Judge, 1901-10-12 · page 7 of 16
Judge — October 12, 1901 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* contains several unrelated comic vignettes typical of early-20th-century American humor: **Top section**: An elephant comic strip showing the animal's literal interpretation of fighting—it "follows up" a blow (punch) with another, using its trunk as a weapon, playing on the phrase's double meaning. **"The First Spectacles"**: A domestic humor piece where Mr. Bangerly insists he doesn't need glasses because newspapers' type quality has declined. His wife counters that even Noah wore glasses (since he took "a pair of everything" on the ark). The joke relies on literal, pedantic logic defeating his excuse. **"Expense No Object"**: Irish immigrant humor featuring the O'Tooles, using thick dialect and malapropisms. The joke involves misunderstanding "dominoes"—Mrs. O'Toole apparently thinks they need multiple sets for tonight's game. **Other sections**: Brief domestic humor snippets about milk pasteurization, telephone complaints, and laundry timing—all representing commonplace modern inconveniences that were the magazine's stock material. The page exemplifies *Judge*'s mixture of visual gags, ethnic stereotypes, and middle-class domestic comedy.
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