Judge, 1902-09-20 · page 3 of 18
Judge — September 20, 1902 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three short humorous sketches satirizing wealthy Americans and social pretense: **"A Costly Filling"** mocks a millionaire who demands expensive dental work—gold or amalgam—revealing vanity masquerading as necessity. **"Putting It to the Test"** depicts Mrs. Harcee trying to trick a milkman into adulterating milk to test its quality, suggesting the wealthy's paranoid distrust of servants and tradespeople. **"An Absent-Minded Admission"** shows a patron complaining to a milkman about winter deliveries, inadvertently revealing he hasn't paid his bills—a joke about wealthy debtors' shamelessness. **"The Proper Spirit"** features a woman unconcerned that her deacon sent her inferior peaches, caring only about the "spirit" of the gift. The recurring theme mocks the hypocrisy and moral weakness of the affluent classes.
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COUNTER CONFIDENCES. IZ,” confided the girl at the mbbon- counter, “you know I told you I got engaged to a German count at the summer hotel 2” “Yes.” “Well, he isn’t a count at all. He's cashier in a dairy-lunch’ room down street.” « Ain't that nice, though? You'll get to see him this winter again. I was lucky, too. The millionaire’s son I fell in love with drives a delivery wagon for this store.” A COSTLY FILLING. soil you have this cavity filled with gold or amalgam ?” asks the dentist of his plutocratic patient. “ Use the most expensive material you have,” orders the multi-millionaire. Forthwith the dentist takes his coal-scuttle from the safe and begins the operation. HIS OBJECTION, Mrs. Newurwep—" How dare you object to my bills? Papa pays them all." Mr. Newtywep—"' Yes, hang it! But I haven't the nerve to ask him to pay any of mine while you are touching him up all the time.” AN ABSENT-MINDED ADMISSION. 66] SUPPOSE,” says the patron to the milkman, “that you view the coming of winter with feclings of regret.” “Indeed I do,” answers the milkman, “It is really very hard,” goes on the patron, PUTTING IT TO THE TEST. “to find suitable pasture in the cold weather, no Lands 0° mercy, Hiram! what's thet yer got?” ’2 machine {'ve got on trial fer sprayin’ bugs outer the trees; an‘ If it'll only doubt?” spray the boys outer bed I guess we ain't got none the wust o° the bargain.” “Yes; and then the pump freezes so often.” 26 Se THE PROPER .SPIRIT. “* What did the deacon say when you sent him the brandied i? “* He said he didn’t care so much for the peaches as he did the spirit in which they were sent."” comicbooks.com