Judge, 1901-08-17 · page 4 of 16
Judge — August 17, 1901 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several unrelated comic vignettes typical of Judge's format: **"As It Listeth"** - A poem mocking romantic pretense, featuring the "Spider Telephone" cartoon (unclear reference). **"Judge's Favorites"** - Satirizes a public figure named "Theodora" (possibly a political wife), suggesting she gives contradictory advice depending on audience. **"Getting Neckst"** - A humorous story about a farmer punishing a hen, with implied sexual innuendo in the title and the farmer's comment about it "hurting" more than the bird. **"Poor Beggar!"** - A class-commentary cartoon where a poor man proposing to a wealthy widow is rejected because she considers him beneath her station—satirizing social pretension and marriage hypocrisy among the wealthy. The page reflects Judge's characteristic blend of social satire, wordplay, and class commentary.
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AS IT LISTETH. CUPID, Copia, tll me truly. Aren't you just a bit unruly? Do you let A heart forget, If it will, Its earliest thrill? Do you try To hush the sigh That should rest Within the breast ? Don’t you strive To keep alive What you know Should be laid low? Don't you whisper In the ear What the time Is past to hear? Cupid, Cupid, tell me truly, Avealy yo Jun AOE oraly SPIDER TELEPHONE, “Hallo, central !" ATER boils at two hundred and twelvede- ¢6 HY is. Rudgely trying to break the record in his trip grees Fahrenheit, but blood around the world ?” may boil at any temperature. * His wife is after him.” Paste. by Marcean, JUDGE'S FAVORITES. CATHARINE SEARS. ‘They can’t persuade me “ Florodora’s"’ old, ‘So long as you and she are of one date; ‘well-worn " Sextet" seems as good as gold, While you are there to lend it brightness, Kate. Bat whether * Florodora” runs You'll be admired long after she’s forgot. GETTING NECKST. THE horny-hearted farmer grasped the giddy old hen by the tootsie-wootsies and carefully laid her silvering crown across the chopping block, remarking, in a fatherly tone, as he lifted his cleaver : “ This isa painful moment, but remember, it hurts you more than it does me.” “Yah,” squawked the antiquated bird as she twisted her head back to give him a contemptuous look, * don’t try to make cutting remarks; ring off!" And the farmer, after racking his brains for a suitable bit of repartee, threw down the axe and wrung off. ‘The old hen had led him many a hard race, but he got a head of her for once. ELORA. Yellow honey-suckle. POOR BEGGAR! Lavy or THe nouse—‘ I'ma lone widow, and "— Horcuxiss Gusw (the Aoto)—"' I'll marry you, ma'am ; you ain't just my style, but beggars mustn't be choosers.”” comicbooks.com