Judge — February 21, 1903 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis This page from Judge magazine contains several satirical pieces: **"His Innocence Established"**: A prisoner successfully proves his innocence using a jimmy (crowbar) as a commuting tool—satirizing the absurdity of judicial evidence. **"The Sapient Sluggard"**: A parable mocking government inefficiency, where a wise man's instruction to a sluggard goes unheeded until the sluggard observes an ant-eater dining, suggesting governmental processes move too slowly. **"Judge's Favorites"**: A brief joke about Annie Russell in "Mice and Men." **"Happily Careless"**: Humor about a woman who wore a seal-skin coat with its price tag still attached all day. **"Society Note"**: A satirical item describing "Sock the Pedestrian," a dangerous new auto club game where participants swing at pedestrians from moving vehicles. The page primarily targets judicial incompetence, government slowness, and the reckless behavior of wealthy auto enthusiasts.