Judge, 1902-02-01 · page 3 of 17
Judge — February 1, 1902 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated humorous sketches typical of Judge's satirical format: **"Embarrassment"** depicts a woman dropping her eyes on a carpet—a visual pun playing on the phrase "dropping one's eyes." **"A Finished Musician"** shows a lion with sheet music, likely satirizing pretentious artistic claims. **"Time to Reform"** and other brief jokes mock social types: an artist, a clergyman receiving a fountain pen, and superstitious attitudes (Friday being unlucky). **"On Love's Links"** (bottom cartoon) jokes about an engagement to Miss Colfier, with a golf-themed punchline ("caddy for life"). The page primarily offers light social satire targeting common Victorian-era stereotypes: artistic pretension, religious pomposity, and romantic entanglements. No specific political figures or events are referenced—this is general-interest humor rather than political commentary.
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A FINISHED MUSICIAN, CREATING AN IMPRESSION. Dickie—"Cholly Harduppe has hit on a great scheme.” Archie—“ What is it?" Dickie—Ne puts gasolene on his handkerchief, rubs a spot or two of axle- grease on his hands, and everybody thinks he owns an automo- bile!" HEORIES, li gunpowder, a often most useful when exploded. “Crazy? Nota bit. money's worth. EMBARRASSMENT. 66 DARLING,” he said, then she dropped her eyes And blushed with her eyes on the carpet. He picked them up, with an air of surprise “Tf last you would surely remark it.” She quickly looked up, then her bright face fell With a sickening thud on the floor. She mended it neatly and no one could tell It had ever been broken before. TIME TO REFORM. Handout Harry—*De lady axed me wuz 1 Tiepass Teddy —“Dat settles it, Harry. Yer'll hafter git a hair-cut.” SO APROPOS! Dr. Smiley (who has been presented with a fountain-pen by his Sunday-school class) —“Thank you, my dear young ladies; Iam sure I shall be able to write a great deal better sermons now.” Feminine chorus—"Oh, 1 am sure you othe ea Mr. Bass—"'You are superstitious, Miss Perch! Miss Perch‘ | always think Friday a very unlucky day for us."* You see, he paid six hundred and fifty dollars for the horse. Man said he could trot in two-tweive. Mebbe he could, but he wouldn't. Jones is merely gettin’ his Guess he’s goin’ about two-five now." said Norah, cheerfully, as she gazed at the bottle of ink she had dropped on the rug, “sure it'll he but shmall loss to. yer, for 1 heard yez ay th’ other ‘day. it wor an ould rug.” A MATTER OF CONTRAST. “Give an ex. ample of how heat expands and cold con- tracts,” n the summer the are long; in the winter they. are short.” Gour PROMO! evra Tevure |, ON LOVE'S LINKS. “" So he is engaged to Miss Golfer; is he ?"* “Yes. He has agreed to be her caddy for life.”* comicbooks.com