Judge, 1903-08-01 · page 7 of 16
Judge — August 1, 1903 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This Judge page collects multiple short satirical pieces and jokes typical of early 20th-century humor: **"Reverend Slopper's Notes"** presents dialect humor featuring a Black preacher offering folk wisdom mixed with Biblical references—a common (if now-offensive) comedic convention of the era. **"As to Archimedes"** jokes on a student's confusion about Archimedes' famous bath discovery, with the punchline that the boy thinks he discovered soap rather than principles of physics—simple wordplay humor. **"The Sporting Event of the Season"** uses personified seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall) as competitors in a whimsical fairy tale race. **"Where the Numbers Are Needed"** satirizes early automobile safety debates, arguing pedestrians—not cars—should be numbered to prevent accidents, reversing contemporary arguments about vehicle regulation. **"The Bridegroom Explained"** jokes on a newlywed bride's naiveté, playing on period stereotypes about women's ignorance while punning on automobile sounds mistaken for fog horns. The remaining pieces employ similar period-typical joke structures: dialect humor, puns, and domestic satire reflecting early 1900s concerns about automobiles, gender roles, and class anxieties.
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REVEREND SI. SLOPPER’S NOTES. DE DEBBIL hab a cloven foot, an’ de man what try ter fool yo’ when he bin drinkin’ hab a clove in his mouf. De debbil go about like a roarin’ lion, an’ some folks go about lyin’ an’ roarin’. De book say dat de lion an’ de lamb gwine ter lie down tergedder. Ef yo" notice de performance yo'll see dat de lion will git up by hisse’f. Dar am not much encouragement fo' de rubberneck. De book doan’ say nuffin’ ‘bout de giraffe gittin’ t'rough de eye ob de needle. AS TO ARCHIMEDES. 66 ¢ A RCHIMEDES,’* reads the pupil, «leaped from his bath shouting, “Eureka! Eureka !"*" “One moment, James,” says the teacher. meaning of ‘ eureka?" « Eureka’ means ‘I have found it.’ “Very well. What had Archimedes found ?* James hesitates for a moment, then ventures hopefully, “The soap, mum,” RTM, Te What is the THE SPORTING EVENT OF THE “SEASON.” 1, A giddy young fairy called Spring Tried a race with old Time, on the wing: RESENTMENT. G4 \YOU saw me steal things from the cupboard?” The Esquimau boy sadly blupboard. “* And father chastised me ; But most it surprised me He didn't whip you ‘cause you rupboard.” Aeaser) Byers ERD WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE NEEDED, 66 QJO, I am not in favor of this movement to have all the automobiles numbered,” as- serts the first citizen. But it seems to me to be a wise provision,” argues the second. “Not at all. What should be required is that all pedestrians wear a number. Look how much trouble there is every day over identifying some of them who have obstructed the path of the automobilists.” 2. But she didn’t stay In {t for more than a minute When Summer and Fall took the ring. ‘THE BRIDEGROOM EXPLAINED. DURING the night the ship on which the bridal couple were taking their honeymoon trip entered a thick bank of fog, near shore. When the bridal couple came on deck the vessel was proceeding at a snail's pace, and from the gloom ahead reverberated the hoarse warning of the fog-horn. “Why don’t they make the boat go faster, dearie ?” asked the bride, looking into her husband’s face with eyes which showed that she realized the fact that all hu- man knowledge was centred in his head. “Why, my angel, don’t you hear that automobile tooting just ahead of us? You don’t suppose the captain wants to be run over, ‘do you?” CONVINCING. < Thespis —"When did the star stop complaining that the scenery and stage property were er ae CONSIDERATE. Biss ease eee HOW HE KNEW. Voice (from above) —" Lorena, wan you getta Fayer—«" When he accident- tow can you tell that the Shamrock is an Irish boat?” cael ae asses ally fell through the trap-loor. By the wake." comicbooks.com