Judge, 1902-03-15 · page 10 of 16
Judge — March 15, 1902 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* contains several satirical pieces targeting early 20th-century American life: **"Bill Buckwheat's Dream"** depicts a farm laborer's romantic fantasies about spring plowing and rural life—satire of idealized pastoral labor. **"A Fair Exchange"** shows street children negotiating: one offers to let another drown kittens in exchange for food. This darkly satirizes urban poverty and callous indifference to animal life among poor city youth. **"The New Country House"** mocks wealthy urbanites moving to countryside estates, with Mrs. Mouse complaining about "old-fashioned places" despite modern improvements—satirizing affectation and discontent among the affluent. **"A Definition"** ridicules "executive ability" as making others do your work—a swipe at business management practices. **"The Commuter's Joy"** satirizes suburban commuters who escape yard work while coal prices rise—skewering their selective privilege. The final two illustrations mock pretentious authors and their overwrought writing processes. The overall tone targets class pretension, urban poverty, and contemporary social hypocrisy.
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BILL BUCKWHEAT’S DREAM. TIVE Spring wil sx be here. he buds will deck the bough, And I will jump and bang and bamp Behind the pesky plough, ‘The frog will blow his horn, The bird will toot its And o'er the mead the bag of seed Tl scatter as T sevot. The rooster crows with joy The joy that soon will charm And make me slide and slip and glide Around the dear old farm. in cabbage, bean, tate, beet and squa: My bloomin’ crop will be on top, And so will I, bigosh ! And checkers T will play, And chirp and chin and chat, And club the calf and laugh the laugh ‘That puts on lots of fat. A FAIR EXCHANGE. Mickey—"' Say, Buttons, gib us de orange an’ a bite uv der candy an’ I'll let yer drown one uv der kittens.”* At ther Le THE NEW COUNTRY HOUSE. Mr. Srarrow—" Hello, Madam Mouse! Moving?" Mapam Mouse—" Yes: I'm moving into that new hovse up there where they've putin all the modern improvements. I'm tired of slaving and freezing in these old-fashioned places."” NEIGHBORLY. Rusty Rufus—* De lady in de nest house give me a a piece of home-made cake, Won't you give me some- ‘piteful— Certainly! Here's a pepsin tablet.” A DEFINITION. Little Clarence—* Pa, what is executive ability 2" Mr. Calipers ecutive ability, my son, is the capacity for making some one else paddle your own canoe for you. NOT THE “LAST-BATTLE” CHESTNUT. Teacher (in A. D., 1909)—* At what one of his battles was General De Wet kille Johnny Smart—" He wasn't killed at any one of them, ma'am, He was killed at five or six of them.” ‘THE COMMUTER’S JOY. NTO the gay commuter 1 Much pleasure comes to pass 5 He neither has to shovel sr Nor mow the blooming grass. The price of coal has gone up.” Well, [won't kick so long as the supply yA gas-meter.” HOW IT’S DONE. ‘The mysterious author of * The Love Letters of a School Girl” in his study. The brilliant author of * Heart to Heart With Nature,"* * How to Teli Sap." “At Close Range.” writing his delicious story“ June Days in My Garden.” comicbooks.com