Judge, 1902-04-05 · page 8 of 20
Judge — April 5, 1902 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"Just a Suggestion"** depicts six male caricatures with exaggerated, elaborate hairstyles styled "as the fair sex" would arrange theirs. The satire mocks men's vanity and grooming pretensions—suggesting that if men were as fussy about their appearance as women, they'd look ridiculous. **Other content** includes brief humorous stories ("An April Fool," "As to Punctuation," "Admiration") playing on domestic tensions and gender dynamics—common themes in Judge's social satire. **"This Kicking World"** presents six cartoon vignettes showing different social classes complaining: landlords versus tenants, artists versus wealthy patrons, theatrical managers versus performers. Each "kicks" against the other, satirizing class conflicts and economic grievances. The overall tone reflects early 1900s attitudes about gender roles, class relationships, and social propriety—with humor aimed at contemporary readers' recognition of these tensions.
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JUST A SUGGESTION. HOW SOME OF OUR MALE PRIENDS WOULD LOOK IF THEY WERE AS FASTIDIOUS IN ARRANGING THEIR MAIR AS THE PAIR SEX, Hockheimer, the Sixth- The man who knows a A director of one of the ' This 1s the man who avenue pawn-bro- thing or two about A gentleman of noble many necessary in- M4 stands for the man sits eternally with ker, whan yours tru- cards and other birth, stitutions where Mr ceuee his back to the au- Lepr his dia- honest games. lucre is dispensed. 7 dience. A RAY OF SUNSHINE. LETHE. prices on these enou AN APRIL FOOL. THE crocus pushed a bud up— ‘The weather made it bold. It opened in the sunshine, A disk of yellow gold. Down came a sudder ‘To ice the gard Above the frozen crocus It whispered, * April fool!" h to drive a man to drink,” growled the orth pessimistic married Oh, well,” smiled the optimistic friend, AS TO PUNCTUA sit might. be TION. S6\JHEN | married Ww you I thought you were a woman of the period,” complained the husband, grieving over the bill for the ter hat; “but [ find that worse. “Td like to know how.” “Well — er ah —well, you might have mar- ried a two-headed woman, you know.” you are a woman of ec dollar- mark.” “Well,” replied the wife of his bosom with some torian re- marked as’ he wiped from his gilded features the ter duck -¢ that’s the egy I somehow couldn't duck.” asperity, "| would rather be that than the man of the clamation-point.” ADMIRATION. NAME for the STOPPED THE new baby was GAME. under discussion, be HAT broke and each member w up the of the interested ping-pong social down at your church last night?” family group had contributed sug- gestions, Sudden. ly the thr old brother, who greatly admired his next-door asked the young man with the cler- ments, Some unre- ROR Ges Se xenerate son of ighbor, piped Bel out, n said the second man in “Why don't A VARIETY OF REASONS. churchly garb, » her Mrs. “Why is she going to the mountains this year ? srgulsiitutediesps you name her Mrs, “Oh, she has several reasons. The doctor has ordered her to go, her husband has ordered her to stay at ubstituled: eee Jones ?” home, and she is sick of the shore and the country.”” for the balls.” ee ¢ } PS Z 4 = 1. THIS KICKING WORLD th The landlord kicks be- The tenant kicks ‘be- Dauber the artist kicks Rich people kick be- o theatrical manager cause the tenant cause the landlord because rich peo- cause Dauber'spor- Pearl Footlite kicks Kicks because Teer doesn't pay his doesn't make nec- ple don't buy more traits don't flatter aoa ilvingat iv Saore “*strenusus: rent. essary repairs, of his portraits. them. makea living at it. Nr tr ness.