Judge, 1903-09-26 · page 10 of 16
Judge — September 26, 1903 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several unrelated satirical cartoons and humorous sketches typical of early Judge magazine: **"In the Fashion"**: Mocks a husband whose socks have holes (fashionably "open-worked"), yet his wife refuses to mend them—satire on both fashion pretension and marital dynamics. **"In Realty Circles"**: A real estate agent proposes a "thirty-day option" on a woman's hand (marriage proposal), using commercial language. She refuses, offering only "the refusal of it"—satirizing the commercialization of romance and marriage as business transactions. **"The Botanist's Mistake"**: A professor misidentifies a four-leaf clover, claiming luck doesn't exist—ironic given the clover's legendary fortune-bringing properties. **"The Color-Section"**: A journalist's daughter applies rouge before layout, anticipating her suitor will ask questions about the fashion section, necessitating makeup. Satire on both vanity and journalism. **"A Bright Night"** and **"The Better Way"**: Additional comic sketches with less clear political/social commentary—appear to be general humor about conversation and relationships. The page reflects early 20th-century satirical interests: fashion, romance, marriage, journalism practices, and gender dynamics.
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IN THE FASHION. HE never tried to ape the fad, And yet, to fashion bending, His socks were open-worked. Egad! His wife would do no mending. IN REALTY CIRCLES. | Mr. Fresh— Miss Browne- stone, if I asked you for a thirty- | day option on your hand what ‘ would you say?” Miss Brownestonne — give you the refusal of it.” | THE BOTANISTS MISTAKE. SSIS STARRY Isgoing ito 1. Proressor Ovosor—" Aha! a four-leaf clover. They say It 1s an emblem of luck. What fate! There is no head her own compan: @ such thing as— “ Who's going to foot it?" | THE COLOR-SECTION. Se] WILL make up my form,” ] titered the daughter of the journalist, “before going to press.” Here she took up her box of rouge. “Let me see,” she mused ; “ this | is Sunday. If I mistake not, the young man who calls will institute a questions-and-answers depart- | ment when he sees this fashion- sheet, so | may as well lay out the | color plan for the Sunday supple- f ment.” Otherwise she might have looked like a scare-head. bane iH A BRIGHT NIGHT. OW, whenne ye severalle knyghtes of ye rounde-table were gathered Soe thatte all ye table didde laugh heartilie, together, as was theyre customme, to cracke merrie jokes and sing Excepte thatte there were one or two who didde seeme to have a ; jolie songes, there-was one of them, whose name was Sir Burbonne, grouche. And whenne some one sayde unto these one or two, and he didde talke with an amazinge wittienesse. “Is not Sir Burbonne brylliante—is he notte a bryghte knyghte 2” Nor colde anie one saye aniethynge but whatte he wolde come They made replye, surlilie, ryghte back atte hymme wyth a replye ye whych was even funnyer than “Of a truth, he sholde be a bryghte knyghte, seeing thatte he is whatte had been sayde. fulle of moonshyne.” ral {Ra Mas Key was —_ ae wGDrce "9° THE BETTER WAY. - Anceuine Murrny—' Hold on, dere, Jimmy Kelly! Yer needn't read ‘me no more Items out'n dat newspaper ‘bout soda-fountains explodin’ an manglin’ de customers, an’ gir's gittin’ poisoned by ptomaines in ice-cream. If yer dead broke jest say so, like a man, an’ I'll t'ink jest as much uv yer.” comicbooks.com