Judge, 1903-02-07 · page 11 of 24
Judge — February 7, 1903 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"Tempus Fugit"** is a poem-and-illustration about a man who keeps a woman's picture in his watch. The joke: he pretends the image reminds him of mortality and the fleeting nature of youth, but really he's just anxious another man will court her faster. **"Sound Advice"** depicts Irish characters (indicated by dialect spelling) where one recommends doubling medicine doses—absurd medical humor playing on ethnic stereotypes common to the era. **"Getting Him Wild"** shows a dime museum manager reviving a sluggish "wild man" exhibit by exposing him to a colored comic supplement—mocking both sensationalist entertainment and comics themselves. **"A Church Fare"** and **"Up to Date"** offer brief social satire: a hotel proprietor advertises a burglar-proof steel apartment supposedly for wealthy guests, but reveals it's actually for foreign maestros and impresarios—suggesting these artists are dishonest or untrustworthy. The final comic shows a boy tempted by a restaurant sign, with the punchline about white paint—visual humor about childish mischief.
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‘TEMPUS FUGIT. Won my watch it hath a place Where oft mine eye may meet it— A dainty, dimpled, pictured tice, With fender glance I greet it. A moral lesson may be found— Now, don't anticipate me. Of course you've caught it on the bound— *, You scafcely canawait me” You think whene’er I seek the hours, Mine eye this picture meting, Um minded maids a flowers And youth and beauty fleeting. Oh, not a bit of it! T read The lesson thus: “ You'd better Make haste your wooing with more speed— Some other chap might get her.” THOMAN RONEKTS ANDREWS. SOUND ADVICE. MeLubberty —“Oi'm takin’ this medicine accordin’ to the docthor’s orders—wan tablet ivery hour, an’ it is doin’ me no good at all.” ; O'Hoggarty— Thin, begorra! double the dose. Take wan ivery two hours.” GETTING HIM WILD. Dime-useum mavacer—" Say, Jim, the wild man is too tame this morning. Chuck him in that colored comic supplement.” A CHURCH FARE. UP TO DATE, said the proprietor of the new hotel, “we have.every modern improvement. For ¢, here is an apartment that we have just | constfucted“to: meet a-new demand on. the part of our guests,” : i The suite of- rooms he showed us was made entirely of steel: The doors were all heavy, with combination and time-locks, and the general ap- pearance of the apartment was ‘that of the best _ grade of bank-vault, “What's this for ?" we ask.- + Some million- aire?" : Oh, no," he explains, «It is for the use of visiting maestros and impresarios from the old country. It is guaranteed to be absolutely cons stable-proof.” pute of Macedon was {aking an airing when his slave repeated the g:sual_admonition, “Philip, remember thou art mortal.” “know it,” tartly replied the monarch. “I tried to complain about the steam heat this morning.” Observing a“ janitor-on-premises" sign, he shuddered and ordered his minions to hasten on. Be SAN 14 HASHLY'S RESTAURANT PA J