Judge, 1902-03-08 · page 13 of 16
Judge — March 8, 1902 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** with one central satirical cartoon titled "Putting the Jam Down." ## The Main Cartoon The cartoon jokes about **Wall Street terminology** ("bulls" and "bears") by having a farmer misinterpret them through domestic life. His child asks what bulls and bears mean in finance; the father explains bulls push prices up while bears push them down. The father then quips that his wife behaves identically—she's always putting things up (like preserves/jam), while he's always putting them down. The satire conflates **financial market manipulation with household domestic roles**, suggesting that the dramatic ups and downs of Wall Street resemble the perpetual marital negotiation between spouses over household management and storage. It's a gentle, family-friendly pun playing on the double meaning of "putting things up/down." ## Supporting Content The page features period advertisements for Pears soap, Beeman's gum, Whitman's chocolate, and Palliser's architecture book—typical early 20th-century Judge content. A Life Assurance advertisement appears on the right.
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