Judge, 1904-01-30 · page 2 of 16
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This page combines satirical commentary with humorous winter illustrations. The main text, "The Whirlwinds," discusses political uncertainty around a presidential candidate—likely referencing Grover Cleveland's political standing, as the OCR mentions "Cleveland from the cave of political oblivion." The piece uses meteorological metaphors to describe turbulent political conditions. The three captioned illustrations depict chaotic winter scenes with people struggling in snow, using dialect humor typical of the era. The captions ("Loo!" "Dean' hit me ergin, mish!" and a reference to turkeys) employ working-class speech patterns common in period satire. The "Suburbanite" section describes winter recreational activities at resorts, contrasting rural hardship with wealthy leisure—a typical Judge theme emphasizing class distinctions. The overall page mixes political commentary with social satire about winter life across different economic classes.
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PUBLISHE! At THe Pangen Boripixc, Four Avexce axp UNITED STATES AND CANADA IN ADVANCE. Ove copy, one year, or sanumbers= see $5.00 oe copy sx months. or zo sumbers = "+ + 7s + “380 me copy, for thirteen wee eee 1 ini Tncluding the Cumistaas Jupce. 5 FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS—To all foreign countries in the postal union, $5.00 a year. Eunorean Sates-acents—Unternationas News Company, Bream's building, Chancery Lane, E.C., London: Brentano's, Avenue del’ Opera, Parit; Starbuck's News Exchange, Mainz, Germany. The contents of FUDGE are protected by copyright in both the United States and Great Britain. Infringement of this copyright will be promptly and bigorously prosecuted. CONTRIBUTORS must inclose a stamped and self-addressed efoelope with all manuscripts, othe/tvise return of the latter when found unavailable cannot be guaranteed. DRAWINGS and all contributions sent fo the Art Department should have the sender's full name and address “written plainly on each and every separate sketch. The accompanying Joke or descriptive letter press should in éebery instance be ‘writien upon its individual picture, and NOT upon a separate slip of paper. Inclosure of stamps to the full amount of postage (s also required, 10 insure safe and prompt return of material not accepted. HE WHIRLWINDS criticism, say that they blow across the snow or — 5 5 5 have already seen this par- and make the small boy’s F . - 2 66 5 ticular shadow without the nasal glow, when on his . (on Yah aid of a telescope. This, red-and-blue bob-sled he 5 ‘KA wake ’ of course, means that the glides down hill ice-buffet- f ¥ { - $ " Democratic spring will be ed. The pancake beams 4 unusually lively, not to and richly steams, and a? , iy “ 7 say strenuous, for the gayly gilds our fondest 223 Sz \ ground-hog is said to have dreams, because it’s quite, ales op Kibale. : appeared and the long- at morn or night, the sau- a, BOA 5 . headed ones have spoken. sage’s fond acolyte. The 1g see sleigh-bells ring their ding- 3 Ep HE =SUBURBANITE a-ling, while ‘neath the F y : ye - is now gayly frisking moon we gladly wing and \ . A Va ; and caracoling over the slip and slide and glance pene ee G4 " —— snow-drifts that lie like a and glide, and have our 3 _ <L-_— mimic Alps between his knots of care untied. The a ee ZZ house and the railroad sta- oak logs blaze; their gold- Z . tion, While he glooms en haze absorbs our fan- and glances along, often cies while we gaze; and accompanied by a Saint then the ket-tle boils, ne’er * Bernard dog with a keglet fret, and on Olympus - 2 - Soe EAT of cocktails around his high, you bet, with air i é e neck, that he may not sublime, we shout a prime perish or be stolen, he not three cheers for dear old infrequently wonders if winter-time. the winter resorts are all ; that they are cracked up AT THIS TIME of the 3 4 to be in the advertise- year the weather-eye : } & By p ments. He reads of the of the prognosticator is > IG wy »> . Z glories of tennis at Ja- firmly riveted on the 7 fermay maica and golf at Nassau, ground-hog ; for the prog- =~ y KAY : and of the luxury of bath- nosticator knows that the = ~~ . ( 4 S ing at Santa Barbara, time is here for this inter- “ ji while the saw-edged zeph- esting rodent of meteorol- \ é Sy (f- yt comes zipping across ogy to come forth from his ? ac. eZ the Jersey hills and unties hole to ascertain if he can % = the huge comforter that is see his portentous shadow = % wound alike around his or not. There is also the : head and his hat. When, presidential-candidate = aa at the station, he sends his ground-hog, and when the rubber boots home by the time arrives for him to put said Saint Bernard dog, in an appearance the eye and exhorts him not to of the political seer and SOR RS ; 7 TRIAS fail to be on hand at night augur is practically nailed 5 (4 4 y . <P to help him home with his upon the spot where his xa" Yt aime Ag ph < BASS) daily bundles, he dreams shadow may or may not af ak Y f of the pleasure of lying on fall. The political weather- SR | Me Vi aK : . 28 the sunny sward at Ber prophet is now in a reclin- t - : muda, watching the gulls ing attitude, with ears and Ss = i See whirl about in the cloud- eyes glued to the ground, a uk \ x « [les less sky. It is hard on listening and watching for ; | 3 the suburbanite to have the appearance of Mr. i } Z to see these balmy, soul- Cleveland from the cave oe VY = Tefreshing pictures against of public retirement, whose we t a background of slush and draperies have been wound ww Zz g = slippery sidewalks. See- about him for many weary Lig ‘ j ing these pleasant vistas moons. When he appears Fi while kicking ice-water out light will be thrown on > * 4 > é of his top-boots and flick- the situation, and there ERR EN ing icicles off his mus- may be, as the slangers oa tache, it is hardly to be say, something doing. A wondered at that he should number of the Jeffersonian 3. feel « bit skeptical as re- sages and floor-walkers, Parson Hamsoane—"'I wuzn't 'spectin’ no presents ob tukkey so sudden, but I neber quarrels gards the beauties of these whose veracity has never if a cheerful giver.” lotos lands as set forth in come within ‘the pale of HE GOT THE BIRDS. the advertisements. comicbooks.com