Judge, 1901-11-02 · page 7 of 16
Judge — November 2, 1901 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces of humor typical of early-20th-century American satire: **"A Strange Story"**: A romantic vignette mocking sentimental Victorian literature—a couple married ten years still exchanging clichéd romantic declarations ("Do you think only of me, darling?"), with personified nature (stars, crickets, frogs) supposedly amazed at their continued devotion. The satire targets overwrought romantic fiction. **"Between Good Friends"**: A joke about a man claiming to love a woman "for herself alone," with the punchline questioning whether he's joking or simply has an active imagination—implying men's romantic declarations are unreliable. **"An Implement of General Utility"**: The bottom cartoon satirizes newly married couples and modern domestic life. A new wife, trying to open a tomato can with her husband's "sharp" razor (recently honed), highlights the absurdity of poor tool selection and perhaps gentle mockery of newlyweds navigating household tasks. Together, these pieces humorously critique romance, marriage expectations, and domestic life—common Judge magazine themes.
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flower vine that stretched itselt lazily across the piazza where the two sat silent in the shadows.. It touched the Wom- an’s forehead and _ chased a tress of dark-brown hair across the smooth white skin, It fanned the Man's cheek a moment, and was gone to sing its soft su- surrus through the pines. A cricket sang its vesper- hymn in crisp, keen notes i close to the ground, while in faa the elm that flung its wide vt uly jis HA 4 arms out to shelter them a lone- Vs ~ ly tree-frog trilled an i: as invitation to his mate Cer-dane A too long delaying from their tryst. At last the Woman spoke, holding the Man's Mr. Butt—“Hey, young feller! get off this _, BETWEEN GOOD FRIENDS. gus How dibs yeu walk ait overomy Eprmt—"'He says he loves me for myself alone. Liem : ‘What do you think of it?" Erue.—" Well, it's hard telling whether he's draw- ing on his humor or his imagination." A STRANGE STORY. : HE man and the woman sat togeth- erin the fading purple of the soft October twi- light. Here and there hand in hers. “Do you think only of me, darling 2" “Only of you, dearest.” he replied. “And we have been married ten years,” she said, dreamily the little stars came “Yes, dearest, forth to view the won- assented, Isn't it ders of the night, and strange 2” as they saw these two they looked again and twinkled with a rogu- ish twink that told they knew when hu- man hearts beat quick- step time for Love's And when the lit- tle stars and the cricket and the frog and the whole twilight shoot- ing-match heard that, they fairly threw up their hands in amaze- ment and wondered what in thunder would happen next. WILLIAM J. Lastrrox. long, lingering proces- sion. A low, caressing breeze came upward from the South and shook the great leaves E'ER look a gift auto- of the drooping moon- mobile in the mouth. AN IMPLEMENT OF GENERAL UTILITY. New wire (lbvingiy)—"' George, dear, did you say your razor was sharp?"" New nussanp (dito)—"' Yes, darling. | just had it concaved and put in prime condition.” New wirer—" Well, it's strange; I can’t open this can of tomatoes with It.” comicbooks.com