Judge, 1901-05-18 · page 10 of 16
Judge — May 18, 1901 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several unrelated humorous sketches typical of Judge magazine's format: **"Sweet Potatoes"** plays on the term "sweet potato bug" as a pet name, with a beetle proposing three "nations" to his sweetheart: Carrie Nation (the famous temperance activist), vaccination, and coronation—likely satirizing contemporary concerns. **"When a Man Wishes He Had Ne'er Been Born"** mocks domestic hypocrisy: a husband criticizes his wife's spending while conveniently forgetting his own $50 wine and cigar expenses—commentary on masculine double standards regarding household finances. **"Our Severest Critics"** suggests friends won't believe a man actually wrote his own book, implying either his incompetence or society's skepticism of amateur authors. **"Sloth and Ant"** is a Munktrick poem contrasting these creatures' natures philosophically, suggesting both follow natural law and deserve neither praise nor blame. The remaining sketches ("What Did You Name Your Children," "His Way," "The Topic") are brief jokes about naming, deafness communication, and conversational topics. The page represents typical early-20th-century American satirical humor.
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ROCA i ea S ene Y ‘ hy fA gaged to her four years— don’t you think it's about time he married her?” “You don’t want to inter- rupt his dreams of bliss as rude- ly as all that.” Ve Ht Hi eo ee eee a ah eer ae te ae Keren He—"What SWEET POTATOES. are the three Said the beetle to his sweetheart, nations most With a most impressive hug, ey “* My tootsy-wootsy one, thou art ow My sweet potato bug.” She —" Give it up.” He —" Carrie Nation, vaccination, and coro- nation,” talked of now OUR SEVEREST CRITICS. WHEN A MAN WISHES HE HAD NE’ Penfield — \s that a good book of his?” After looking over the monthly bills and accusing his wife of spending money foolishly. She says: Merritt —"\t must be. His friends won't be- ‘* Oh, by the way, here's a bill that came yesterday, © wine and cigars, fifty dollars," maybe you know lieve he wrote it.” something about it?" He does. It recalls a" high old time” while his wife was visiting her mother. e CAeeth & oe ck mrad co tee asa ae SLOTH AND ANT. HE sloth is not a toiler, The ant is not a shirk, The sloth is always dreaming, s ‘The ant is e’er at work, Yet of the sloth so lazy Say no ungracious thing, And ne'er pis antship's praises Enthusiastic sing. For each but simply follows The law laid down for him— Laid down in bygone ages — In bygone ages dim. Feregpsypceungry Each but obeys Dame Nature And glads the dear old dame, And neither is deserving Of human praise or blame. So work away, old anty, And dream away, old sloth — Mas! of you I'm neither, And yet'of you I'm both. Re K, MUNKITTRICK, WHAT DID YOU NAME YOUR CHILDREN? She —* Do you play golf?" Sol Ida F He—* Not without swear HIS WAY. 460,” said the N deaf mute, digitarially. “1 never get very lone- some, You see, when there is no one else around 1"— He raised his sleeve to his lips and laughed in it for a moment. —" Talk with my fingers.” THE TOPIC. Wango— Did you ever engage Miss Coygirl in a conversationon any topic?” Gowan—" Why, yes —that is, I've talked with her a “Ts your new store finished yet ?* whole lot about Cours —* No — only completed.” nothing.”