Judge, 1903-06-06 · page 7 of 16
Judge — June 6, 1903 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated short humor pieces typical of early 20th-century American satirical magazines. **"Bob Whites"** is a sentimental poem (in dialect) about quails calling to mates, with an unclear allegorical point—possibly about loneliness or separation, though the meaning isn't explicit. **"No Difference"** is a brief joke playing on class indifference: a customer orders tea for a blind woman and doesn't care whether it's green or black, since she can't see the difference anyway. **"When to Get Married"** jokes about marrying for money—a young woman is only marriageable once she inherits her fortune in two years. **"Work Before Pleasure"** is self-referential satire: an author declines a golf outing because he's writing golf stories for a magazine—mocking the commercialization of leisure activities. **"A Chaser"** makes a pun: a cat dressed in colorful stripes resembles a "pousse café" (a layered cocktail). The bottom section shows caricatured "types" useful for comic artists: French aristocrats, Germans, and working-class relatives—stock characters for period humor.
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BOB WHITES. IS'EN to de lonesome quail In de comin’ ob de night, Callin’ to his mate ter cum To de nest ob lil’ Bob White. Heah him call, an’ den he wait Fo’ de answer, out ob sight ; Den he pipe agin an’ say, In dat lonesome way, *¢ Bub White.” Den de sun pull down de blinds On de glim'rin’ ob de light, An’ de cricket in de bresh Serenade pooh lil’ Bob White. *Spec’ Bob feered ter pipe sum mo’ In de hushes ob de night ; So he hide behin’ he wing— ct sing, ‘Go sleep, Bob White.” Dar am udders in de wu'ld, de glim'rin’ light, why dar mates doan’ cum— lonesome lil’ Bob White. Gauger—«1 heard he was a crank—a vegetarian.” Pritchard—* Oh, he is worse than that—he is a health- foodarian,” 4 NO DIFFERENCE. “ Gimme a pound uv tea." “Green or black?" “It don't mek no difference—it's fer a blind woman." WHEN TO GET MARRIED. “Isn't she too young to. get married ?"" “Oh, yes. She won't come Into her fortune for two years yet." WORK BEFORE PLEASURE. 66] F YOU will come to the links with me to-morrow,” says the friend to the energetic author, “I will be glad to give you your first lesson in golf.” “Sorry, old man," apologizes the author; “but I will have to stay at my desk. I'm finishing a contract for a series of golfing stories for Grab- bler's Magazine.” A CHASER. REGINALD took the tabby eat And decked her out so gay With stripes of divers tints and hues That he was moved to say, “« When father sees you he will think You are a pousse café." 2. THE PROPER PROPERTIES FOR THE WOULD-BE COMIC ARTIST. The French count. Our German friend. Uncle Rube. ‘The laundry relative. comicbooks.com