Judge, 1902-06-21 · page 3 of 16
Judge — June 21, 1902 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several brief humorous sketches and jokes typical of Judge magazine's satirical format: **"Go After It"** mocks medical discussions about whooping cough and college germs—likely referencing contemporary medical debates. **"Her Money Goes Farther"** satirizes a wife's extravagance, with the joke that she sends clothes to Paris, implying wealthy women's conspicuous consumption. **"Near Manila"** appears to reference the Philippine-American War era, with a prisoner needing "air-cure." **"Poetry vs. Prose"** is a Sherlock Holmes parody about deducing marriage proposals from crawling under tables. **"Early Efforts"** depicts a woman beginning playwriting, humorously suggesting she'll imitate Shakespeare or Sheridan. The cartoons target contemporary social themes: medicine, wealth disparity, imperialism, and women's intellectual ambitions—all presented through mock-serious dialogues and exaggerated situations typical of Judge's satirical approach.
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HAD PLENTY. “+ Shall { tap de till, Jim? “Naw; don't bodder wid Buu Jie SHAKESPEARE PING-PONGED. F PING-PONG be the food of love, play « Give me too much of it, that, sat My craze for it may tire out and yamou That ball again? it struck on my ear lik It had a pinging sound tT received when T was but a lad, ing and giving lickings. ‘THE FLOOR-WALKER. First clerk—* Poor Jim! It will be a long time before he gets another place.” Second clerk got a place as floor-walker.” * Don't you believe it, Why, he First clerk“ You don’t say so?” Second clerk— Ves; he's got a new baby.” ‘THE ONLY ONE. you sure you can support a famil co ARE “Tonly want the girl.” GO AFTER IT. 66 THE bacillus of whooping-cough has been discovered,” said Tenspot. + Now, if the germ-hunters could only run down the microbe of the college- yell,” added Gazzam. HER MONEY GOES FARTHER. New extravagant wife— Now, Jack, I'm sure Ian make money go Sarther than you." Distracted husband —“Great Scott! How?” New extravagant wife—* Why, | send to Paris for all my clothes.* Little Freddie (upon seeing the new moon)—"Oh, mamma! there is the moon NEAR MANILA. “The prisoner refuses to talk.”* just starting over again.” Give: him the air-care. POETRY VS. PROSE. Suertock—" Ah, ha, my friend! by the bags in your knees I deduce the fact that you have been proposing to Miss Gotallkinds.”* Rounpssy—" Nope: that's from crawling under the table after ping-pong balls.”* EARLY EFFORTS. Gtavrs—"' So you are going to branch out as a‘ playwright’? How are you going to begin?” Erne.—"'Oh, of course | shall go easy at first—take some little thing of Shakespeare's or Sherldan‘s and elaborate It."" comicbooks.com