Judge, 1901-10-19 · page 6 of 16
Judge — October 19, 1901 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains six brief satirical pieces typical of early-20th-century humor magazines: 1. **"A Piscine Simile"**: Sardines in a can compare their cramped conditions to flatdwellers in an apartment building—urban housing satire. 2. **"At the Zoo"**: Wordplay on the elephant's "poetry of motion" being actually "magazine-poetry" (likely referencing *Life* magazine's obsession with movement). 3. **"Proof Positive"**: A baby sleeping slowly "proves" they're in Philadelphia—ethnic/regional humor stereotyping Philadelphians as sluggish. 4. **"Points of View"**: Different professions view marriage through occupational terminology (sailors "splice," carpenters "join," etc.)—occupational humor. 5. **"Quite Likely"**: An actress will perform *Mazeppa* with an automobile—satirizing theatrical modernization/sensation-seeking. 6. **"No Wonder" & "The Way Cook Put It"**: Domestic humor about wives/servants and their frustrations with husbands. 7. **"Second-Hand with Him"**: A woman won't let her brother ride his horse before the horse-show to keep it "shopworn"—satire of vanity and wealthy status-seeking.
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A PISCINE SIMILE. SsTHERE isn't much elbow- room here,” ob- served the first sar- dine. We're packed like I don’t know what.” “Tis all right about the elbow- room,” replied the second sardine; “yet still do T know what we are packed like—we are packed like so many flat- dwellers ona AT THE ZOO. Smith — They say the elephant has a poetry of motion peculiar to himself; but I cannot under- stand it, can you?” Jones—" Not at all, It must be the ine-poetry of motion. PROOF POSI- TIVE. Tom—"1 know we are in Philadel- phia, by the baby.” Lucy —" How can you tell by the baby, pray?” ‘om —" Why, because he’s slow asleep.” POINTS OF VIEW. D IFFERENT people look at marriage according to their occupation in life, A sailor wants to be spliced, carpenter joined,a coachman hitched, a vesselman mated, a brakeman coup- led up, and a lock- smith united in wed-lock. QUITE LIKELY. Stone —" Violet Florentine is going to make a great hit at the Hyperion Next month.” Brick —“ What is she going todo?” Stone—" She is going to play Mfa- zeppa with an au- tomobile.” NO WONDER. Dug —*1 tell you that boiler- maker swings the sledge-hammer in great style, doesn’t he?” ; Huff—"He THE WAY COOK PUT IT. ightts. He Wire—"' Well, John, /'// have to do the cooking now. The cook left without warning this afternoon.” Hustaxp—* Not exactly without warning. She told me this morning [had better bring home some dys- learned. the trick pepsia tablets to-night, but I didn’t quite catch on to what she meant.” playing golf. SS SS SECOND-HAND WITH HIM. Miss Derowwter—"* Why is it your brother doesn’t ride his horse any more?” Miss Rovce-Joes—" Oh, never in the summer, my dear. He can't let it get shopworn before the horse-show,” comicbooks.com