Judge, 1900-11-24 · page 4 of 16
Judge — November 24, 1900 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This Judge magazine page contains several short humorous pieces and illustrations rather than a unified political cartoon. The main items include: 1. **"Judge's Favorites"** – A poem praising an "Angel in a Royal Family," likely referencing a European royal woman of the era. 2. **Various comic vignettes** with animal characters (dogs, frogs, cats) exchanging witty dialogue—typical of period humor magazines. 3. **Miscellaneous jokes** on everyday topics: soldiers, the moon, a drummer in Arizona, and a drowning lobster. The page is primarily **light entertainment rather than political satire**. It reflects early 20th-century Judge magazine's style: mixing gentle social observation, animal-based humor, and puns. Without clearer identification of specific historical figures or events, the satirical targets (if any) remain unclear to a modern reader.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
OLD SNOWBALL, © WONDER with stealthy step he goes At midnight when all is still. Thanksgiving’s here, and well he knows ‘The henhouse under the hill, ITS STATUS. Airs. Hoon —" What is the size of China's standing army ?" Mr, Hoon —" China has no standing army ; it is continually on the run.” NOT SO BAD. Ms: UPTODATE MALA- PROP, telling a sad story of the sufferirigs of a crippled friend, finished the recital of woe by saying, “The poor man can’t walk a step, and has ta sit in an in- fidel chair all the time.” “What a pity, and so bad for his immortal soul!" replied VORITES: her sympathetic but mischievous listener. "a TERMS OF SURRENDER. SMALL VoIcE (inside)—" Papa, if you promise to put away the stick I'll come out,” iasnit “Oh, no!” promptly contradicted Mrs. Malaprop, “it’s his spine that’s afflicted.” ‘* PRINCESS ANGELA” IN ‘A ROYAL FAMILY,” Lovely as any heroine of fab Princess as sweet as in stale, By what enchantment new art thou thus able To conjure dreams that make real life seem pale? For sceptred royalty might envious be Of such dominion as is held by thee. THE HEROES OF THE HOUR. LIVES of great men now remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Foot-balls on the sands of time. A DISTINCTION WITH A DIFFERENCE, Smith— Isn't that Bryan orator a regular monkey?” Jones- and also a regular harangue-outang.” THE LIMITATIONS OF WISDOM. Se THE moon,” said Benny Wise, gravely addressing h younger sister, “ is a lantern that God hangs out so 's folks can see at night.” “ But why,” asked the little girl, “ doesn’t He hang “cause "—drawing himself up with dignity, and preparing to leave the room—“ He doesn't have to, I s'pose. Huh!" Tom Froc—** Heavens! EXPLAINED. “ELINE COMEDIAN —"t Why, old chap, what is the matter?” FELINE TRAGEDIAN —"* Just been trying my new play on the dog,” I forgot that a lobster swims backwards,” WOULD APPRECIATE IT. | WISH I was a shirtwaist man, The turkey cried, distressed, For then it wouldn't be my fate To be beneath a vest. THE DIFFERENCE. Smith —"“ The dog's tail can't wag the dog, can it?” Brown —*"No, but the landed fish cannot wag his tail without wagging the entire fish.” A QUESTION OF LO CALITY, HE affable eastern drummer, passifig through the alkali district of Arizona, hailed a na- tive driving by with, “ Howdy, stranger?” “Ob, I'm cistern, podner.” “You're what ?” “T'm cistern, I'm healthy.” “ You mean you're well “No, Idon’t nuther ; this is the dryest place on earth, and I don't use no well.” eomichooks fj m