Judge, 1902-10-18 · page 3 of 16
Judge — October 18, 1902 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct humor pieces: 1. **"The Wonderful Doings of Marvelous Thomas"** (top): A visual gag featuring a watch-dog named Fido, playing on the double meaning of "watch-dog." 2. **"The Imaginative Faculty"** (middle): A brief text joke mocking magazines' complaints about fiction writers' lack of invention. 3. **"Sagacious Animal"** (center image): A horse refuses to pass an automobile, satirizing early automotive anxieties and the conflict between traditional horse-drawn transport and new motor vehicles. 4. **"Just Indignation"** (bottom): Children quarrel over education funding, with schoolboys arguing about Carnegie's charitable donations versus government education budgets—a reference to Andrew Carnegie's philanthropic activities in early 20th-century America. The page reflects period concerns: technological change, education funding debates, and literary criticism.
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watch-dog: likewise his— NO. 13. THE IMAGINATIVE FACULTY. @ has magazines,” complains the dissatisfied person, * show a de- cided falling off in the inventiveness of our writers of fiction.” “Why,” responds the up-to- date reader, “you do not seem to keep up with the advertise- ments.” WHO'S WHO? THE leopard cannot change his spots, The camel cannot move his hump ; The ostrich can't unjoint his neck, The kangaroo can't himself- un- jump. ‘The elephant can't leave his trunk When he goes out to dine on hay ; ‘The tiger wears his stripes for life Because the tiger ’s built that way. But men and women shift their ways And do the things they shouldn't do, And keep it up until they can't To save their lives tell who is who. ‘Second HoRse— stead of me for a while."” THE WONDERFUL DOINGS OF MARVELOUS THOMAS. *‘Ladles and gentlemen, here | have drawn the picture of Fido, a good SAGACIOUS ANIMAL. First worst—" Why do you run away every time you see an auto?” Just for the variety of hearing master curse autos in- JUST INDIGNATION. Fixst scnooteoy (sigking)—"* Carnegie ‘s jest given ten millions more fer education,"* . Seconp scnootsoy (desperately)—"* Well, say! I'd give ten marbles ter have dat feller here fer jest ten minnits.” ——master, who is a watchman in a watch-factory.”* A BACK-HANDED COMPLIMENT. CINDERELLA had just put on the crystal slipper. ** Do you think it makes my foot look smaller ?” she asked with charming nalvete. “Perhaps,” replied the prince; «but I can see right through it.” Disconcerted by this back- handed compliment, the poor girl blushed ; but as colonial buckles and open-work stockings had not yet arrived she had to be content with her undeceptive foot-gear. ANOTHER APPLICATION. 66 \ WIFE,” said the lecturer before the woman's club, “should be like an open book to her husband.” But before he could goon and elucidate the idea that she should be so, in order that the husband might shut her up when he chose, aman of foreign appearance, wear- ing one or two orders, interrupted, “ Ah, just so—a pocket-book !" comicbooks.com