Judge, 1902-04-05 · page 12 of 20
Judge — April 5, 1902 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge contains multiple unrelated humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century American satire: **"Brudder Snowball's Joy"** uses racist dialect humor (common to the era) featuring an African American character celebrating spring's arrival with exaggerated speech patterns. **"Behind the Scenes"** mocks theatrical pretension—a woman demands an expensive stage production to listen to romantic flattery, satirizing theater's inflated costs and artificiality. **"First Spring Attack"** humorously catalogs spring's annoyances: conductors' irritability, children's games, and women in Central Park affecting masculine dress to appear fashionable. **"High Priced"** jokes about hat pricing—a milliner reverses a price card to justify charging vastly more ($99.11 instead of $11.66), satirizing marketing deception and consumer gullibility. **"What's Th' Use O' Hustlin'?"** features rural dialect humor about a man who owns an "automatic driving-machine" (likely a prototype automobile) instead of achieving wealth traditionally—mocking both rural skepticism and mechanical innovation. The page reflects period attitudes, class commentary, and consumer culture satire.
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BRUDDER SNOWBALL'S JOY. 1 p HURRAY: de tree's in blossom Hy Jes’ whiff de breeze’s breff, An’ see de juicy "possum Come out to sun hisseff. 2. De ol’ woodpecker’s shriekin’ Jes’ fit ter split in haf; De pansies am a-peepin’ Along de medder paff. An’ singin’ wid a yel now de little chicken’ Am bustin’ fom de shell. + Is what's. buildin’ berry fine. 6. Oh, eb'ryt'ing am hummin’ BEHIND THE SCENES. An’ feelin’ mighty spry- From mornin’ tilde night— __ Harotp-—‘ Dear Miss Angeline, let me whisper to you the ‘ old, old story "!"" De watermillion wedder De watermillion 's comin’, Ancetine— Aw, come off! If you want me to listen to that you'll have to drama- Am comin’ by an’ bi An’ all de worl am bright. tize It and spend about fifty thousand on a stage-setting.” FIRST SPRING ATTACK. TIS SPRING, and now the conductaire Begins to fill his lungs with Preparatory ,to a swear At folks who crowd the open cair. “Tis spring—the boys are throwing tops. And girls with ropes are hopping hops ; ‘The Harlem goat roams by the lea, ‘The sassafras is in the tea. pring, and now the horsy girl In Central park goes for a whirl, And by her dress does all she can ‘To make believe that she’s a man, INSTANT RESULT a pretty bonnet,” said the pros- ¢ purchaser, “but the price shows that it is not a real artistic creation. It is only eleven dollars and sixty-six cents.” “Pardon me, madam,” suavely said the mil- liner. “The price card has carelessly been in- verted. It should be thus—ninety-nine dollars and eleven cents.” + Send ithome to-day,” ordered the customer. ON THE OLD FARM. His Cousin Tom's Bor (from New York) —" Uncle Abner, will you please put a point on these HER ORNAMENTATION. arrows? We're playin’ Buffalo-huntin’ an’ they won't stick into the cow this way. LAYVHATS Mrs. Gilfoyle got on her Easter hat ?" asked Mrs. Tredway, craning her HIGH PRICED. neck to obtain a better view. Wife—“ How do you like my bonnet? Isn't it a poem 2" “That's a rabbit.” replied Mrs. Glanders. “You know she’s a Husband— Judging from the price, it must be one of Kipling’s.” birdless-bonnet woman. 4b mMnes To YQ LAtrvice Z an Y) aA < — ae = WHAT'S TH’ USE O° HUSTLIN'? At, Howtensece (musing)—"* Rube Pellet sez, sez he, that th’ time wud never come fer me ter own an ortermobeel. But I'll bet a dollernahaff I've got an automatic driving-machine fer preserving th’ lungs that's jest as good!”” comicbooks.com