Judge, 1901-01-05 · page 10 of 16
Judge — January 5, 1901 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several brief satirical jokes typical of late 19th/early 20th-century American humor: **"Working"** and **"Her Ready Reply"**: Light social comedy about children and class pretension—a milk bottle and barrel discuss "working for mother," while a stylishly dressed girl mistakes "red" for her own complexion, mocking nouveau riche affectation. **"A Financial Fancy"**: A pun about printing money on asbestos so people literally couldn't "burn" it—wordplay on the idiom "have money to burn." **"Incorrigible"**: Rural humor where relatives debate whether running a cider mill (producing alcohol) represents a family tendency toward intemperance. **"In Giant Land" and "In Topsyturvy Land"**: Whimsical fantasy panels with minimal satire—a giant rejecting kerosene, a cigar commenting humorously on its smoker. **"The Coming Year"**: A sentimental poem about anticipated pleasures—food, entertainment, wealth, leisure—reflecting middle-class aspirations. **"Before the Teacher Called"**: A classroom joke where a student avoids answering by quoting propriety ("children should be seen and not heard"). The page mixes social satire, puns, and gentle humor without clear political content.
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WORKING. MiLk-nortLe—" Hello! what are you doing?” Barret o¥ ciper —" I'm working.” MILK-norTt. What for?" BARREL oF cipeR —" For mother.” HER READY REPLY. $+ AND what color is this?” asked the teacher, pointing to the red. “That,” answered the little girl with the stylish frock, “ith complecthion.” A FINANCIAL FANCY. Smith —" It would be a good thing for society if they would print money on asbestos paper.” Jones —* Why ?” ‘Smith —" Because then no one would have money to burn.” INCORRIGIBLE. Uncle Ephraim —"\ had quite a talk with Abner to-day. He told me that Jed Tuttle runa cider-mill all fall down at Pinhook.” Aunt Martha —“ He did! And his brother that went to the city is stenographer in the factory that makes bottles. What a leanin’ toward intem- perance them boys have!” BEFORE THE TEACHER “CALLED” i Di fH oan IN GIANT LAND. Gtant—"' My goodness ! I'll never start my fire with kerosene any more.” IN TOPSYTURVY LAND. Cicar—" Ob, but I feel funny inside ! That's the bummest man I ever smoked.” THE COMING YEAR. H, THE days that are anear us with their multi- farious blisses ! There'll be something more to cheer us than mere bread and cheese and kisses. We'll get terrapin and chicken, shad that's planked will lead to rapture, And our spirits. how they'll quicken as the toothsome pie we'll capture. We'll go riding, we'll go driving, with a flunkey, more’s the glory, (Here's good-bye to endless striving, hail the state of hunkydory!) We'll view plays from choice positions, like the famed dramatic writers, Sit down front near the musicians and applaud like true first-nighters We'll have shekels in abundance, we'll not have to steal or borrow, And with lux'ries in redundance we will laugh at pain and sorrow Oh, the year with hope is gleaming, linked to naught but joy I deem it! If you think I'm only dreaming, pray just let a fellow dream it. HATHAN M, LEVY, HIM TO THE “FRONT.” Teacuier —" Hiram, tell us all you know about the lesson I gave you yesterday.” THE KID (who has forgotten, nervously)—* * Little boys should be seen an’ not heard.’ d comicbooks.com