Judge, 1903-06-27 · page 7 of 21
Judge — June 27, 1903 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple humorous short pieces typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines: **"Anxious Days"** mocks a high-school girl's anxiety over matching her essay's quality to her graduation gown—satirizing the superficial concerns of privileged youth. **"A Deserved Fortune"** presents a straightforward success story about a practical inventor, offering gentle humor rather than satire. **"Pleasant for Ferdy"** jokes about a man's incompetence with boxing gloves, playing on the double meaning of "expert." **"His Vacation"** satirizes tourists' ignorance: the city visitor misunderstands "husking bee" (a communal farm work gathering) as a type of lazy bee, mocking outsiders' unfamiliarity with rural life. **"Off the Earth"** contrasts romantic idealism with practical geography—she'd travel anywhere, but he wants her in Brooklyn, poking fun at urban domesticity versus romantic adventure. **The "Algy" comic strip** depicts slapstick violence between a man and a bear over ribbons, relying on visual humor rather than social commentary.
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ANXIOUS DAYS. “THOUGHT corrugates her fair young brow ; ‘The crucial time is coming. The high-school girl, With brain awhirl, No more rag-time is humming. A problem now is in her mind— A problem in designing ; And that is what, With surging thought, Her fair young brow is lining. A thousand schemes flash through her brain, To be met with rejection. Though she may cry, Her standard 's high— ‘Tis absolute perfection. What is this awful problem, then, That causes her to sigh and frown? Her essay must Be written just Tomatch her graduating gown. WOOD LEVETTE wiLsoH, A DESERVED FORTUNE, s6}HOW did Bergen Hill make all the money he has?" “He invented an awfully good thing that sold like hot cakes—a_ storm-window ar- rangement that could be made into a mosquito-screen without taking it down.” rLEASANT FOR FERDY. Feroy— They say Jack is an expert with the gloves.”” Sue—"‘Nonsense! He gave mea box of them last week two sizes too large for me."" Eee rts. HIS VACATION. THE summer touris*, being engaged in some natural- istic pursuits, came upon a bee which sat leisurely on a blade of grass and seemed perfectly unconcerned. “How now?" quoth the summer tourist.“ This belies all I have read about the busy bee.” What does?” asked his guide. “Why, that bee on that blade of grass has been sitting there all morning, evidently, and still gives no sign of in- tending to go to work.” “Oh, he doesn't have to go to work for some time yet,” explained the guide. “He doesn't? What va- riety of bee is he 2” “ That's what they call the husking bee. He won't have anything to do until next fall.” OFF THE EARTH, Gladys—" Why did Mil- dred break the engagement? She said she would go to the ends of the earth with him.” Phyllis—" No doubt she would; but he wanted her to live in Brooklyn.” 1. Atcy—"'1 counter forme. Wow! Miss Cuponz, and then—ha, ha!—no more ribbon- ‘What's that ?"" 3, Acy—" What! again? Go ‘way, you ugly brute! WHY ALGY IS STILL HCFReew om Murder! Help!” Atcr: SELLING RIBBONS. 4. Miss Curonz—" Ugly brute, eh?_ We'll see!" “Well, I'll be jlggered! Done again!" comicbooks.com