Judge, 1901-03-30 · page 3 of 16
Judge — March 30, 1901 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several satirical anecdotes and illustrated jokes typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine. **Top cartoon** shows children on a city street with a "No Spitting" notice, depicting social commentary on urban hygiene and child safety. **"The Crack Shots"** illustrations depict men and women in shooting poses, likely satirizing either marksmanship competitions or, more probably, the emerging women's suffrage movement—showing women engaging in traditionally male activities as social commentary. **Side sections** contain brief humorous dialogues mocking various social pretensions: wealthy people discussing burglarized silver, critics debating American literature, and workplace disputes. The humor derives from characters' self-important or illogical reasoning. The overall tone is gentle mockery of middle and upper-class American social conventions and aspirations, typical of Judge's satirical mission.
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NOTICE !! NO _SCITTING INTHE AIR | Nagel | UNDER PENALTY jor THe Unw Swaller it @& (f THE PROPER ANSWER. W'ot's der difference between true love and a bicycle ?” trifle compared None wrotever — every one t'inks dey've got de only proper brand, it's dead easy stole, gives most folks heart-failure, de original cost is only a Cuintiz —"* Oh, shut up, and I'll tell yer de difference — de more rocks dere is de easier true love runs !"" SIDE TALKS ON SOCIAL QUESTIONS. BLANCHE JEFFERSON and Rosa May Blackstone (both ladies of color) were walking down the avenue when a gentleman bowed to one of them. “ Why, Rosa May,” remonstrated the other, “' I'm s'prised at you, bowing to someone you don't know.” “ Not at all,” returned her companion, “ When a gentleman salutes me, I always return the solution.” GREAT GAIN, SAND the burglars really took all your ‘said Mrs. Fosdick. Yes," replied Mrs. Collingwood. “We lost our silver, but we feel amply repaid, for all the papers printed the fact that we keep a butler.” APPARENTLY, Jaggles—" The critics don’t seem to know ex- actly what the long- heralded great American novel should be.” Waggles — Neither do the novelists.” NATURAL CAUSES. Juryman —"Yes, we brought in a verdict of death from natural causes.” Reporter —* But an iron beam fell on him from the fourth floor 2” Juryman —“Of course. Wasn't that natural? You wouldn't expect it to fall up to the cighth floor, would you? That's where he ought to have been at work instead of down in the basement.” Dangle—* Thompson is living on one meal a day." Zopper—" He is try- ing to fit the suit that his wife got him at a bargain sale,” THE CRACK SHOTS. HAVEN'T FALLEN INTO OUR WAYS YET. 66] UNDERSTAND,” remarked Burroughs, of New York, “that you Boston people are opposed to expansion. Do you think it a wrong to the people annexed, or don't you regard them as desirable subject: “Your last clause explains it,” replied Mr. Unabridged Bean, of Boston, “1 have it from good authority that not one Filippino in a thou- sand can write a good, readable essay on any but the most concrete sub- ject.” “B-E-E-N.” LAD once lived in Quakertown (Whence come the honest men!) And, owing to the Franklin cult, He always said it ben.” He, later, to Chicago went Because he needed tin, And, getting into wheat at once, Soon fell tosaying “bin.” From thence to Boston he removed To spend his good long- green. There, living with the Beaconites, He learned to call it EXACTLY. Madge —" Wasn't it just lovely how that Frenchman pronounced the word * bouillon?" Marjorie—"Yes, It sounded as if he had his mouth full of it.” Hicks —" See that woman there? She is a clairvoyant; travels all cover the country giving Ricks —" A. circulat- ing medium, | suppose.” comicbooks.com