Judge, 1901-04-27 · page 4 of 16
Judge — April 27, 1901 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page contains humorous prose and poetry rather than political cartoons. The content satirizes domestic life and social conventions of the era. **"Merely a Conversation"** mocks women's fascination with foreign titles and nobility, suggesting such status-seeking undermines republican values. **"He Was Not Touched"** and **"Entirely Different"** present brief comedic dialogues about money troubles and neighborly disputes—relatable middle-class anxieties. **"Judge's Favorites"** and other poems humorously contemplate hypothetical scenarios (what if the maid had married well? if someone had never been born?), using satirical verse to comment on social class, luck, and life's contingencies. **"Such is Life"** section includes various witty observations about professions and domestic situations. The cartoons illustrate these domestic scenarios with period-appropriate humor aimed at middle and upper-class readers.
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MERELY A CONVERSATION. Jones —" Yes, Maria, the infatuation shown by you women for foreign titles is appalling, and if allowed to go unchecked may sap the foundations of the republic. No, I won't be home for dinner; I'm go- ing to be installed Grand Worshipful Sir Knight Commander of the Eminent No- bles of Thingumbob.” HE WAS NOT TOUCHED. Wango —“ Smith's intentions are wise enough, but I can't say that I sym- pathize with them!” Gowan —" Does he owe you money and can't pay up?” Wango—"No! He intended to owe me money and not pay up.” ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. Crabshaw —" Mf you think there are burglars in the house why don’t you get up and find out >" Mrs. Crabshaw —* You know I don't like to get up in the middle of the night.” Crabshaw—"You didn’t seem to FAVORITE TINTS. mind it last night when that family next “Baby Blew.” door was having a row.” The * Bifurcated Gi e playing is very tricky on the stage. please don't mind my saying— ‘ii never be the rage. Tn two pieces * you make fun. You're doubly charming all in one. MIGHT HAVE BEEN. WHAT a wonderful wife the old maid would,have been If only she ever had married ; What a name and a fame had reaped Jones’ battle blade If at home he had not tarried ! What a brilliant statesman Brown might have been Whom poverty made a teacher ; And Biggins, the butcher, had whelm'd all sin Could he only have been a preacher. Clerk Smith, at the counter, can well understand, That he should have been a poet ; Nurse Maria had triumphed, an actress grand, Had not Fortune made her forego it. ‘The gambler had banker been but for Fate, ; pales is oat ot gen sens WHEN A FELLOW WISHES HE HAD NEVER BEEN BORN. 1n fact, we had all been somebody great, r vi collar that i . But were bafiled by circumstances. sate Ear oe one ewe meen finds that he hasn't another clean collar or Groce winpseve, temper and tears both into shreds — shirt to bis name. SUCH IS LIFE, #6] WOULD I were a sailor bold, Or scanned the heavens clear !"” “Tis plain that he a lawyer is, Or mining engineer. He preaches total abstinence, And pictures evils grim— But does not think that now and then A drop, or so, hurts Ain, A““mothers' meeting” she addressed And told just what to do In colic, measles, cutting teeth — An old maid, she ; ‘tis true, He wrote on “ Happy Wedded Life, The True Felicity,” And ‘* Duties of the Wedded Pair"— A bachelor is he. Her column treats of ‘ Healthful With cooking hints therein, Her husband from dyspepsia Is suffering like sin, ** Tl be a so-and-so, like pa,” The little child replies. “Nay, nay, my son! Be something else!" The father quickly cries. ROWIN £. BADIM, IF = HAD ELECTRIC STORMS, Scupper—"* Will you have electric light in your new house ?” Daccy—" Probably—if we keep on having thunder storms,” comicbooks.com