Judge, 1904-03-19 · page 4 of 16
Judge — March 19, 1904 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces of humor content from *Judge* magazine: 1. **"Judge's Favorites"** — A poem by Isabelle Gilman praising roses, comparing their beauty to "frolic with vim and zest." 2. **"His Dream of Joy"** — A cartoon figure (appearing to be a working-class man) fantasizing about attending baseball games, drinking beer, and watching teams play from Brooklyn to Chicago—reflecting early 20th-century urban leisure culture. 3. **"Beware of the Wild March Hare"** — A four-panel comic strip showing a child hunter pursuing rabbits with a gun. The humor plays on the phrase "mad as a March hare" (spring mating season makes hares erratic), with escalating chaos as the child chases increasingly aggressive rabbits. The content reflects period humor about baseball fandom, drinking culture, and anthropomorphic animal comedy—typical *Judge* magazine satire of its era.
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"LL soon be on the bleachers And watch the zipping ball A-cutting down the daisies That whisker all the mall. T'll perch there like a shanghai Upon the moonlit limb And eat the bun-bound, varnished Frankfurter full of vim. T'll root for all the * giants,”" And stamp and clap and cheer, And punctuate my gladness With now and then a beer. Hurrah for good old baseball ‘That soon will be on deck From Brooklyn to Chicago And back to Little Neck! "Twill sce me, like a monkey, Upon the bleachers sit, As happy as a king w ‘The sunny moments flit, ‘The while I chant serenely, “Oh, never, never fret ; One baseball makes a summer In firsteclass style, you bet DEPENDED. VURGE'S, FAVORITES: Interviewer —" Are you solid with MABELLE GILMAN. Oh, the rose doesn't bob so lightly your constituents f . In the breeze when it bobs at its best Congressman —"Can't say exactly. Aa tt bole se tt Leaping Blates bosom About this season they always send to me YOM ONE. SONS SEED aed 28 for seeds, and I'm never quite sure how I That's the reason the house {s sold early, stand until after sprouting-time.” And the reason throughout the land That standing-room only yanks shekels DISPELLING THE ILLUSION. As long as there's room to stand. 2 Mrs. Goodheart—""Oh, Henry! when I gave that tramp a piece of pie he was so A MAN'S wife may be his better half, but some- grateful that there were actually tears in his voice.” times her mother seems to be the whole thing. Her husband—" Nonsense! That was only his mouth watering.” te een eatene 3. 4. —Remember ‘tis the month of March-—— ——And the wild March hare is mad. BEWARE OF THE WILD MARCH HARE! comicbooks.com