Judge — May 17, 1902 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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# "The Fastidious Traveler" - Judge Magazine Page This page satirizes a snobbish traveler visiting a Texas town who demands luxury accommodations. The landlord offers him a room with Judge Dingbatt, described as "one of our most prominent citizens" who uses quality tobacco. The traveler accepts, then discovers his roommate is a cow! The satire mocks Eastern pretension meeting Western frontier roughness. The fastidious traveler—concerned with cleanliness and social status—finds himself sharing quarters with livestock, deflating his pomposity. Secondary sketches include "A New One" showing children inventing a game called "ping-pong-golf," and "His Scheme," depicting a man's marriage proposal strategy. The humor relies on class contrast and frontier crudeness as comeuppance for affected snobbery—a recurring Judge theme mocking Eastern affectation.