Judge, 1902-09-06 · page 3 of 16
Judge — September 6, 1902 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several unrelated humor pieces typical of Judge's format: 1. **"The Wonderful Doings of Marvelous Thomas"** (top): Shows a character presenting drawings of a duck to a rabbit, with a pun about animals being "of the same mind." 2. **"The Outlook"** and **"Waiting for Posterity"**: Brief joke exchanges about a historical novelist and a sailor's domestic life—standard domestic humor of the era. 3. **"Pig Pog"**: A nonsense verse with crude illustration, playing on the popularity of such whimsical rhymes. 4. **"The Umpire"** and **"Hirsute Calculation"**: Short quips referencing Kipling and Biblical knowledge. 5. **"Between Friends"** (bottom): A cartoon of a man fishing from a cart pulled by a horse, with a caption about female admiration—mild social satire on relationships. The page represents Judge's mix of puns, domestic comedy, and light satirical illustrations aimed at general Victorian-era entertainment rather than specific political commentary.
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NO. 9.—THE WONDERFUL DOINGS OF MARVELOUS THOMAS. rabbit. were both— WAITING FOR POSTERITY. MY FRIEND, the historical novelist, hands me his manuscript to read. “It is my new historical tale,” he says, “as far as { have written.” I glance over a few chapters. Why," I sa are all of 1902. novel 2" «the scenes and characters How can this be a historical “The scenes and characters will be all right by the time the magazines publish the story,” he explains, Remembering that but that day I had read the magazine account of the Peary relief expe- dition, I nod in agreement with him. THE OUTLOOK. Her papa—Yo' aspiah ter marry mat: daughtah, sah? H'm! Whad am yo'r pros- pee's 2" The suitor (a widower). ery single one ob de pussons fo’ whom mah late lamented, wife done washin’ fo’ hab promised ter liber'ly paternize her successah.” “Here | have drawn the picture of a duck who was wooed and won by a They lived happily together ever afterward, for the reason that they 1 lub to play at pig-pog ‘Wid enny piggy-wig. To push the bloobig tibe alog | fandsy id is big. Vp bery fod ob plg-pog, Ad uothig else I'd do. It is all righd ad not all wrog— ‘Ah, be! Ca-choo! ca-choo ! BETWEEN FRIENDS. Atcr—"* Yes, she admits that she is fond of me.” Canned, boiled, or salad?" —cf the same mind." ‘THE “UMPIRE.” (Wath apologies to Kiting.) Miss Beacon-Street (of Boston)— Can you recall the name of that poem in which Kipling speaks of «a rag, a bone, and a hank of hair' 2" Miss Breezy (of Chicago)—" Let me see. Oh, yes—! The Umpire.’ ” HIRSUTE CALCULATION. Little Wynnie (just returned from Sun- day-school)—« Is it true that even the hairs of our heads are numbered ?” Mr, Frontseat—" The Bible says so, my child.” Little Wynnie (after a pause)—* It won't be very hard to keep track of yours; will it, papa?" BAD SUMMER. De Style--" They say the peach-crop was a failure.” Gunbusta—« Yes ; it was too cold for the girls to go to the seashore or mountains.” comicbooks.com