Judge, 1903-09-26 · page 13 of 16
Judge — September 26, 1903 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Judge magazine contains multiple satirical vignettes typical of early 20th-century American humor: **Main Cartoons:** - A phrenologist (pseudo-scientist who read skulls) discovers a grocer with superior intellect—satire on mismatched employment and aspirations. - An employer offers shortened hours to an engaged clerk—dark humor about workaholics trapped by circumstance. - A Southern Black worker delays starting Monday's job through superstition—perpetuating racist stereotypes common in period magazines. - A henpecked husband insists he suffers in "perpetual absence of silence"—domestic comedy about nagging wives. - Farmer Corntossel suggests city people making farming jokes are jealous of successful rural-to-urban migrants. **Advertisements** dominate: Loftis Bros. diamonds on credit, Pears soap, Optimo cigars, and reproductions of Sis Hopkins illustrations. The humor relies on class anxieties, racial caricature, marital discord tropes, and rural-urban tensions characteristic of Judge's satirical approach.
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aa Phrenologist— Here is a man out of his proper sphere. His head betokens high intellectual and spiritual qualities, yet he.is spending his time behind a gro- cer’s counter. Sir (to the grocer), I wish to ask you a question, Have you any ON CREDIT aspirations "—— Grocer (calling to clerk)—* John, have we any aspirations 2” Clerk— All out, sir. Have some in the last of the week."—Kansas City Journal, * Bring therefore all th forces hat And ay eatttand tly to het hea! Clerk—“1 am to be married shortly. Couldn't you manage to increase my sal- ary a little?" Employer—* Couldn't, really. But I'll tell you what I'll do for you, my boy ; I'll shorten your hours during the first three ISTOM decrees the Solitaire Diamond Ring to be the fitting pledge of | sore." How: Cea isan ing ee og tgs months, so that you can spend your even- be a No wre trepu ings at’home, and after that I'l lengthen ir ashes ry aivchw arcs them again, so that you will have an ex- be proms poe dainty. Wipe ee Lote cuse to get away."—New York Weekly. jeest genuine goods, and at prices ranaing from ten to trent t ten Every ‘Diamond fs sold under a writen guarantee of quality 40d valu time fa the future for other aah « Have you started on that job of work 2” suh,” answered Mr, Erastus Pink- Hley specks I might as well put it off . |till nex’ week hie peospdy for our New bummer Cataionte “Why, this is only Monday.” . Diamond Importers and “knows it; but de mawnin ‘s half LOFTIS BROS. @ Co. Hanufacturiag Jewelers gone, an’ den it's only a few days till Fri- Deve, 1K 522,00,98 State St. CHICAGO, ILL. day, an’ dat’s bad luck, an’ I dasn’ work on Sunday, so I reckons I better wait till I kin git a clean staht."—- Washington Star, «You're forever trying to give the im- ression that you're a martyr,” snapped Mire. Henpeck. “I suppose you want everybody to think that you suffer in si- lence. “No,” replied Mr. Henpeck, « in the perpetual absence of silence, A little silence would ve pleasure to m Philadelphia “1 reckon,” said Farmer Corntossel, Pies vege that all these folks that try to make jokes ALSANTAELLA 2 O0;Mahere TAMPA, Fi | about farmers is more or less jealous,” Bold by Piet Clams Dialers Everywhere: Jealous?” “Yes, sir. Look at the boys that go ze onegente, par stairs |ffom the country and make fortunes in Wevaarierer and ete |the city, And then look at the city fo oaree Sorigt eae ae Who come to the country and make a fall sand | ure of farming.”"— Washington Star. Uncle "Rastus— De {all ob man dates from a apple—jes’ a pore, mis‘able apple.” Brother Watkins—Ya-as ; ef it had ‘a’ been a watahmillion dey might had Vou vil cet more pomp atenton and ter verve | Deen some excuse foh it.” Philadelphia oo Saha je enerancey sates | Record. WE OFFER FOR SALE A Limited Number of the Original Miss Ouocun>—""Little boy! Isn't it against the law to go in swimming WATER-COLOR SKETCHES ner yrcn Wess Bat lf yer wants ter come In yer kin dodge de cop dead used as Cover Designs for :: :: Sis Hopkins’ Own Book At TWENTY.FIVE DOLLARS Each No individual seeks any good for him- self which he does not aim to confer on 3 The captivating and bewitching others under the same circumstances. originality displayed in the clever This is life insurance as conducted by the character impersonations of “SIS bs PENN MUTUAL LIFE, ther ” . 7 soap in stick form; - HOPKINS” is artistically portrayed 921-3-5 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Pp dares in these sketches. :: :: venience and economy in Proofs will be sent on application, or She—" She's ra worst gossip in shaving. the originals may be seen at the office of oe ee there | hear’ ‘s) It is the best and cheap- He—Come, now; don't try to beat] est ‘i her atvher own’ game’. —Philadsiphia| © shaving soap. Public Ledger. Gold all over the world, JUDGE COMPANY, 225 Fourth Avenue, New York comicbooks.com