Judge, 1900-12-29 · page 4 of 17
Judge — December 29, 1900 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* contains several unrelated humorous sketches and anecdotes rather than a single political cartoon. The sections include: **"Hudges Favorites"** — A poem praising Grace Van Studdiford, likely a popular actress or performer of the era. **"Good Grounds," "Strong Compulsion," "Distinctions,"** and other brief comedic dialogues — These appear to be society humor, poking fun at upper-class behavior and domestic situations (divorce grounds, piano practice, social distinctions). **Illustrations** include a giraffe in a domestic setting (titled "In Topsyturvy Land") and a scene labeled "Out in Kansas," suggesting rural/regional humor. **"His Cogitation"** offers satirical commentary on biography and famous men. The page primarily features social satire about American middle and upper-class life rather than direct political commentary.
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MY ONLY CHANCE. [ WAS ill beyond expressing. 1 grew worse; it kept them guessing, and from life I was digressing at accelerated speed. ‘There was little consolation, and it seemed my expira- tion would occur per expectation —when the doctors disagreed. It seemed quite providential, and was doubtless most essential, that a thing so consequential and pro- found should be decreed. wh I grew better while they waited and discussed—prog- nosticated—to recover I was fated when the doc- tors disagreed. Tom Masson. GOOD GROUNDS. Stubbs —“On what grounds did Dunley get his divorce from little Buttercup, the heavy weight?” IN TOPSYTURVY LAND. Jaggs—“He said he couldn't get used to Rannit—'* Darn the luck! I don’t seem sleeping in a tent.” able to hit anything to-day.” Photo. copyright by Fredricks, JUDGE'S FAVORITES. GRACE VAN STUDDIFORD. Qne of the Graces, truly! When you speak We think you best in opera comique? Bat when You sing we straightway understand Such voice and action well become the grand. Sox grave or gay, thrguph afl your waite and faces, You're one, and not the least one, of the Graces. STRONG COMPULSION. 46] HAVE compelled m: to cease strumming on the piano,” said Mr. Goldsborough to Mr. Bunting. “ How did you manage it?" “| insisted upon singing every time she began to play. DISTINCTIONS. Mrs. Cobwigger—" So they are not in your set?” Mrs. Proudfut —No, indeed. They go to a gymnasium, while we attend a physical-culture class.” OUT IN KANSAS. ** Willie, won't you kiss your uncle ?” “I don't see no place !" HIS COGITATION. ++] IVES of great men,” ruefully remarked mild little Farmer Meeks, who had a perpetually- apologetic air and a huge and hawk-billed wife, “may remind us of the advisability of leavin’ foot- prints on the sands of time, but in all the biog- raphies of famous per- sonages that I have ever read I've never seen so much as a single line ad- vocatin’ the leavin’ of muddy tracks on the freshly - scrubbed kitchen floor.” PARADOXES, Crawford —* Didn't you ever stop to think that many doctors would die without their patients?” Crabshaw —"“Yes; and I've often thought that many patients would live without their doctors.’ ctor Mx. Razon (the barber) —"' There's n0 use talking, UNDER THE MISTLETOE. WOMAN, we. rng there's lot fa the way a fellow is dressed. Here I've at Miss Girarrk—"' Oh, mercy! Here comes that young Mister a man is like a child plied for a position in a dozen different barber-shops with- Ilippo. I do hope the ladder will be long enough for him to kiss me.” carrying water in a sieve. out success, and all because my trousers are ragged.” comicbooks.com