Judge, 1901-07-20 · page 4 of 16
Judge — July 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: **"The Goriander's Voyage"** is a whimsical poem about a character traveling by whaleroad train, illustrated with abstract imagery. **"Judge's Favorites"** features Fannie Johnson as "Dolores" in what appears to be theatrical content. **"The Wrong Thing"** and **"Works Both Ways"** are brief joke exchanges about Christian Science and common sense. **"A Double Turn"** and several other items present short humorous dialogues about marriage, ambition, and domesticity—likely satirizing contemporary social attitudes. **"The Famous Charge of Bald Mountain"** shows a military figure commanding spiders. The page lacks clear political commentary; instead, it emphasizes domestic humor, theatrical references, and absurdist comedy typical of early 20th-century American humor magazines.
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THE GORIANDER’S VOYAGE. THE Goriander wept, and the Goriander walled Then he jumped in his boat And set it afloat, And far and fast he sailed. The breeze was stiff And he sailed his skift To the land of the Turtle ‘Trees, He sang a song As he floated along Across the tossing seas, And this was the song that he gayly sang, As his tinkling, winkling bell he rang, "* Tingly-ie, jingly-ie, toss across the tossing sea!" ‘Then he bounded around on the bounding main, And he signaled a passing whaleroad train, His bell he rang With a cling-clang-clang ! ‘The whaleroad train slowed up with a pufl, A biff and a bang and a snort and a snuff. He jumped aboard and away he went Till he came to the circular circus tent, But the whaleroad train went by so fast That before he knew it, the tent was passed, And the Goriander couid never know What was in the wonderful circus show. Although he screamed, with a terrible shout, lit” Stop this train! I want to get out!” ‘The train kept up its rapid motion Around and around the bi!- lowy ocean, And across that tossing sea so wet, ‘The Goriander is traveling = JUDGE'S FAVORITES. yet! cAmouva wats, / YANNIE JOHNSTON AS‘ DOLORES” 1N “ FLORODORA.” You were one of the first Florodores— In fact, you created the part Of the dashing, delightful Dolores When the piece got away at the start. So, to-day, still discussing its glories, ‘We call you sweetheart! CUTTING TEETH. Mr, Screw Driver — ‘Good moming, Mrs. File; what makes the baby so cross?” Mxs, FILE —'t Oh, dear me, the poor child has been cutting teeth,” “HAIL, COLUMBIA !” (ston style, yachting season ) LET Jndependence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost ! Ever hopeful for the prize, May its topsail reach the skies ! DECIDEDLY DIFFERENT. Penfield —" What makes you think that last poem of mine was different from anything else I've written?” Merritt —" It was published.” WORKS BOTH WAYS. HE AGAINST common sense offends Who burns the candle at both ends, Yet where is there way more complete By which we can make both ends meet ? THE WRONG THING, Parke—' was a Christi a minute.” Lane —* What a fool you'd be! she'd advertise it as a cure.” es, sir, if I had a wife who ian Scientist, I would leave her in OVERHEARD IN CHICAGO, Mrs, Flutterby —" Did you ever see as fickle a woman as Mrs, Michigoose? She was divorced from her husband two months ago, and now she has married him again ! Mrs, Kindly —* But her second husband was such a failure !” Why, A DOUSLE TURN. Showing how Herr Lauterspiel’s saxophone is at once a means of sus- tenance — SETBACK. oe It IS too bad that she should be so ambitious so- cially and yet have so much to contend against.” “ How so?” “Why, her husband has just been elected to Congress.” THE BRUTE MAN, Wife—"do wish I could find something to amuse baby!" The brute— THE FAMOUS CHARGE OF BALD MOUNTAIN, “ Buy a new car- THe cENFRAL—"* Now, lads, let every spider do his duty and the enemy Pet and a quart is ours, bottle of ink” —and comfort, comicbooks.com