Judge, 1902-06-21 · page 10 of 16
Judge — June 21, 1902 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains five unrelated satirical vignettes typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine humor: **"Ocular Evidence"** mocks a husband's cleanliness claims—his "clean hands" are evidenced only by a dirty towel, a visual joke on self-contradiction. **"A Mania"** satirizes the wealthy's obsession with collecting antiques, suggesting wives compulsively buy worthless "old things." **"Plaint of the Pterodactyl"** uses prehistoric creatures to mock modern materialism; even extinct species discuss objects' monetary value rather than merit. **"Desperation in the Suburbs"** jokes about servant-retention through deception: a husband dresses as a policeman to intimidate the cook into staying. **"The Wily Chink"** contains period racist caricature of a Chinese peddler attempting to cheat rural Americans, depicting Asian immigrants as inherent con artists. The automobile references throughout reflect early automotive skepticism—new cars were unreliable and treated as curiosities rather than practical transportation.
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OCULAR EVIDENCE. 66 ARE your hands A clean, George?” “You bet, mum! Look at the towel.” A MANIA. Ottinger—" My wife has a perfect mania for collecting antiques. Henriques (wearily) So has mine. She is always ready to buy any old thing.” PLAINT OF THE PTERODACTYL. 64 OW do you like this place, any way ?” asked the pterodactyl of the ichthyosaurus as they hobnobbed in one of the WANTED THE NEWS. failin “ Firsterate. Why?” Isaacs—"'So? For how much?" responded the ichthyo- saurus. “Oh, it has its drawbacks, That man Adam drove me to drink to-day trying to interest me with the sayings of that little Cain. It gave me the fidgets to listen to him telling how Cain tried to pronounce my name.” spirits Angos DESPERATION IN THE SUBURBS. Mrs. Lonetyvitte—" How in the world have you kept your ‘cook so long?" Mrs. Kommurer—"''Sh! Don’t tell anybody. My husband dresses up as a policeman in the evening.” ats IN THE METROPOLIS. F oy Aunt Samantha— Jest look at that peddler tryin’ to sell strawberries at ten cents a quar FORESIGHT. Une Silas—“ Ten cents a quart? Sure as yer born he's Mr. Crusrr—"‘ Young Jenkins asked me for Maria's hand last night and I threw him a bunco-man tryin’ to swindle poor out of the house.” Mes Geonrtee tevors! Why did you do that?" city folks that don't know no bet- Mr. Crusty—"' So they will elope and save wedding expenses.”” ter. A WAY THEY HAVE. WE LISTEN to the man who has acquired a new automobile. From the way he talks,” observes my friend, “you would think his automobile could climb a tree.” I look my friend in the eye. «They generally do,” | remark. Ah, these bon mots, these jeus desprit, that come to one on the spur of the moment ! And yet they are sometimes as difficult as is the automobile. Nrest ce pas? THE HORRORS OF WAR. AGAMEMNON rather nonplussed the Trojans when he entered Troy on the wooden horse, but they were disposed to take it philosophically. * This certainly is a horse on us,” remarked King Priam, “Yes, papa,” returned Cassan- dra; * but just think how much worse * Catchee cue, catchee cue! Me pullee out— had it Deen'an automiobite —allee samee catfish,” THE WILY CHINK AND THE LIFE-SAVING PIGTAIL. comicbooks.com