Judge, 1901-12-14 · page 5 of 16
Judge — December 14, 1901 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several short satirical pieces typical of Judge's humor: **"The Locust and His Lyre"** (fable): A locust proud of his loud buzzing "music" is captured by a boy. The moral mocks noisy musical instruments—suggesting silent pianos and cornets would make fortunes. This satirizes both pretentious artistic pride and the era's noise pollution complaints. **"Home Training"** and **"National"**: Brief dialogue jokes about Chinese laborers making "excessive demands" and competing "hatchets of national fame" (likely referencing the Carrie and George axes murders, notorious crimes of the period). **"Educational"**: Tramps discuss learning hypnosis to work without awareness—mocking both self-improvement schemes and labor exploitation. **"Awkward German Professor"**: Ethnic humor playing on German accents and affected formality. **"It Looked Propitious"**: Rural humor about a farmer whose wife gets her desired "gored" (triangular-panel) dress when his cow gores it—slapstick irony. The cartoons reflect Judge's typical mix of slapstick, class comedy, ethnic stereotypes, and social observation common to 1890s-era American satire.
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LOCUST with a buzz-saw arrange- ment under his vest, with which he made a hide- ous noise, was proud of his musi- cal ability. As he sat on a tree one day, emitting his favor- ite oratorio of 00-¢ee, boy heard him, located him by thenoise, and soon had him captive. Asthe boy car- ried the insect \/ |: ns i puaer\| ' : |! pean | n\\ amen} away,holding him by the wings so z that the noise was stilled, the ) it \ e H} locust remarked, “I wish I had been born deaf and dumb; and I deplore my taste for music.” Moral—A noiseless piano and a silent cornet will yet BLISSFUL IGNORANCE. make fortunes for inventors. Mr. Sriven—"" Darn those infernal frog-lovers!_ They're using my web for a hammock."* HOME TRAINING. NATION-AL. SETHE powers are growing more excessive in their demands,” said Cleverton—" So now we have two hatchets of national fame." the first Chinaman. Cus-Dinks-@ “Yes,” agreed the second Chinaman ; “they insist on as many Cleverton—" Carrie's and George's.” concessions from us as their servants exact of them.” EDUCATIONAL. A GOOD REASON. Weary Willic— Let's learn ter hypnotize each other." Green—" Smith gave Johnson the lie yesterday, and Johnson did Stubbles—" Axv, what's de use 2” not resent it. Weary Willie—See de advantage? We kin work and not know it.” Brown —“ That's nothing ; Johnson is a fisherman.” Awhzvard German professor (stumbling on lady's gown) “A thousand pardons, madam {" Lady (sweetly) — “Oh, don't mention it.” German professor (gallantly) —“Oh, | won't.” IT LOOKED PROPITIOUS. Farmer Jones—"Thar, b' gol! Susan 's allers wanted a dress that's gored, an’ now, by gummy! I reckon she'll git it.” comicbooks.com