Judge, 1903-07-11 · page 7 of 16
Judge — July 11, 1903 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple humorous vignettes satirizing early 20th-century American society: **"Eggs Are Eggs"** (top): A poem mocking class pretension about poultry. The joke: wealthy people obsess over pedigree chicken breeds (Brahmas, Wyandottes), but ultimately, eggs from any hen are functionally identical. This satirizes social climbing and the absurd value placed on status symbols. **"More Room for Talk"**: A financier refuses his daughter's European travel demand due to expense. She complains she'll have nothing to discuss with friends. He suggests she invent excuses instead—satirizing wealthy daughters' superficial concerns and their reliance on travel for conversation material. **"The Usual Way"** and **"A New Kind"**: Brief comedic exchanges about courtship and a novelty "anti-cruelty" flypaper shaped like a bald head—gentle absurdist humor. **"His Way of Putting It"**: Tramps debate insomnia's meaning, with one defining it as inability to sleep for "ten or twelve hours"—mocking vagrant perspectives on rest. The cartoons collectively mock wealth, pretension, and class anxieties typical of Judge's satirical approach.
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EGGS ARE EGGS. ERENE she cackles on her way, ‘The hen that lays one egg a day, Nor fears the ti But when to set, this hen hath need Her grudging owner pays 10 heed, Unless forsooth she’s pedigreed— Brahma or Plymouth Rock. Men want a common fowl to lay A nice fresh breakfast every day, Whether she likes or not ; Vet when life ’s sifted to the dregs, The bottom truth is eggs are eggs— Laid by the hen with yellow legs, Or by a Wyandotte. sciss ores MORE ROOM FOR TALK. 66 UT. papa,” repines the beauteous daughter of the financier, “if I do not go to Europe this summer it will break my heart.” “The condition of your heart, my child,” answered the tender father, “is an object of solicitude to me; but the condition of my purse is also important. I simply cannot afford to send you abroad again.” : “Then what will [have to talk about this fall? I can’t tell all my friends about the Alps and things.” “Don't let that worry you. You will find that there ic vastly more room for imaginative conversational work in giving them your reasons for staying at home all summer.” ny } URN THE USUAL WAY. “A faint heart never won a fair lady.” He—"No- a faint heart usually goes with experience of fair ladies.”* A NEW KIND. ‘BUT will this fAy-paper kill the flies?” asked the doubting customer. “No, sir,” replied the grocer; “it is anti-cruelty fly-paper. It does not injure; it merely attracts. Don't you. see that it is made to resemble a bald head 2" A NUTMEG-GRATER. Mr. Souinre.—" Gee! what's the matter with your back, Mr. Toad ?"" Mr.,Hornen Toan—* Some infernal campers down here used me for a nutmeg-grater."” HIS WAY OF PUTTING IT. First TRamp—" Bill, what's * insomnia‘? Seconp TRamp—‘' Insomnia? Why, where a feller can't sleep at night over ten or twelve hours widout wakin’ up."* comicbooks.com