Judge, 1901-01-19 · page 6 of 16
Judge — January 19, 1901 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate satirical pieces typical of 1900s American humor: **"The Landlord Would Have His Joke"** is a simple pun: a landlord mistakes a hypnotist (who "cures people of the blues") for a "cheerupodist"—a made-up word playing on "chiropodist." **"A Modern Instance"** satirizes the automobile craze and courtship rituals of early 1900s America. Willie Doolittle must gain an engineering degree just to safely take his beloved Susanna on a car ride after she demands an "auto-drive" before changing her name (marrying him). The joke mocks both the newfangled automobile's danger and female fickleness—Susanna elopes with another man via flying machine instead, leaving Willie with degrees useful only for writing magazine articles. **"Deacon Elderberry and His Times"** illustrates historical Puritan punishment: the ducking-stool, used against "common scolds" (outspoken women). The image shows this public humiliation device in action. The page reflects contemporary anxieties about new technology, gender roles, and Americana nostalgia.
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Vs Mj) Ii \\ WSS THE LANDLORD WOULD HAVE HIS JOKE. Laxptorp—"May Task what your profession is, Mr. Robin?" Mr. Rouin—" Certainly. I cure people of the blues by hyp- notic power.”” LanpLorp—" Oh, I see; you're what you might call a cheer- upodist.” A MODERN INSTANCE, USANNA JONES was immensely fond of automobiles. She never had been in one, but she so often had voiced her desire to be given a ride (electro, gaso or aéro) that Willie COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY 4UOGE Company OF NEW YORK Doolittle desperately ex- tended to her the coveted invitation. Willie loved her passionately. How pas- sionately may be guessed from the fact that he, too, never had been in an auto—and yet here he had dared to make this engagement with Susanna. For Susanna had said, kindly but firmly: “No, Willie, I never will change my auto- graph until I go for an auto-drive. So Willie deter- mined to risk all, and the date was set for May tenth, 1905. Then Wilhe went away to prepare. For four years he studied at the best polytechnic college in the country, where he took special courses in mechanics, dynamics, electrical engineering, and in other things necessary for the success of his venture. He also took an Ll. D., for damage suits, and an M. D., for broken necks, Thus equipped, with C. E., E. E., M.E., Li. D., M.D., and other degrees, he returned to mount his automobile and woo his bride. But—alas !—fickle Susanna had just eloped in a flying machine, with a man who had taken the flying-machine course in the very polytechnic with Willie. However, the pictures of the two elopers were published in the Sunday papers ! “ Seeing that she is so fickle,” quoth Willie, “I suppose I auto be glad.” Then he found that his education exactly fitted him for writing magazine articles on the Boer war and raising cabbages. Grorcrk WASHINGTON FLY—"'Oh, I did it with my little hatchet.” kDWwIN L Sabin, DEACON ELDERBERRY AND HIS TIMES.—No. 9. THE BOSTON DIP IN THE PURITAN DAYS. Any woman who abused her prerogative in those times, or, in other and less polite terms, was a ‘* common scold," was given a ride in the ducking-stool. comicbooks.com