Judge, 1903-02-21 · page 10 of 16
Judge — February 21, 1903 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"Cupid an Itinerant"** presents Cupid as a traveling salesman/con artist who manipulates hearts and romantic relationships for profit—mocking both sentimentality and the era's commercialization of romance. **"In the Essays"** satirizes intellectual pretension: a woman dismisses an encyclopedia salesman by claiming she's already read all encyclopedias multiple times through her "culture club," highlighting the gap between claimed sophistication and actual knowledge. **"A Convenient Arrangement"** uses dialect humor (common in period publications) about a farm where the chicken-house is positioned in the watermelon patch—implying practical absurdity or possibly theft/poaching jokes. **"The Easy City Man"** depicts an urban character navigating various situations—likely satirizing city dweller incompetence or naiveté. **"Worked Both Ways"** jokes about divorce lawyers who both maximize alimony collection *and* help clients evade payment—satirizing legal corruption and the monetization of marital dissolution. The overall tone targets commercialism, false intellectualism, and professional duplicity.
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— 64 CAN'T I sell you an encyclopeedia ?” asks the affable agent of the short-haired woman who H, T'M a bold itinerant; T roam the wide world through. I'ma tinker, a sailor, a judge and a jailer, A lot more, too. I mend my hearts like a broken plate ; I fix some crooked, I fix some straight, And everybody comes to me soon or late— Heigh-oh ! Yes, I'm a gay itinerant, And thoroughly up to date, Deciding love-cases in thousands of places, A judge of state. It's versus that and versus this ; T always make the fine a kiss, And never a case Heigh-oh! e that I miss— CUPID AN ITINERANT. Oh, I'm a bold itinerant ; Detective work 's my forte. Ican break any latch with a very strong catch And think it’s sport. And any heart that’s asleep T wake, And any heart that I want T take To hold as prisoner for some one’s sake— Heigh-oht So I'ma gay itinerant ; T roam o'er land arid sea. I'm a bother, a joy, and a love of a boy: You can't beat me. I mend my hearts like a broken plate ; I fix them crooked, I fix them straight, And everybody comes to me soon or late— Heigh-oh ! RENA CARY SHEFFIELD. IN THB ESSAYS. meets him at the door. “believe not,” she answers, slowly closing the door; “I believe not. culture club, and I have heard all there is in all the encyclopacdias several times over.” A CONVENIENT ARRANGEMENT. First parKey—"' Dat's de mos’ convenlentest arranged farm I eber seen."* ‘StcOND DARKEY—"‘Dat's so. De chicken-house am located in de watahmilyun patch." THE EASY CITY MAN. Lam president of our AT HIS WIT’S END. WITH A VALENTINE. TPIS lite card of pink and blue That Tam sending, sweet, to you Is such a weak and foolish way Of telling what my heart would say. For words are vain to tell my love— More wondrous than the stars above. Forget the verse and simple signs And read, sweetheart, between the lines. cwanurs Waxsow TOWNE, WORKED BOTH WAYS. Jaggles—" Are they good di- vorce lawyers 2” Waggles—* Best in the busi- ness. They've originated over a hundred different ways of collect- ing alimony and as many more for evading the payment of it.” comicbooks.com