Judge — September 14, 1901 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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**Top Cartoon ("A Figured Preference"):** Two men—Warren Fenderson and Tatterson Tarrs—discuss medical practitioners. The joke mocks both allopathic doctors (traditional medicine) and homeopathic doctors (alternative medicine using diluted substances), suggesting both are ineffective. The punchline: becoming an undertaker would be more successful since patients die regardless of which doctor treats them. This reflects genuine medical debate of the era about competing treatment philosophies. **Bottom Cartoon ("Right on the Head"):** A character called "The Beer Keg" watches Speigelmayer prepare for action with beer barrels and taps visible. The joke plays on "stuck for the drinks"—a pun suggesting he'll be literally tapped (like a barrel) and thus obligated to pay for drinks. This appears to be ethnic humor, typical of Judge's era, mocking German-American characters and beer culture. Both exemplify Judge's satirical humor circa 1901.