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This page from Judge magazine (published weekly in New York) combines satirical verse with a central illustration titled "The Crucial Point." The cartoon depicts a woman and child at the beach, with the caption showing them discussing water depth—a domestic beach safety scene with mild humor. The surrounding text consists of various satirical poems and observations on contemporary topics, including references to Sir Thomas Lipton (appearing multiple times), the America's Cup yacht racing competition, wind conditions, and political figures like Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Olney. The commentary appears to mock various public figures and current events through verse rather than visual caricature. Without clearer context on specific dates and figures, the precise political references remain partially unclear to modern readers.

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PUBLISHED WEEK, Fount AvENUE AND At THe Panwa Be: NeTRENTHI STREKT, New Youn, Wesrees Aovest Maryuette Building, Chicago, ll. TERMS TO SUPSCRIBERS UNITED STATES AND CANADA IN ADVANCE. cone year, of $2 numbers « $5.00 Six mooths, or 25 sumbers 7 2 7 Tse One copy, foe thirteen wee hers FOREIGN SURSCRIPTIONS—To all 1 anion, $5.00 a year. Evnovean sates-acents—Jafermational News Company, Bream's building, Chancery Lane, F.C, Landot : Brentans's, ‘Starbach's News Es The contents of FUDGE are protected by copyright in both the United States and Great Britain, Infringement of this copyright will be promptly and digorously prosecuted. CONTRIBUTORS must inctose a stamped and self-addressed ebelope with all manuscripts, othefivise return of the Latter when found unsroailaNe cannot be guaranteed. DRAWINGS and all contributions sent to the Art Department should harve the sender's full name and address Yoritten plainly on each and every separate sketch. The accompanying joke or descriptive letterpress should in every instance be written upon tts individual pictare, and NOT upon a separate slip of paper. Inclosure of stamps t0 the full amount of postaye ts also required, 10 insure safe and prompt return of material not accepted. rhange, Min T IS an ill wind that blows no yacht good. LL is serene for sailing when eee One notes, quite fancy free, [7 WOULD BE a great blessing if the wind could be but The white caps on the yachtsmen and tempgred to the shorn bettor. The white-caps on the sea. PERH APS Sir TI mas fancies that every seadog has his day, and that T SEEMS paradoxical, to say the least, that sausages should be entirely his will comé sooner or lates a out of season during the dog: FTER ALL, diplomacy, though a rare art, is merely a weapon of suc- H, WHAT do the wild waves say cess in the hands of the underhanded. N ACCOUNT of its lack of vim and hustle some unknown critic has. e beaten by the Shamrock? characterized yachting as water-chess. sae = 2% ‘HE GOLDEN-ROD with airy wine is gayly bending down, R. OLNEY’S PROGRESS toward the white-house is said to be about Which simply means that the summer girl will soon be back in town, equal to that of a yacht in a dead calm, eee se THE JUVENILE sporting enthusiast who is being raised on baseball is WHAT both yachts need more than anything else is a good stiff wird very apt to be dead to the beauties of a yacht-race, if for no other of, say, twenty reason than that he thousand Bryan power. cannot see one through vera a fence-crack or knot- HE Shamrock and hole, Reliance Are flyers from the THE workingman, keels up, To hit a plan, Just as their festive His lot with joy to skippers mix, Are skippers from Should relegate the heels up. The delegate To somewhere on the Styx. HEN the series of races is finished the American skipper expects to be able to say that in the Sham- rocks he found three of a kind. JF MR. CLEVE- LAND'S BOOM were equal to that of the Reliance it is quite likely that Mr. Gor- an would have a bad ick of nervous pros tration. | IR THOMAS does everything he ur dertakes in a thorough- ly shipshape manner, and yet, at the present writing, it looksas if he is going to be the near- er to the winning line all the way down to the turning point. JN THE BATTLE of life bluff so often proves itself superior to honest merit that, paradoxical as it may appear, it would seem a golden truth that the man is best equipped for success who is ab- solutely without equip- ment. [JF THE POPULAR- ITY of Sir Thomas could be utilized as a factor in making his yacht skim over the waves, it is quite like- ly that he would skip away with the cup. NOW THAT Greek has been practi- cally eliminated from the curricula and foot ball allowed to remain in force, why would it not be a good idea for eee . wero is lying low and still? Uncle David Peanut Hill. Why, oh, why so still ‘ie SRUCINL. ROM the colleges to side- ac CroLty—" Don't worry, Pet: | know all about the water around here. Wecan touch bottom ack Latin and intro- Wait, oh, wait, and anywhere duce rough-and-tumble soon you'll see, Ermet—"' Y-yes; but how far will we have to sink to do it?" fighting? comicbooks.com