Judge, 1902-01-04 · page 6 of 20
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This page from *Judge* magazine contains several satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"The Truthful Man and the Pugilist"** (main story): A fable mocking extreme honesty. A man so devoted to truth-telling that he admits he'll *try* (not guarantee) to whip anyone discussing politics. He encounters "Jawtries the pugilist"—a professional boxer with a massive jaw and forearms. Despite his honesty and willingness, the truthful man gets thoroughly beaten. The moral: "Truthful men should be dumb." It satirizes both excessive candor and political discourse intrusiveness. The remaining pieces are brief joke cartoons with racial stereotypes ("Darky down south") and domestic humor common to the era—maids negotiating breakfast times, wives complaining about husbands' dyspepsia, and a young woman interested only in fashionable balloon-club costumes. The humor relies on period prejudices and social hierarchies now considered offensive.
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THE TRUTHFUL MAN AND THE PUGILIST. A Fable A TRUTHFUL man, who abhorred deceit so heartily that he was con- sidered eccentric, became so an- gry once at having political talk addressed to him that he an- nounced that he would whip the next individual who ap- proached him and began dis- cussing questions of public concern. “Or ag least 1 will try to whip him,” he corrected — for he was al- ways truthful. So the truthful: man clinched his fists and went B down the road. He met a large ==5 person with a torso three feet in diameter any way it was measured, A SMALL KICK. The large person's under jaw was Mr. Biro—" Say, Mr. Squirrel, those last nuts you brought thrust into the future like a trolley-car me were no good—not half had worms in them.” fender, and his forearm looked like the front leg of a Shetland pony. DARKY down south, recently, afflicted with d. t., fancied “1 sincerely trust,” thought the he was pursued by a safety razor-back hog. truthful man, Photo ty Halt JUDGE'S FAVORITES. SANDOL MILLIKEN. To sing thee, asea-shell should murmur; |” , Thy smiles flit on butterfly-wing: that this Cloud-tintings of sunset and morning = robust ‘Thy blushes’ remembrances bring— ‘Thou spirit of springtime and roses, ‘On south winds where perfumes yet not dis- cling. course about the election.” ‘The hope was unfounded, for the large person, who was Jawtries the pugilist, said cheer- chap will fully, + Weil, who nu goiiyy to vote for?” Lam sorry,” the truthful man, * but 1 shall have to hand you one.” And he struck at Jawtries. Hand me a dozen,” said the large person as he side-stepped and then jolted the truthful man with a fist that had become callous through contact with the hard heads of other scrapers. Three days later the truthful man, having regained consciousness, remarked, “Well, L kept my word—I tried to lick him.” Moral—Truthful men should be dumb. san. A LE(A)D PENCIL. FOILED FOR FAIR. s+ BOILED again!” hissed the villain through his clinched teeth. “ Well, you ought to be used to it by this time,” retorted the low comedian; “but what is it now?" The worst that could possibly hap- pen. [have mislaid my cigarette.” BRINGING HER DOWN. The prospective cook— What time do yez hov breakfast?” AMistress— We have it at seven.” No response Mistress—" Or half-past seven, o eight, or half-past eight.” The prospective cook— Thot's bet- ter, Oi'll give yez a wake's trial.” WHAT INTERESTED HER. 64]T IS quite the fad in London and Paris to belong to ballooning clubs and yo ballooning,” remarked the well- informed person. J “Ah!” interrogated th: sweet young THE: WORSTIFORM: thing in the automobile-coat interested- Mrs. Crawroro—"'| suppose you suffer a great deal from your dyspepsia ?"” _ Ye “Tell me, are ie ballooning cos- Mrs. Crasstaw—" Not half as much as | did when my husband had it."” tumes becoming ? comicbooks.com