Judge, 1903-01-10 · page 10 of 16
Judge — January 10, 1903 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of Judge magazine's social commentary: **"His Only Bad Habit"** (top): A domestic comedy where Henry claims to have no vices, having quit swearing, smoking, drinking, and socializing—yet his wife notices he still eagerly reads liquor and cigar advertisements. The satire mocks male hypocrisy about reformation and the power of advertising. **Various short humor pieces** include Venezuelan political assassination postponements (satirizing Latin American instability), and jokes about borrowing money and bicycle riding. **"The Limit"** (bottom): References King Philip's torture methods, sarcastically suggesting modern Americans prefer financial tortures (stock losses, oil boiling) to historical ones—satire on industrial-age capitalism's cruelties. The illustrations are typical Judge cartoons: detailed cross-hatching, exaggerated character expressions, and visual puns. The overall tone targets middle-class American pretension, marriage dynamics, and emerging commercial advertising culture of the early 20th century.
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HIS ONLY BAD HABIT. soHENRY,” said Mrs, Penheck- er, “you have not yet told me what good re- solve you have made for the new year.” « Why, my dear,” protested Henry, “you know that I have no small vices or bad habits at all. Dont you know that you have induced me to stop swearing and smoking and drinking ILLUSTRATED SLANG. and going out nights, “Wouldn't stand for It."* and everything else that I used to think that I wanted to do?” “Yes, love,” answered Mrs. Penhecker sweetly; “but it sometimes seems to me INFORMATION. Lapy—""A half dozen. Yes, they are quite nice ba- nanas for New York.” Ginny—" Oh, dey was nota raise in New York, lady.” that you read the advertisements of liquors and cigars with a sinful satisfaction. It would a ; | i | be better for you, spir- "| tually, if you should Anges sternly and firmly re- proper INKY | Wh | solve to shun them One hereafter.” inte i ‘And poor Henry aes ‘ shrank further and falling further into the nice Old new house-coat that your she had made from You It's th her old dolman. Town NOTES FROM r m baa artaraat HANG BY general agree- {h hl ‘ ment, the assas- ba H sination of Colonel AU Luiz de Munn has mt been postponed from Monday evening until the following Thurs- day. Colonel de Munn ‘ g requested this, in or- ay 4d X% Di . ‘i Ww der that he might fur- i E & oy a7 ae a ther claborate upon 3) } ane oe i his dying speech. CX : : h occurre The ladies of the i = New York's most Stabb-street_ church i famous murder mys- will hold an informal MH tery. j revolution at the home Y q Country cousin— of Sefiora Retardo 3 Wary 7} Z, “ Indeed ? Which do Wednesday afternoon = s q 4 : you mean?” and evening. The E ~ : WN wn, frtend— ladies will form them- a fe one the police selves into two par- | ° SS solved. ties, and the one which d HH takes cynica captures the church- TaUS ENOUGH. COUNT not your treasury will donate taps. Gruwpy—" Joel, | do wish you wuzn't ferever borrowin’ trouble."” miles before they the contents to fur- Joe. Grumrr—*Wa-al, thet don't need ter worry ye. I ginerly pay back what I borrow, don't?" are pedaled. thering the work of sending sardines to the suffering poor of Italy. Sefiorita Calso Mina de Face has been selected as daughter of the regiment for Colonel Diablo tu Payé's command. The sefiorita is in training for her duties, having been given a com- plimentary ticket to the merry-go-round. Sefior Puffe y Habana, our public-spirited citizen, suggests that it will be a good plan to hold our revo- lutions in the bull-ring here- after, for the benefit of the thousands of excursionists who could be attracted by such events, w.. nesarr. THE LIMIT. King Philip regarded his victim with that cold ferocity which was bis trump card on such occa- sions. ‘Let him,” he sald in slow and passionless Han Yar—"Don't it worry yew not to hev ex much sense ex THE world is more ine e206) « invest in oll stock and wait for dividends."* other folks?" clined to take a man at ‘The victim, inured as he was to every species Tie tir wowpen—" Nope.” his own estimate of himself of royal torture, trembled visibly. He had hoped lank Yar—" Why not?" ; tobe only roasted in amalgamated steel, or squeezed ‘Tue tDiot woNDER—"" Well, you see, | know that other folks don't When he places it low than “4 and on Ms pel in sugar, or boiled in Standard oll, or something know it. when he puts it high. like that, comicbooks.com