Judge, 1902-06-28 · page 3 of 17
Judge — June 28, 1902 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated humor pieces typical of Judge magazine's format: **"Biz"** (top): A cartoon about a man overheating while playing ping-pong, with wordplay on "cold" and overexertion. **"That Catches 'Em!"**: A quip about a young doctor specializing in treating ping-pong injuries—satirizing medical specialization trends. **"Tit for Tat"**: A giraffe cartoon with flirtation dialogue, likely just observational humor. **"How It Looked"**: An editor critiques a Fourth of July poem as poorly constructed. **"Ballade of the Gothamites"**: A poem by Charles Hanson Towne celebrating summer leisure in New York ("Gotham"), referencing pleasures like parks, sailing, and escape from city life. **"The Taylor-Made Girl"**: A society cartoon about a woman's snobbish behavior and invented hyphenated name—satirizing pretentious social climbing among the wealthy.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
BIZ. URRAH for the summer— he summer is here And-now at “Cone rm ng the beer. The bright star of fortune Ts beaming on high My watchword and motte And slogan are “Zwei!” THAT CATCHES 'EM. Dr. Bolus is achieving a phenom. enal practice, they tell me,” said Hojack. + Well, why not 2" replied ‘Tomdik, “He's making a specialty of pingpongitis.” F : Jaspar—* How did you catch such a cold 2" UETOR TAT : ‘ Poxcurixe —"* You carry your head pretty high.”” Junpuppe—\ gor overheated playig pig-pog Gikarre— Well, if | do 1am not stuck up as you are.”* BALLADE OF THE GOTHAMITES. OROTHY 's sailed for the other side To watch a king and a court go by ; Betty “s gone with the turn of the tide are you and 1); Charlotte's gon Who w ‘This is the place of our summeri We need neve ard or guide Inw utes lic, Others ma er them far and wide (Here in th are you and 1). A roof-top "s near to a moonlit sky 5 irl may laugh and a hammock swing, p to peer and pry — This is the place of our Summering. It’s well to dine where the awnings pied Flutter like sails when a ea.wind ’s nigh 5 And wondrous fine is a stage-top ride (Ilere in the city are you and 1). swains to sigh sun goes down and night-birds sing. Ik than ourselves HOW [T LOOKED. from a chaperon’s shepherding — Poet—'* Here is a little poem on the fourth of July.” ‘This is the place of our summe Epiror-‘ Hum! It's so badly mangled it looks like a little poem on the fifth of July.” ‘THE TAYLOR-MADE GIRL. ‘at Mrs. Jones-Smythe is awfully stuck-up.” And | can remember the time when she didn’t have a hyphen to her name.”” comicbooks.com