Judge, 1901-02-09 · page 7 of 16
Judge — February 9, 1901 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects light satirical humor typical of early 20th-century American magazines: **"In the Public Eye"** — A meta-commentary on celebrity and notoriety, suggesting people attract attention for both good and bad reasons. **"In Greenland"** — A domestic joke about sleep deprivation from an infant, playing on the exotic locale for mundane complaint. **"Forewarned and Forearmed"** — Rural characters (Uncle Ephraim and Aunt Martha) plan to reuse old newspaper articles about cold weather rather than prepare anew—satirizing rural thriftiness and poor memory. **"A Pig Soliloquy"** — Gentle class satire: a pig envies aristocrats' mud-puddles, inverting typical luxury comparisons. **"Maple Gold"** — Sentimental nature poetry undercut by practical humor: the real value is maple syrup on pancakes, not aesthetic beauty. **"In Theatric Parlance"** — Theater industry joke: "the ghost walks" (payroll arrives) means actors finally get paid. **"Striking His Gait"** — Visual humor of a dog with an exaggerated posture. **"A Gentle Hint"** — Misunderstanding joke about a poem titled "Long Overdue." Overall: gentle, non-political domestic and professional humor.
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IN THE PUBLIC EYE WEY do some people we might «mention Attract such general attention? For causes various, of course— Some’ better, but the most part worse, > “X The crowd will always make a Se f fuss rer any one ridiculous ; So if you're ‘tin the public eye” ‘Tis well to know the reason why. IN GREENLAND. Ss PID you sleep well D last night?” “No; the baby woke me up every three or four weeks.” FOREWARNED AND FOREARMED. Aunt Martha—' The daily paper says an awful cold wave will be due here to-morrow.” Uncle Ephraim — ! “That so? Well, say, get that article on the cold New-year's of ’sixty- A PIG SOLILOQUY. — four that we cut out of a newspaper a while ago an’ I'l-read up on it Wir Sow—" Say, Fatty, just think of the elegant mud-puddles kings and little. My memory is gittin’ rather unreliable, an’ in the cold snap of queens must have !” last winter I couldn't say nothin’ down ter the store.” APLE GOLD. On the lawn the maple, Int the crisping cold, To the wind surrenders All its flakes of gold. Butterflies in eddies Are these golden leaves In the fairy vision ‘That our fancy weaves. Yet the maple’s richest Gold our joy upbuilds When its amber syrup All the pancake gilds. we. . MUNKITTRICK. IN THEATRIC PARLANCE. Amateur—" What does it mean in the- atrical circles when they say the ‘ghost walks’ ?” Veteran actor—* \t means that the rest of us don’t have to.” “STRIKING HIS GAIT." A GENTLE HINT. “have just completed a most touching poem. It is called * Long Overdue.” Eprru—** What is it about?” ship.” p. zening)—"* Oh, T thought perhaps it was about a proposal of marriage.” comicbooks.com