Judge, 1902-09-06 · page 4 of 16
Judge — September 6, 1902 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several humorous verses and cartoons satirizing everyday life and social situations, rather than targeting specific political figures. **"Beating the Band"** mocks legal absurdity—a man's brains allegedly earn him more money than his current employment. **"A Rural Parisian"** jokes about a rustic character named Jake returning from Paris, humorously claiming he's the "first man in the bull county that ever crossed the ocean." **"The Grasshopper and the Ant"** and **"Horseless Carriage"** cartoons appear to satirize modern technology and social pretensions of the era. **"Sadly Missing"** presents a domestic humor exchange about a brush found at a well versus a golf-score. The overall page reflects turn-of-the-century American humor targeting rural characters, urban pretension, and emerging technologies like automobiles.
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BEATING THE BAND, A BAND of gold, A plighted troth— Now time has rolled He's in the broth. A legal fee, ‘A jury, and A court decree To beat the band. co. wast. HE TOOK ADVICE. SOYVHY have you Wi failed in life 2” “My employers al- ways told me that-a man with my brains could make more money doing something else.” A RURAL PARISIAN. Joshua—And Jake 's got back from Paris. ‘They say he’s fearfully stuck up over his trip. First man in the hull JUDGE'S FAVORITES. county that ever crossed JOSEPHINE LUDWIG. the ocean.” Ever you set us dreaming, Judson—" Yes; but Ot the happy ceneard don’t it make you tired In the resy spring. the way that blamed gillie went and put fifty cents’ worth of hartshorn in his hard cider to make it taste like absinthe ?” And when your sweet accents All have passed away, ‘Then we dream of winter, Gloomy, glum and gray. ALSO TRUE. +4 JOW little we really know about our neigh- bors, after all,” said the young wife, musingly. “Yes,” replied her husband ; «and how much they seem to know about us.” NOT PROGRESSIVE. Saint Peter— Here is your harp.” Spirit—“ Oh, go ‘way back and sit down! Where I come from everything is wireless.” * Whom is May engaged to?" “Some stranger, I think. At least I never saw the engagement-ring she is wearing HORSELESS CARRIAGE. before.” “Well, Marthy, I reckon we'll git t' taown even if thet fool feller did fergit t’ send them shafts.” SADLY MISSING, Sne—" They say truth lies at the bottom of a well.”’ He—" Well, it’s seldom found at the bottom of a ‘ golf-score,’ comicbooks.com