Judge, 1902-02-15 · page 10 of 16
Judge — February 15, 1902 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two separate satirical pieces from Judge magazine: **"Fortunate Misfortune"** (top left): A brief joke about a man named Krimmins who broke both legs in a trolley accident. The humor hinges on ironic fortune—motormen now stop for him to board, whereas they wouldn't before his injury. **"The Wily Newsboy and How He Did the Old Duffer"** (main feature): A six-panel comic strip satirizing the relationship between newspaper vendors and elderly customers. A newsboy complains about people who read papers in shops without buying them. He devises a scheme: he shows the old man (the "duffer") pictures from papers, lets him read extensively, then charges him 70 cents. Unable to reach his money due to physical limitation, the old man surrenders it in frustration. The satire targets both the newsboy's cunning exploitation and the elderly man's vulnerability—depicting working-class urban commerce and generational conflict in early 20th-century America.
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FORTUNATE MIS- 5 SHE DREW THE FORTUNE. LINE. Boskirk—" There He—" Won't yo" goes Krimmins on make up dat quarrel, crutches. He’sa Miss Black, an’ ‘low lucky man.” : N me to escoht yo’ Fosdick —“ How < ee home? Yo’s too lucky? Why, didn’t ‘ Ss . zs : good a chu'ch mem- he have both legs bah not to fo’gib dem broken by a trolley- what has offended car?" i Boskirk—"* Yes; and now all the motormen stop for him to get aboard.”" ” She —“I fo'gib dem, Mistah Johnson, A BASEBALL TERM IN A MATCH GAME. but I doan’ ‘low dem “Three strikes and out." to escoht me home."" THE WILY NEWSBOY AND HOW HE DID THE OLD DUFFER. WHAT IT Is. AY, Pete, what kind of a bile is this auter-mo- bile [dun been readin’ about in the papers ?” “Well, ‘tain't Just a common bile, I reckon, Seems more like a run around, Sam.” C# ILDREN should be seen and not 1. Newssoy—-"'I'm sick ter deat’ of dese people wot so much talked ‘ handles all er dese vapers an’ periodeyekuls an’ never buys " 2. OLp purrer—‘* Guess I'll look this over—I do love ‘em. I'm goin ter fix ‘em."" shouts pictures!" 4. Newssor—"‘ Let's see, what did you take? Oh, yes: that will be seventy cents.”* 5. OLD DuFreR—" Well, I can’t get at my money; take it yourself and be darned to you!”