Judge, 1902-10-11 · page 4 of 16
Judge — October 11, 1902 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This appears to be a fiction/humor page rather than political satire. The content includes: **"Foiled Again"** — A serialized story about a villain and heroine with melodramatic plot elements (calcium lights, jewelry, train scenes). The illustration shows the heroine confronting the villain. **Several joke sections** with titles like "Judge's Favorites," "Establishing His Value," "A Good Chance," "An Improvement," "Ideal," and "Utterly Worthless" — these appear to be brief humorous anecdotes about everyday situations (marriages, servants, doctors, farmers). **Cartoons** with captions like "Why Don't They Wait?" — illustrating domestic or social humor scenarios. The page's humor relies on wordplay, domestic situations, and social observations typical of early 20th-century American magazines. There's no evident political commentary or specific contemporary event being referenced.
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FOILED AGAIN. $650!" hissed the villain. 2 The heroine faced him grandly. The calcium light sputtered de- lightedly over the scene, causing her jewels to glitter like the eye of a press-agent. So!" growled the vil- lain. Here the heroine kicked her train around in front of her, and the hand-painted flowers on the back breadth came into full view. Bravely she clutched the will in her lily-white fingers. “So!” hoarsely muttered the villain, With the air of a queen the heroine turned upon him. “Why do you say *So’ so often ?” she asked. “ Do you think you can cow me?” Realizing that he was baffled for JUDGE'S FAVORITES. EDITH ST. CLAIR, When we see you flutter Round and gayly pose, Like the golden butter- Fly about the rose, In your sweet, fantastic ‘Smiles, that never fade, We think of elastic Daintily you're made, And that, while a-skipping, Time goes on its way, You'll be busy clipping Coupons alll the day. ESTABLISHING HIS VALUE. S4\YVAS he a valuable man to the “Well, I dunno, His wife's suit for five thousand dollars damages be- cause he was lynched has not been de- cided.” ite th A GOOD CHANCE, IDEAL, ‘6AN IDEAL match,” they say, indicating the newly-married couple. “Eminently suited to each other,” they continue. Here they pause and watch the happy pair. “Seems like a made-to- order meeting of affinities,” they conclude. “He is a vegetarian and she is a grass-widow.” UTTERLY WORTHLESS. Cholly —" Doctor, I want something for my head.” Dr. Gruffly —"My dear fellow, I wouldn't take it for a gift.” IN HIS DEFENSE. Farmer Bentover— “Aw, by gosh! don’t tell me. William Jennin's Bry- an ain't no better than his party.” Farmer Stackrider— 1. WHY DON'T THEY WAIT? " What a woman tells her friends her new servant is a day “* Wa-al, anyhow, he's more or two after hiring her. united.” “| could lift more than any man in my class at college, dad.”* “Waral, son, s'posin’ ye take off yer coat an’ see if mortgage off th’ old place we put on It ter send ye ACCOUNTED FOR. | Surrn—" | want to get a gross of beef, | wine and iron, two dozen of cod-liver oil, a | case of rheumatism cure, three gross of ""—— WHovesate pruocist—' Are you going to start a drug-store, sir?” . ‘Surmm—" No; I'm going to start fora two-weeks’ vacation at a health-resort.”* the last time in that act, the villain rolled another cigarette and left the stage with a tragic stride. 1 | AN IMPROVEMENT. 66] HEAR that Cactus Tim had his legs cut off,” said Alkali Ike. * Yes,” said Tarantula Tom ; * rail- | road did it—nipped his feet off clean and sure. He's stumpin' round on wooden pins now.” “ How does he like it?” “Fusterate. He says he can't get snakes in his boots now.” thar 2, WHY DON'T THEY WAIT? ‘What she tells them she is about two weeks later. comicbooks.com