Judge, 1903-04-18 · page 9 of 20
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor: **Main cartoons:** - "In a Thankful Mood" mocks missionary work by depicting a missionary grateful that a cannibal king agreed to fast from eating missionaries during Lent—suggesting missionaries are naive and ineffectual. - "Well Named" jokes that a man called "Highbrough" has been in "hot water" since marriage because his wife's family are "hot-water connectors" (a plumbing pun). - "A Necessary Caution" references the Biblical story of Lot's wife (who turned to salt looking back), using it to warn women not to observe other women's Easter hats in church. **Other pieces** include Easter-themed verse and a brief anecdote mocking a child's blunt observation about a neighbor's infant mortality. The satire targets missionary pretensions, marital discord, competitive female fashion culture, and Victorian sentimentality—common Judge themes emphasizing human folly and social hypocrisy through exaggeration and wordplay.
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IN A THANKFUL MOOD. HE missionary leaps with joy on the sandy shore of the canmbal isle as. the good ship comes to a landing “t see you!” he cries. + Well,” answers the captain, * we are glad to see you. We had our doubts about ling you.” “Oh, Lhave been successful beyond my expectations. | have almost converted the king of the islands. He captured me just at the begin’ Lent, but my argue ments prevailed on him to the estent that he decided to abstain from eating mission- aries for forty days. That's why you can’t imagine how delight- ed Twas to see y coming, when Le ends to-morrow.” AN EXTREMIST. se] T IS very com. . . mendable,” said WELL NAMED. “He has bees in hot water ever since he got married.” the Toston lady, «for “Yes: he calls his wife's family his hot-water connectiors.” one to mortify the flesh during Lent. Abstention from nutriment that is abundantly supplied with calories and_proteids is no doubt beneficial to the system and should inculeate reflections that will develop the subliminal consciousness and encour- age the transcendentality of the spirit; but when a person retrains from partaking of beans for a period of forty days, as did Mrs, Highbrough, 1 am inclined to give her the appellation of far A NECESSARY CAUTION. Fister (on Easter morning) —* You had better not look around in church to-day to see the other women’s hat Mrs, Fister—“\ guess { shall look around if f want to.” Fisler—* Oh, yes, if you want to; but the sermon is to be on Lot's wife.” AN EASTER LAY. Easter smiles, Easter smiles, From Secaucus to Seconnet, And its airy, fairy styles Shine in villanelle and sonnet. Though the actor ducks the eggs, Probably from force of habit, O’er the landscape gayly pegs, Like a meteor, the rabbit. Phillida now bobs along Like a rose upon the zephyr, And the bluebird sings his s While the farmer belts the heifer All the land is wildly glad— Joy is quite the spirit's booster, While the sunshine hits the shad And the shrieking shanghal rooster ‘THE SEVERITY OF BABES. THE observations of the young, child are often mercilessly keen. Five: year-old Constance, whose playmate was the daughter of a woman of social rather than domestic proclivities, said to her mother, * Mamma, Amy told me that she once had a little sister who just opened her eyes and looked around the NEARING THE FINISH. WGA. aie Sieh Tice 2p Thanspacn's aw! hota tietitty Natshed?” room and died, and when I looked “Very nearly. He's been about eaten out of house and home by relatives who have come visiting.”” around | didn't wonder.”