggler bet the entirety of his pile and the farmer showed down four aces. Moral—Most men are magnanimous only when they have a sure thing, HER IDEA. Mr. Justwep —"* How dare you ask me for fifty dollars? Only yesterday you asked me for ten !" Mus’ Justwep —“‘And got one. I thought if I asked for fifty to-day I might get five.” comicbooks.com