Judge, 1903-11-07 · page 10 of 16
Judge — November 7, 1903 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page contains three satirical cartoons: **"A Book-Keeper's Toot"** mocks a humble accountant who fantasizes about wealth while keeping ledgers. The joke: he imagines owning yachts and castles through his power over numbers, though his actual riches exist only "within my mind." **"Within the Limit"** jokes about a man asking an architect for a house but clarifying he can only *spend* five hundred dollars, not the five thousand he *owns*—a comment on living beyond one's means or financial constraints. **"Unionism in the Barnyard"** satirizes labor organizing by depicting farm animals as union delegates calling a demonstration. The humor lies in applying serious labor-movement tactics to poultry concerned with corn. **"Apprehension"** critiques American patent/invention culture: a father fears his inventive son will create something valuable, but someone else will profit from it—reflecting anxieties about intellectual property theft and unfair business practices of the era.
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A BOOK-KEEPER’S TOOT. we Y COLUMN 's added up, And then it’s added down, $ ‘4 While gilt-edged joy, Without alloy, Quite constitutes my crown, > |< paams 1aso of Each six and nine and eight And four and ten Within my ken Are mine to knock out fate. Town a great steam-yacht ; Town an auto, too; And by the brine A castle fine ‘That wakes my big bazoo. T am a Pierpontmorg And Vanderbilt combined ; Tama trust That ne'er can bust— That is, within my mind. For through the livelong day, Till twilight on me looks, On wealth I'm deep, Recause I keep A plumber’s set of books. Harz CLEOPATRA pressed the asp to her bosom. “If this had happened in Ireland,” she-observed, «I WITHIN THE LIMIT. never could have done it.” Joxes—"'I wish you would figure on a new house for me."" . i é ‘ ‘Ancurrect—'" Something about five thousand dollars ?”” Congratulating herself on her lucky choice of resi- Jones—“'No: something about five hundred. I've only got five thousand to dence, she awaited the finale, UNIONISM IN THE BARNYARD. 1. WADDLING DeLecate— Ladies, gents and others, what we need Is corn. We must get up ademonstration. Meet me early to-morrow morning and we will put the plan into practice.”” APPREHENSION. SOYVHY, yes; my boy Ww is quite ingen- fous, In fact, he is so interested in machinery that I'm afraid he may become an inventor.” * Afraid 2” “Yes; because, you know, if he should invent anything of value the 3 ’ - chances are a hundred A V4 Zzve to one that somebody We WME Roe else will make all the money out of it.” comicbooks.com