Judge, 1903-10-10 · page 4 of 16
Judge — October 10, 1903 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several distinct sections: **"Judge's Favorites"** features a portrait photograph of a woman (identity unclear from image alone) accompanied by poetry praising her athletic accomplishments and physical strength. **"Asking a Great Deal"** depicts a dialogue between a college principal and a father about educating girls to be physically strong and independent—reflecting early 20th-century debates about women's education and roles. **"A Fable"** offers a morality tale about an office seeking a man, illustrating that troubles may pursue us even when we're not seeking them. The page concludes with a six-panel comic strip titled **"The Adventures of an Early Bird and a Worm"** showing the reversal of the traditional proverb—here the worm catches the bird—presenting a humorous inversion of conventional wisdom.
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JUDGE'S FAVORITES. WINNIE SIEGRIST AT WEBER AND FIELDS’, From across the blooming ocean Comes a lithe gazelle of motion, ‘Who's the apple of each eye-ball And the dainty human high-ball ‘That the cup is zayly brimming Of our joy until it s swimming. So we shout in rosy rapture, She's indeed a golden capture, ‘And of all the blooming brie grist Just the cheese is Winnie Slegrist."” and it sought and it sought, but seemed utterly unable to find him. At last it sat down by the wayside to rest, when, lo and behold ! up came the man it had been looking for and took it. For the man had been chasing the office all the while it had been seeking him. This fable teaches us that while we are hunting trouble it may be hunting us. HEREDITY. THe printer’s boy—ambitious lad— Would learn the trade. He tried to take A form from off the stone, and then Made pi like father used to make. S6YES, sir,” said the lady principal of the college for girls; «we are proud of the thor- ough athletic training we give our students. We see that they have every attention from competent instructors, and develop their physique along with their intel- lect.” “Um! yes,” observed the father. “You make them strong and live- ly, do you 2” « That is one of our chief aims.” “Well, do you think you could educate Lizzie, here, so that in time she will be strong enough to help her mother do the dish-wash- ing when the cook is on a strike 2” A FABLE, ONE time an office went out to seek a man, It sought ASKING A GREAT DEAL. A_NEW VOCABULARY. Sue—"'I left Coyle Sparker up at the club-house scribbling away at a great rate. What is he up to?” He—"Oh, he's compiling a vocabulary of cuss-words adapted to the use of motorists on the occasion of breakdowns, ete.—sort of automobillingsgate, you now."* comicbooks.com