Judge, 1903-11-07 · page 4 of 16
Judge — November 7, 1903 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several satirical pieces and cartoons typical of early 20th-century humor magazines: **"A Great Scheme"** shows an inventor pitching a "non-droppable block" to a manufacturer—satirizing inventors' grandiose claims about ordinary innovations. **"Judge's Favorites"** and **"Dull Times"** are poems mocking social pretension and the tedium of revival meetings. **"What He Afraid Of"** depicts street characters discussing money anxieties—Cohen fears counterfeit coins, Isaac fears microbes—reflecting working-class concerns of the era. The remaining pieces ("The Significance," "A Change," "A Nursery Jingle," "Good in Everything") are humorous anecdotes and verses about domestic life, servants, and small misfortunes—typical Judge content offering gentle social satire rather than political commentary.
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A GREAT SCHEME. 6eTTHIS ought T to make my fortune!” exclaimed the poor inventor, coming into the office of the manufacturer. “ What have you figured out now?" asked the manufacturer. “Set of al- phabet blocks.” “Nothing new in that is. This is for the English trade. I have succeeded in perfecting a non - droppable JUDGE'S FAVORITES. h block.” MAUDE PEALY. You come to town All care to drown, And lively as a cricket ‘We pile pell-mell And gladly shell Out for the festive ticket Two dollars, which, While we're not rich, Means that you are no botcher Of any part ‘That needs high art, Oh, rare and fair top-notcher! DULL TIMES. 66 ND how do you prosper in your work?” we ask of our friend the revivalist. “Poorly, alas!” he informs us. We are about to venture a word of reflection upon the wickedness of the world and the unregenerateness of man- kind in general when he goes on, “You see, there is such a very small crop of back- sliders this year that there is almost no call for my Weary—"* My goodness! but you gave me a start!" First coox—‘* Norah Sullivan has shtayed in wan place fer six months." OH, GEORGE! THE SIGNIFICANCE. work.” Second coox—"' An’ Ol niver aven heard she wor dead."* WHAT HE WAS AFRAID OF. Conen—" | bite effery dime | take, to see eef it Is goot."” Isaacs—"* Bud ain’d you afrait ohf microbes ?"” Conen—"* Vell, yes; but nod so much as | am afrait ohf bad money.” A CHANGE, S46] HAVE been thinking,” said Father Time, “of abandon- ing the scythe as an emblem.” “Abandoning the scythe?” said the goddess Aurora, who is always on hand early to greet the old gentleman. “Yes. Don't you think an alarm-clock would be more appro- priate?" A NURSERY JINGLE, ] HAD a little greenback ; It’s name was Dollar Bill. Tent it to a fellow— It's lent unto him still. He took it; he spent it; And this I have to say: T'll never lend him any more Because he keeps away. GOOD IN EVERYTHING. seVvou, must have had an awful time with small-pox in your house.” “There were compensations. The police maintained a quaran- tine, and my wife didn't have to get a servant for seven weeks.” comicbooks.com