Judge, 1901-01-12 · page 6 of 16
Judge — January 12, 1901 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical vignettes typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"Her Papa Was a Broker"**: A child misunderstands "Holstein bull" (cattle breed) as "Holstein bears," mocking wealthy families' pretentious knowledge and children's innocent confusion. **"A Higher Authority"**: Mr. Dinkey reads his wife a court ruling allowing husbands unrestricted late hours. Mrs. Dinkey humorously "overrules" it, asserting her domestic authority supersedes legal authority—satirizing the tension between emerging women's rights and traditional marital power dynamics. **"In Topsyturvy Land"**: A clothing store clerk anticipates profiting from insurance after "collecting" from a client, inverting normal business logic. **"Satisfactory" and "Accounted For"**: Minor domestic humor pieces about theatrical lighting and a dirty child. The page satirizes class pretensions, marital dynamics, and working-class perspectives through simple joke structures typical of Judge's humor circa 1900s-1920s.
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HER PAPA WAS A BROKER. soxns—"' That, my dear, was a Holstein bull.” HEL Boyys—" Ob! And do they have Holstein * bears,’ too?” A HIGHER AUTHORITY. . “MY DEAR,” said Mr. Dinkey pleasantly, “here's a piece in the paper that will interest you.’ “What is it about?” asked Mrs, Dinkey. “Tris a de- cision by a court in San Francisco that husbands may keep as late hours as they please, and that they are not at all accountable to. their wives for their times or their where» abouts. What do you think of IN DANGER. that?” “You'd better keep still, or the collector ‘Il get you.” “What do I think of that?” repeated Mrs, Dinkey. * What I think of that is simply this, Charles Frederick—that so far as this household is concerned that opinion is hereby overruled and set aside. Is there any more business before the here being no further business, the court was ad- journed. SATISFACTORY. Jay—* Were there many theatrical lights at the Carol- ing Cajolers’ ladies’ da: Mrs, Jay —" Oh, Saverio some bright, luminous rz IN TOPSYTURVY. LAND: flitted by every now and then, Croriine-store—" Won't I have a gay time when 1 ‘0 Say nothing of the ex-rays collect the insurance on him? trying hard to scintillate.” ACCOUNTED FOR. h, how dirty your face is, little boy!" Boy—" Yes'm; we hain’t had no company fer more’n a week.” comicbooks.com