Judge, 1902-04-26 · page 6 of 16
Judge — April 26, 1902 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page collects humorous short pieces typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines. The content spans social observation and wordplay rather than specific political cartoons. Notable items include "A Literary Crisis," which mocks writers struggling with blank pages and writer's block—a self-referential jab at the magazine's own contributors. "Overheard at Larchmont" satirizes wealthy yacht owners who hire help to do the actual work. "See-Saw" jokes about gamblers who lose money on horse racing tips. Several pieces target pretension: a "vacation man" preferring bottled hay-scent from a drugstore to genuine nature; a character imitating a villain ineffectually. The final cartoon features "Uncle Amos," a dialectal character (likely a racist stereotype common to period humor), commenting on a road's condition. The overall tone reflects era-specific humor about leisure-class excess, urban sophistication, and working-class observations—with minimal political content, focusing instead on universal human follies.
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PECULIAR. " My father says that air Is light— He ought to know just what is right: But then, J do not see just quite | the air goes when it's Port: Eprror—''1 can see that. brain-fag in every line.”* AND HE CAN'T SAY A WORD. Hewitt— Well, a dumb man has one advantage ; he doesn’t have to bite his lip to keep from spe: Jewett—" No; all he has to do is to put his hands in his pockets.” THE RAIN. THE rain comes down, obedi- ent to of gravitation If it went up instead, I think, “Twould make a great sensation. THE KNOWING OF IT. 66 DYES he know much ?” D “Well, he not only knows that he doesn’t: know much, but he knows enough to A LITERARY CRISIS. THERE is nothing so hollow as pens ‘There is nothing so gloomy as ink, When a man is obliged to think of something, And doesn’t know what to think. There is nothing so Lark as paper, There is nothing so void as a brain, When a man has an hour to think up a th And has thought for an hour in vain. I know how a ghost must feel As he tries with his fingers of air To ful of good beefsteak "t there. OVERHEARD AT LARCHMONT. Reggie—" Va-as ; bought a yacht!” Cholly—" Jove! Reggie—" Not a stroke ! valet learn, dontcherknow.” Know how to swim But I'm having my SEE-SAW. Piker—" What do you do with all the money you make furnishing tips on the Tout es?” “Lose it all playing them.” THE REAL THING. “Here is a spring poem, sir.” I can detect the microbes of malaria, rheumatism, influenza, and HIS PREFERENCE, _ Summer cint—"‘ Don't you love the scent of new- mown hay ?"" Vacation MAN—"'Oh, passionately—but I'd a little sooner buy it by the ounce at a drug-store!”” AN IMITATION. 66] WILL make you regret this day !" he hissed through his clinched teeth as he left the room. I laughed to myself, He was not a real villain. his heel. for Twas not deceived. He did not turn on A DISCOVERY. Uncte Amos Lak wonder thet constable told us tew git off this road. Blamed ef it hain't made speshully fer bridal keep others from knowing it. couples!" comicbooks.com