Judge, 1903-07-18 · page 15 of 16
Judge — July 18, 1903 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page primarily contains **short humorous anecdotes** rather than political cartoons. The jokes satirize early-1900s American social life: 1. **College athletics vs. academics**: A son laments that his university expelled their best runner for failing exams—mocking tension between collegiate sports prestige and educational standards. 2. **Class pretension**: A distinction between "fiddlers" and "violinists" jokes about how the wealthy rebrand working-class musicians as "artists" through terminology alone. 3. **Drunk husband denies intoxication**: A man tries lighting his cigar on a firefly while his wife witnesses—satirizing male denial of obvious drunkenness and marital dynamics. The page is otherwise dominated by **period advertisements** for patent medicines (Sulphume for skin conditions), whiskey (Trimble), and other products typical of early 20th-century publications. The illustrated vignette shows a domestic scene labeled "When He Showed Up," supporting the drunk-husband joke theme.
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