Judge, 1901-11-23 · page 5 of 18
Judge — November 23, 1901 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several short humorous pieces typical of early-20th-century American satirical magazines: **The main cartoon ("Sport")** depicts a chaotic accident scene with an ambulance, seemingly mocking the era's emerging "sport" of automobile driving—a dangerous new activity causing injuries and comedic mayhem. **The smaller text items** are brief jokes addressing contemporary social topics: - Class and marriage ("After the Wedding") mocks wealthy European nobility, suggesting the countess married for money to pay debts - Gender roles and shopping ("Fruitless") satirizes women's consumer culture - Labor negotiations ("A Lengthy Matter") comments on capital-labor disputes through rushed conversation - New Year's resolutions ("His Resolve") jokes about broken promises **The top illustration** appears to depict a formal social scene, likely illustrating one of the accompanying joke texts about etiquette or courtship. The humor relies on observational comedy about modern life, social pretension, gender relations, and contemporary anxieties—typical Judge magazine fare for educated, middle-class readers.
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‘THE BANANA. CONDA. HE banana thin, With a reddish or yele lowish skin. dda is 1 quite a brute, Nor exactly a fruit, ‘Though to each of them he is akin, ‘THE DIFFERENCE. THE katydid begins to lift its strident note six weeks before the frost; but the the atrical mal until it strikes him, LOOKING FOR- WARD. Ye of them is a presiden- tial aspirant. Bhallot— they are rivals ? Kaucas in the least. hopes are respec for 1904 and 1908. Then FRUITLESS. Mrs. von Blu- mer —* Wasn't. your shopping-tour a sue- cess? dirs, Witherby— “Not a bit. ped for didn’t see anything I didn’t want” I shop- hours and A LENGTHY MATTER. Wango —* What is your opinion of cap- ital and labor 2” Mrs. Jones: HIS RESOLVE, Gewan—*" Haven't time to tell you, old man, I've got to catch the six-o'clock train, and it’s one o'clock now.” measuring ribbons up at Mid Slack: “1 suppose you will swear off on some foolish habit on the first of January 2” Mr. Jones—" Yes, dear: I shall swear off on that habit.” Not on your life he ain't! A NOVEMBER ETCHING. HE, pig hangs by his hinder legs, Suspended from wo wooden. pegs. His. smite flows apace is wide and A com-cub holds that grin in place, ‘To make our fancies ip and flap And put our appetites on tap. AFTER THE WEDDING. The ve no idea how countess — embarrassed the count: was when he proposed to me.” The dear friend — “TL heard it took con- siderable of your thers. money to. pay his debts.” NO GYMNASIUM NEEDED. Unele Abner — at's boy much at Dut he came home with an arm like a blacksmith,” Uncle Amos “Well, he could have like a blacksmith by bein’ a blacksmith,” got an arm AT THE TICKER. Slick—" He must beastock-broker. See how dexterously he handles that tape!” He acquired thet knack from y's last winter.” 44, ¢ a Wg Shy On comicbooks.com