Judge, 1902-04-26 · page 7 of 16
Judge — April 26, 1902 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page collects several brief humorous anecdotes typical of late 19th/early 20th-century American humor magazines. The stories mock social pretensions and child psychology: **"Little Harold"** satirizes mothers' failed attempts to teach children thrift through guilt ("poor children would be grateful"). Harold's solution—having poor children eat his unwanted crusts—mocks naive charitable thinking. **"The Old Story"** uses a brief marriage joke: a man marries a "hard ice-cream soda drinker" hoping to reform her, implying he fails—a dig at naive reformist sentiment. **"Johnny's Playing"** plays on parental self-deception; his mother assumes improving music means the child is getting better, when neighbors are simply "getting more used to it." **"How It Went"** mocks beggars' excuses: one claims a dime gift was spent on an "appetizer"—satirizing both panhandler dishonesty and absurd rationalizations. The cartoons and dialogue target middle-class hypocrisy, failed moralizing, and self-delusion—Judge's typical satirical targets.
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