Judge, 1902-02-08 · page 6 of 20
Judge — February 8, 1902 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from **Judge** (a satirical weekly) contains multiple short humor pieces typical of early 20th-century American comedy: **Top left**: A tribute to actress **Henrietta Crosman**, praising her theatrical performances with romantic verse—standard celebrity flattery from the era. **Short jokes** scattered throughout mock everyday situations: a cyclone destroying hotels (the owner's relieved guests already paid), a man's orange grove failing in Florida, homemade bread deterring birds, and rapid courtship at a country club. **"A Public Disgrace"** (bottom): References what appears to be a **baseball controversy**—likely about players **Freedman** and **Spalding** (prominent figures in early 1900s baseball politics). The joke satirizes how people weaponize public outrage over sports disputes, with Mr. Jones demanding one player be expelled but unsure which. **Overall tone**: Light domestic humor, celebrity worship, and sports-world satire—reflecting upper-middle-class concerns of the period. No overtly political content, just entertainment for Judge's affluent readership.
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JUDGE'S FAVORITES. HENRIETTA CROSMAN. When o'er the stage you lightly wing, As any zephyr in the spring, In dreams we see, Aglow with glee, Joy's roses climbing Fancy’s string. All care aside you make us fling: From sorrow you extract the sting, Till all our brains With fairy strains Are rippling ding-aling-aling. You make the air with music ring, You captive hold the clown and king, And all agree That you are the Quintessence of the real thing. IN THE WEST. SeTHAT cyclone took away three hotels of mine.” + That's too bad.” “Yes; but it might have been worse. The guests had just paid their board,” THE FORTUNES OF WAR. Crawford—"\ didn't know he was sick when he went to Florida.” Crabshaw—* Neither was he. He got sick down there trying to make his orange- grove pay.” his war is terrible. NEVERMORE. #6[)0 THE birds come and pick up the bread- crumbs from your hotel lawn?” “They used to before my wife began to make her own bread.” A COUNTRY CLUB EPISODE. Ted —“ How about that girl you were teaching to skate? Was she quick to learn 2” Ned—" Very. We became engaged inside of a week.” ONE OF THEIR TRIALS. Customer—*1 suppose you photographers have your own troubles.” Photographer —" \ndeed, we do. Why, some of our cus- tomers act as if we were re- sponsible for their looks.” A PUBLIC DISGRACE. ONE OF THOSE DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENTS. Provp Sr. Louis woret-xeerer —* What do you think of my daughter's work?" Arrist—"" Well, I think she ought to keep on study- Ing.” It must be stopped. It is a disgrace to humanity. Every good public citizen should rise up and demand that "— That what, John?” Mr. Jones—“' That either Freedman should get out, or Spalding.”” comicbooks.com