Judge, 1904-04-16 · page 12 of 16
Judge — April 16, 1904 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising with one satirical poem**, not a political cartoon. The poem "They Are Sixty-Seven" satirizes **polygamy among Mormon communities**. A speaker encounters an 18-year-old Mormon girl who reveals her family consists of 67 children from her father's eleven wives—distributed across settlements in Provo and Ogden, Utah. The humor derives from the speaker's increasingly bewildered reactions as he realizes the shocking scope of plural marriage practices. The poem targets **the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' historical practice of polygamy**, which was controversial and illegal in most U.S. states. The girl's innocent, cheerful recitation of her massive blended family underscores the satirist's point about the absurdity and social disruption of the practice. The page otherwise contains **whiskey and shoe advertisements**, including a separate cartoon about "The Irony of the Ostracized"—a pun about a pig claiming ancestry from the Mayflower.
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‘THEY ARE SIXTY-SEVEN. I met a little Mormon gir She was just eighteen, she said. Her hair was dressed with one big curl That dangled from her head. She had a simple way and bland ; Her speech was soft and cool, And in her honest, widespread hand She bore a milking stool. “ How many children, little maid, Are in your family 2” “How many? Sixty-seven,” And shyly looked at me. she said, Her hazel eyes to mine she raised, And then she cast them down, “T did not ask,” I said, amazed, « The census of your town. Without Fault Aside from its maturity, purity, quality, Hunter Whiskey has that rare, old, aromatic flavor that gratifies and satisfies. “ How many children ‘round your door Disport in childish glee ?” “Just sixty-seven,” she said once more, And smiled again at me. « Forty of us at Provo dwell ; At Ogden there are nine ; The good ship Jane, they sail her well— Twelve brothers, dear, of mine.” “Tse at last. Your meaning ’s Said 1, with laughter merry ; “Is it an orphanage, my de Or a female seminary “ My father kind is drawing near,” The little maid replied ; He's heen to roam ; he’s bringing home Another brand-new bride. A taste the most refined Which fingers on the palate And leaves no fault to find “With father dear we dwell at peace ; Our mothers are eleven ; ‘Round every door there's room for more J And we are sixty-seven.” 01009 0H res And then I left in dumb dismay ‘The maul with eyes like heaven ; But as I left I heard her say, “And I'm the oldest, by the way, Of all the sixty-seven.” —Council Bluffs Nonpareil. “ He pretends to be a philosopher. “Yes; but I notice one peculiar thing about his philosophy.” “ What's that ?” “It is only other people's hard ‘luck that he is able to accept philosophically.” —Chicago Post. zs td bres ade Leslie’s Weekly Oldest and yet youngest illustrated paper in America A etter Every part of the paper of human interest hints to money-makers alone sub- Jasper’s are worth ten times the scription price $4 per Year $1 for 3 Months WILSON WHISKEY THAT’S ALL ! THE IRONY OF THE OSTRACIZED. Tue PLeseiaN poRKER—" That would-be ‘blue blood’ wearies one, The moment he heard that‘ with the first settlers on the Mayflower was a drove of hogs,’ he immediately claimed direct lineage and will no longer wallow in the same puddle with anybody. Ugh! he'll bealleging an escutcheon and coat- of-arms next.” LESLIE'S WEEKLY 225 FOURTH AVENUE NEW YORK $10, 000. 00: it be eis Tectmates it More men's, 83:50, oh any ether manufacturer in the word Douglan $3.50 shoe 2 by more men in all her make is because they hold their shape, are of greater value than any other $5.9 shoe IRS OF FINE § E MAD! 2,473,464 KAD So2b BEN. LAOESL ASI 10622 ‘eater ware Lgould net bohve it pos be to mate a frat clan shoe for $430, wntil at ast [ thebest in the world for the money."*—Aerrut Le Brown, with Knox, the Hatter, New Vorb 'W. L. Douglas High-Grade Boys’ | ,Doueias has the largest men’ Shoes, $2.00 and $1.75. "8 $8.10 Shoe pucineaie Solupubie en ets BS Douglas uses Corona Celtshia ia his $3.50 peg oy med Colt is conceded everywhere to jest patent leather yet produced. me _ Past Color Eyetts Used Excasteey. | Soateteapatctaata, tle a data tera teere Ww. L. DOUGLAS, $140: SPARK; STREET} BROOKTON, REWARD ant eit No fe aa ‘where comicbooks.com