Judge, 1901-05-04 · page 5 of 11
Judge — May 4, 1901 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page contains multiple satirical pieces reflecting early 1900s attitudes: **"The Eternal Feminine" (top)**: A poem mocking women's romantic game-playing—the speaker claims indifference to suitors while clearly caring deeply, exposing what the author sees as feminine hypocrisy and vanity. **"Lucy Climax Jackson" cartoon**: Satirizes African Americans, depicting a recently baptized girl flirting. The dialect and name are period racist stereotypes. **"To Warm Up"**: A brief joke about Native Americans ("Lo"), using the stereotypical diminutive term and mocking their appearance. **"Good Use for Them"**: Commentary on the bicycle craze—suggesting old bicycle chains could make straitjackets for reckless riders ("scorchers") or restrain dogs that hate bicycles. **"Deacon Elderberry" (bottom)**: Appears to be part of a serialized story about hypocrisy, contrasting the deacon's son's supposed scriptural devotion with unspecified dubious behavior. The page reflects Judge's blend of social satire alongside casual racial stereotyping common to the era.
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THE ETERNAL FEMININE. (A RONDEAU.) HAT do I care, though he entreat And lay his fortunes at my feet? *Tis naught to me, I would disdain To smile on such’a lovesick swain— I will not humor his conceit. T'll pass him proudly on the street, And greet him coldly when we meet. I've other lovers in my train, What do I care? If his fond vows he should repeat, My heart must not so quickly beat ; And though I am not really vain, I wonder if he thinks I'm plain, Or if he deems me fair and sweet? What! do I care? caxouvne wets, ** Lucy Climax Jackson, you come right in de house! Ain't you ‘shamed actin’ up flirtatious, an’ you only baptized yisterday 2” This is the Sabbath dai boy's in the village. TO WARM UP. Oxp squaw (to young buck)—"* Say, Lo, you had better pat on an extra coat of paint to-day—it's cold.” GOOD USE FOR THEM. Pedal—" Wonder what they'll do with all the old bicycle-chains, now that everybody is going in for the chainless wheel?” Sprockett—" Better use up part of them in making straitjackets for all the incorrigible scorchers, and utilize the balance for chaining up the bicycle-hating dogs throughout the country. Then maybe the ordinary, peaceable, law-abiding citizen who owns a wheel can enjoy riding it.” DEACON ELDERBERRY AND HIS TIMES.—No. 15. y that the deacon’s son always looked forward to with so much pleasure. His devotion to Scripture was as sincere and ardent as any