Judge, 1904-02-06 · page 3 of 16
Judge — February 6, 1904 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several satirical pieces and jokes typical of early 20th-century humor magazines: **"Judge's Favorites"** features a poem by Adele Ritchie praising roses, followed by short humorous anecdotes about Chicago life and social embarrassments. **"In Shantytown"** cartoon depicts working-class children fishing, with captions playing on dialect humor—common in period satire that mocked immigrant and lower-class speech patterns. **"The Wrong Kind"** shows fishermen named Captain Crumb and Captain Blunt, with wordplay about types of bait and fishing methods. The page uses standard Judge conventions: genteel poetry, slapstick illustrations of poor urban life, and dialect-based humor reflecting contemporary attitudes toward class and immigrants that would be considered offensive today.
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DID FOR HIM. +4] UNDERSTAND old Milyons has had to go to a sanitarium.” “Yes. Nervous prostration, Entirely done up. You see, he thought he was do- ing a clever thing when he gave his wife and daughters passes over all the railways he controls.” “see nothing wrong in that.” “Wait a minute. “They went to Can- ada, and there they had to buy full outfits of furs. Then they came back to New York, and that meant entire supplies of winter dresses and bonnets. Two weeks later they were off to Florida, Spring bon- nets and dresses there. Last week Milyons got a letter from them saying they were coming home in time to buy the advance shapes in spring hats and the newest ideas in early-spring gowns. Then the poor man threw up his hands and went all to “ ee ARMY NOTE. pieces. Doing “pick it" duty at the guard-house. TT ALL DEPENDED. ‘6 PON’ we go any higher ?” asked the facetious guest in the Chicago hotel when the elevator stopped at the twenty-fourth floor. JUBGE'S (FAVORITES: “Not unless the elevator drops, sir," answered the truthful elevator-boy. ADELE RITCHIE, We see your graceful ; | — | With undisguised delight, RICHES have wings all right, but they are, it would seem, trained only for an outward And marvel not that roses flight Are sent you every night. 7 You fill our souls with pleasure ‘And make us more than gay: You more than fill joy’s measure, ‘And that is why we say, Figo-nat Serenely upward pop, 4 . AoatunT! And of this fact we're certain— e fi y r ‘& With it they quickly drop."* , y \ \ is SHC HM “ Our spirits with the curtain & ; | HOT AND COLD. EXPERIENCED Chicago woman says that a fine example of hot and cold may be found in the case of a lover who becomes a husband. NO COUGH FOR HIM. WHEN Bliggers had a cough be as told to drink no coffee ; And now he’s sued, For he is rude And won't cough up his cough fee. AS HE UNDERSTOOD IT. She—" Mrs. Smith and [ have been exchanging confidences.” He—« Telling each other things which IN SHANTYTOWN. - were to have been kept secret 7” “To de woods fer mine, where dey only keeps dogs.”* THE WRONG KIND. Cartain Crums—"' The kind of bait | uses, Cap'n Blunt, depends on wot Cartan Biunt—'* What in the wide seas are ye fishin’ fer now, Cap'n 1 fish fer."" Crumb?" comicbooks.com