Judge, 1902-12-20 · page 21 of 52
Judge — December 20, 1902 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple short satirical pieces typical of Judge's humor circa 1902: **Poetic Vignettes** ("A Cameo," "An Intaglio"): Whimsical verses celebrating winter scenes—falling snow, a boy with his sled, a sleeping hen dreaming of romance. These are light, sentimental pieces with no apparent political content. **"The Coigne of Vantage"**: A brief joke about dancing the cotillion (a formal group dance) at Christmas—one character claims to know a "better step," implying a superior dancing technique or social superiority. **"Christmas Shopping in Boston"**: A salesman pitches a doll to Mrs. Beans that speaks when pressed. She requests one uttering words like "therapeutical" or "anthropophagic"—a satire on pretentious, overeducated speech and the absurd expectations of wealthy customers. **"One on the Smart Clown"**: A comic strip showing a clown performing acrobatic tricks over a basin of water, progressively failing and falling in. **Social commentary**: The shopping joke satirizes class pretension and consumer excess during the wealthy Christmas season. Otherwise, this page emphasizes entertainment over political satire.
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»——— A CAMEO. EE the flake Softly fall On the lake, On the mall ; On the shed, On the cow, ‘On the red Banw-wow-wow. Hear the spry Little bay Heave a sigh Made of joy While he head Over heels For his sled Swiftly spiels. THE COIGNE OF VANTAGE. DeGarry —" Did you two dance the co- tillon at the Christmas knew a better step than "* Get up! my tried and trusty deer, and fly acress the drifts, That all good little girls and boys may revel in my gifts. AN INTAGLIO. EE the hen, In repuse, 'Neath her winglet ‘Thrust her nose. See her rolled Ina heap Of joy-gilded, sleep. See her start All aglow— By her antics Well L kuaw She's just dreamed ‘That some coon Grabbed her ‘neath the Silver moon. CHRISTMAS SHOP. FING IN BOSTON. Salesman — “A doll for your little girl, did you say, madam ?” Mrs. Beans— "Yes, I wantone which on being pressed will that. It was on the Pp * . RQ utter some simple word, ‘ ‘ NEN . such as ‘ therapeutical,’ staina THE REASON THE LITTLE FLIES WERE FORCOPTEN: or" anthropophagic N ORDER to live up to our blue-china Christmas present we fre: ()PPORTUNITY will ofien delight a man by meeting him half way ; quently have to use, very inferior queensware when we don't but there are many men who really expect her to send a twelve- have company. hundred-dollar automobile after them ! COPYMONT 1902 BY JUDGE COMPANY OF KEW YORK. eg ONE ON THE SMART CLOWN Sackett & Withelns Liha & Pit (o NewYork comicbooks.com