Judge, 1901-05-25 · page 12 of 16
Judge — May 25, 1901 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertisements and light humor** rather than political satire. The main cartoon, titled "A Leap in the Dark," is a joke about courtship: an older man discovers a young suitor courting his kitchen maid and mocks him for carrying a lantern. The yokel retorts that the man wouldn't know about courting with a lantern—implying the man's own wife wasn't worth the effort to properly court. The significant political content appears in the small cartoon at bottom: **"Master John Bull"** (Britain personified) depositing coins into a machine, referencing Britain's financial strain from the **South African War** (Boer War, 1899-1902). The caption notes Britain faces a deficit of "fifty-five millions" due to war expenditure—a contemporary critique of the war's cost. The remainder is period advertising for whiskey, suspenders, laces, bicycles, and other products typical of early 1900s magazines.
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