Judge, 1902-12-13 · page 6 of 16
Judge — December 13, 1902 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple short satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"His Criticism"** mocks domestic disputes—a husband nearly strikes the table over his wife's cooking, then laughs at his own anger. **"Primeval Researches"** satirizes spiritualism séances (then popular), joking that someone contacted Homer and Shakespeare. The humor turns on asking Homer to verify authorship of "Beautiful Snow," a sentimental Victorian poem—absurdly attributing it to ancient Homer. **"Well Off"** cynically observes that lawyers profit regardless of case outcomes; Perkins lost the will-case but extracted fifty thousand dollars personally anyway. **"Hobo Philosophy"** presents tramps as folk-wisdom dispensers, contrasting foresight versus hindsight, with the punchline that hindsight doesn't matter when "a felly comes up behind yer wid a brick." **"Making Assurance Doubly Sure"** jokes that Mrs. Jones buys her husband cigars before his New Year's smoking resolution, ensuring he'll smoke them immediately—undermining his willpower through advance planning. The cartoons reflect period preoccupations: spiritualism, legal corruption, class humor about hobos, and domestic life.
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HIS CRITICISM. HIS angel-food,” said the quick-tempered young hus- band, raising his clinched fist. preparatory to bring ing it down on the table with an emphasis that in all probability would have caused the placid blane- mange to tremble like an aspen and the skittish horse-radish to jump off the festal board," tastes "— then, as the latent humor of the remark dawned on him, he paused and smiled in a way that took the ing out of his words—* like hades PRIMEVAL RESEARCHES. Jonesmith— We are having very interesting times at our seances lately. We had Shakespeare at two meetings, and Homer himself appeared at the last one.” Billbrown— He did? Say, if he comes again I want you to do a favor for me.” Jonesmith— Certainly, What is it?” Billbrown—* Find out it he wrote the original * Beautiful Snow.’ WELL OFF. “Yes, Lawyer Perkins lost that will-case.”" y “He must be a poor lawyer.” “Not at all, He got fifty thousand out of it for himself before it was decided.” ‘THE SOOTHING TOUCH OF TIME. 66] F."L inquired—for I was ever curious—* if history be fiction agreed upon HOBO PHILOSOPHY, how in the world is the agreement ever reached ? , Bit me srre—"* Foresight is always better than hindsight, Padder."* “Quite naturally, of course,” replied the investigator, “ by the demise of Jn THe pADDER—" Not when a felly comes up behind yer wid a brick." the contemporary non-participants.” MAKING ASSURANCE DOUBLY SURE, Mrs. Jones—"'1 have bought my husband some cigars for Christmas.” Mrs. Surrn—" Cigars?” Mrs. Jonzs— Yes. He says he is going to swear off smoking on New Year's, and | want to make sure of It.”” comicbooks.com