Judge, 1902-08-02 · page 3 of 16
Judge — August 2, 1902 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated satirical pieces and humorous content typical of Judge magazine's format: **"Thirty Cents"** and **"The Skin and the Graft"** are conversational jokes about medical procedures and postal rates. **"In Chicago"** appears to be a marriage proposal scenario. **"The Trolley-Wire Puzzle"** features Uncle Cyrus Chubb making a joke about trolley cars and jumping—likely referencing the then-new electric trolley systems that were transforming urban transport in the early 1900s. **"The Early Bird"** is a brief dialogue about insurance. **"The Wonderful Doings of Marvelous Thomas"** (bottom) shows a humorous sequence with a character and a hat/mask, with accompanying text about drawing a musket. The page reflects Judge's mix of social commentary, urban humor, and contemporary technology references aimed at middle-class American readers.
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‘THE SKIN AND THE GRAFT. Ce TRULY.” says the patient who is being skin-grafted, « surgical science is a wonderful thing.” “It is,” says the friend who is helping out with the required skin, “First they skin me and then they graft you ; but after you get well and they send in the bill you'll find that you've been skinned for their graft.” ALL IS VANITY. Crawford—"{ noticed your wife act- ing strangely from my window across the street, so I came over to see if she had sud- denly gone craz Crabshaw “Oh, no; she’s mere- ly going through the motions described in a Sunday paper to ke her beautiful.” IN CHICAGO. S6\JILL you mar- Wis “What! again 2” “Now, iy dear friends, | hav tional touches we have the THIRTY CENTS. Fervy—" That sweet young poetess said | looked like fifteen ounces, Wonder what she meant?” Atcr—"Oh, letter-postage at two cents an ounce, of course.”” WHY, INDEED? THE TROLLEY-WIRE PUZZLE. Unce Cyrus Cruss—" Henry said these trolley-cars wun't stop fer ye ‘less ye pull the bell-cord: but it'll take a blame site higher jumper than I be ter do it."" NO. 4.—THE WONDERFUL DOINGS OF MARVELOUS THOMAS. drawn here a musk-ox, and with a few addi- +CYET,” protested the artist, « {cannot see why you will not accept my drawing of * Diana at the bath.’ [t is artistic and well handled.” “My dear fellow,” said the magazine publisher, * why should I —muse-ular huater that killed it.”” pay you for the pri lege of reproducing what somebody else will pay me for the privilege of printing as an advertisement for health under wear?” Realizing that the Philistines were upon him, the artist has tened to his studio to convert his classic studies into straight- lingerie il- front ar lustrations. ‘THE EARLY BIRD. Levi— Cohen is gedding absent- minded.” Isaacs —" Yes?” Levi—* He tried to gollect der insur- ance der day before der fire.” comicbooks.com