Judge, 1901-04-20 · page 4 of 16
Judge — April 20, 1901 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several unrelated satirical pieces and jokes typical of Judge magazine's format. **"When Doris Passed"** (top) appears to be a poem about a woman's funeral, with accompanying photograph and artistic illustration. The satire seems to mock overly sentimental funeral customs. **"Judge's Favorites"** credits a poem to "Dauly Mann." **"Reflections of a Spinster"** offers social commentary on marriage and women's independence, arguing that wives shouldn't be blindly loyal to husbands and that marriage customs need reform. The remaining pieces—"Without His Assistance," "At the Art Gallery," "Won," "Spoiling It," "Very Likely," and "In Topsyturvy Land"—are brief humorous anecdotes with accompanying illustrations, featuring domestic comedy and wordplay typical of Judge's comedic style. Without specific dates or clearer context, the particular targets of satire remain unclear.
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WHEN DORIS PASSED. WHEN Doris passed at matin bell A murmur of surprise arose, As when an ending zephyr blows ‘Thro’ serried pines its funeral knell. And words that none had dared to tell Overflowed resistlessly at last, Unbound as from some fairy spell, When Doris passed. But I, amid the tumult’s swell, Silent and waiting, towards its close Did queens in triplicate expose, And promptly on the jack-pot fell When Doris passed. WITHOUT HIS ASSISTANCE MOUNTED messenger came gallop- ing into the little western town. The doctor was wanted at once at the mines. A man had been dangerously injured. The physician hustled his traps to- gether, and was just clambering into his buggy when another messenger came thundering down the dusty street. He bore a note which the doctor, receiving. opened and read : “Dear doctor, you need not come; THE ART-GALLERY. f the man is dead already.” “*L swan! didn't s'pose Moses was such a big feller. JUDGE'S FAVORITES. DOLLY MANN. Fit bet that nickel, Dolly Mana, yoWlhich you're “short seventeen cents of havin’.” ‘ou may be serious as you care ; ee Pee yy ee ‘And yet you'll seta humorist laughin’ Bs : Cae) ae The teain you're half of goes s0 breezily, No wonder it drais houses easily. REFLECTIONS OF A SPINSTER. = =) O MANY married women wedding an- niversaries are the cruelest events in life. ‘The man who carries on two love affairs at once, does not cheat the wo- men half as much as he does himself. If a good wife is patient and ap- parently blind to her husband's infidel- ities, the world will in time shame him. If wives were obliged to publish H accurate diaries for the young to read, H} the custom of marriage would soon H die out. When a man quits treating a wo- man like a child, she immediately be- gins looking around for some one else that will, It should be remembered that a larger number of ordinary than of great men, know the difference between illu- sion and peau-de-soie. “Kastus —"* Dey say dat roostah am a prize winner ; den I mus’ be a prize, foh he's done won me.” SPOILING IT. YADA AGNEW, **\J OW,” said the professor, * to illus- trate the distance of some of the fixed stars, | may say that there are some so far away that if they were to be blotted out, their rays would con- tinue to reach the earth for a thousand years.” Sut wouldn't they be ex-rays, professor?” asked Miss Flypp. VERY LIKELY. Wife —" 1 some- how just feel in my bones that we will go to Europe this summer.” Husband—"\n which bone do you feel it most >” Wife —" Well, 1 don't exactly know, but I guess it's my wish-bone. LAND. RUTH 1s stranger than fiction, #.., Caur —* Hey there, bo; . Tor you erying for? that water ain't deep Tue Kere—" This is just a bully day for flying boys.” it ts more of a stranger. enough to drown in.” comicbooks.com