Judge, 1903-07-25 · page 6 of 16
Judge — July 25, 1903 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several short humorous sketches typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines: **"The Poet's Fancy"**: An amateur poet leaves a flattering note for his boarding-house cook, praising her cherry pie-making and promising her paradise. The humor lies in his absurdly flowery language to manipulate her—likely hoping for better meals. **"How Could He?"**: Two Irish-accented immigrants discuss whether one has read something while doing contortions—ethnic humor common to the era. **"Hindsight"** and **"His Ruse"**: Brief joke exchanges about economic hardship and street-child con artistry. **"Cold-Air Stove"**: A salesman pitches a new invention to reduce heat, but a customer sarcastically prefers his old furnace—which ironically works *too well*, freezing flies. **"The Latest Trust"**: A joke about monopolies ("trusts"), suggesting wealthy people are cornering the market on Angora cats for profit. The humor reflects working-class perspectives on commercialism, poverty, and dubious inventions of the period.
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ue HOW COULD HE? “Say, Molke, hov yez iver read ‘ Lookin’ Back- Phwat do yez t'ink Ol am—a con- tortionist ?"" HE amateur poet got up from the table at his ooarding-house, leaving his portion of cherry-pie but half eaten. Going to his room, he struggled for an hour with the divine afflatus, and at last came down-stairs with a missive directed to the cook. He left it with the waiter and went on his way hopefully. This is what the cook read: “ T hold it true that she who makes No kind but stoneless cherry-pies, ‘When she this vale of tears forsakes Will go straightway to paradise.’ HINDSIGHT. Brown— Did you always practice economy ?* Coninwe—" They are or Smith— Gracious, no! If 1 had I wouldn't have to do it now.” Rosauie—* Ah, if they TO THEIR FRIENDS. Vioca—"* Why did they separate ?”" Mrrrie—"" Nobody knows.” Viota—"* How dreadful!” SPOKE FROM EXPERIENCE. 66(CAN I interest you in this marvelous new invention, the cold-air stove ?” asks the affable agent. “It is guaranteed to reduce the temperature in the hottest house, and will "—— “ Never mind, young man. I'm using the furnace I had put in last winter. All I need to do is start a fire in it and the house gets so cold it freezes the flies.” HIS RUSE, Street-boy —"Sir, have you lost your pocket-book 2” Gentleman (searching through his pock- ets)—"" No, my boy.” Street-boy— Then you will be so kind to give me a nickel.” x THE LATEST TRUST. izing a trust to corner Angora cats." jo it will be a case of ‘ puss-In-the-corner.’ * * comicbooks.com