Judge — February 6, 1904 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two separate satirical cartoons: **Top cartoon ("A Roland for an Oliver"):** A married couple trades insults about their wedding timing. The husband quips that marrying in April (the "fool's month") matches his wife accepting him in March (the "mad" month)—a play on seasonal associations with foolishness and madness. **Bottom cartoon ("His Reason"):** Two street toughs discuss avoiding a fight with "Sullivan, de cop." The speaker's punchline: he's now pursuing professional boxing, so he's stopped fighting for entertainment. The joke relies on ethnic-dialect humor (common in early 1900s Judge), treating street violence and prizefighting as equivalent pursuits. "His reason" for avoiding the cop isn't fear of arrest but rather that he's now serious about boxing—a darkly humorous commentary on working-class aspirations and street culture. Both cartoons use wordplay and situational humor typical of Judge's satirical style.