Judge, 1903-08-08 · page 3 of 16
Judge — August 8, 1903 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century humor magazines: **"The Irrepressible Agent"** mocks a persistent salesman pestering someone about hair-raising products. **"Classifying Him"** jokes about a peddler's sonic hairbrush—a woman doubts it will work on a pumpkin, leading to absurdist comedy. **"Judge's Favorites"** praises Anita ahead's theatrical performance. **"Only Way to Do It"** humorously illustrates a psychology professor's skepticism about genuine enthusiasm. **"The Realistic Painter and the Realistic Painting"** (the six-panel comic strip) appears to satirize artistic pretension. A painter creates increasingly grotesque work while an audience reacts with confusion, suggesting mockery of avant-garde or "modern" art movements that prioritized abstraction over recognizable subjects—a common Judge theme.
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CLASSIFYING HIM. SC YES, ma'am,” said the peddler, “this here hair-tonic will raise hair on a billiard-ball.” “ But will it raise hair on a pumpkin?” asked the lady of the house. “Well, I should say so!" “Tl take a bot- tle and get my hus- band to try it.” IGNORANCE. Reporter—“1 meant my article to be pathetic, sir.” Editor — Pa- thetic? You don't know the rudiments of pathos, sir! Here you have written “baby *"—— Reporter— JUDGE'S FAVORITES. “ What should I have isis panes written, sir 2" Whenever, like a fay, upon the festive scene you flash, Editor—"‘Babe’ We know we havea fine exchange for all the shining cash «That we put down, we old bald heads, with rapture all —always ‘babe '— aglow, when writing pathos,” To buy the seats, the very best, in all the blooming show. THE IRREPRESSIBLE AGENT. ONLY WAY TO DO IT. “TT writ t icy.” ™ Not on your life’ said Hutch. THE fair young thing is telling about how happy she was when she saw her ** Of course not,” said the agent bl brother's baseball team win the intercollegiate game. “But on your own—how much?" “Oh,” she gurgles, “I was so delighted that I just hugged myself for - joy!" ‘4 LTE USED to be one of our oldest inhabitants.” Here the grave professor of psychology looks up with an air of interest. “ What is he now ?” « Hugged yourself?" he asks. “Indeed, you must have been quite be- * We call ‘em * survivors’ nowadays.” side yourself to do that.” THE REALISTIC PAINTER AND THE REALISTIC PAINTING. comicbooks.com