Judge, 1904-05-07 · page 2 of 20
Judge — May 7, 1904 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon titled "IRONY" depicts a domestic scene where a mother scolds her daughter Elsie for playing "slumber-song," asking her to stop the noise while her elderly grandmother tries to nap nearby. The satire's point is unclear from the image alone—the humor likely relies on context about what "slumber-song" was (possibly a contemporary popular song or activity) that would have been obvious to 1904 readers but isn't to modern audiences. The page also contains several brief political editorials above, including commentary on Democrats, tariffs, and Roosevelt, though these lack accompanying illustrations and require historical knowledge to parse fully. The publication details indicate this is *Judge* magazine from New York, published weekly at the Parker Building.
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aS ea: —— 7 S EF RT PUBLISHED WEEKLY At Tue Paxxe Boripinc, Fount AVENUE AND NINETRENTH STREET, New Yor. Wastax Apvextisinc Orrice—1313 Hartford Building, Chicage, Ml TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS: UNITED STATES AND CANADA IN ADVANCE. ‘One copy, one year, or ganumberss ee ‘One € One 6 FOREL sunts— International News Company, Bream's building, The contents of FUDGE are protected by copyright in both the United States and Great Brita 9, six months, of 26 numbers - for thirteen weeks Including the Cunistatas Juoce. the postal union, $5.00. year. inenne de l"Opera, Paris: Suarback's News Fechange, Infringement of this copyright will be promptly and bigorously prosecuted. CONTRIBUTORS must inclose a stamped and self-addressed entrelope with all manuscripts, otbeftvise return of the Latter when found unavailatte cannot be guarantees. DRAWINGS and all contribations sent to the Art Department should have the sender's full name and address “written plainly on each and every separate sketch. descriptive letterpress should in every instance be soritten upon its indeoldual picture, and NOT upon a Separate slip of paper. insure safe arsd prompt return of material not accepted. UT A BEGGAR on horseback and he will immediately set to work to make arrangements for the purchase of a large, high-snorting, red- wheeled skunk-wagon. ee JN THE BRIGHT and rosy lexicon of literature the productions that have not the ghost of a chance of lite are the ones which, as a rule, cannot be lived down by their authors. . THE MAN who loves money and lives for the accumulation of it should be made a millionaire by fate, if only to console and compensate him for being the possessor of so foul and ignoble a mind. THE DEMOCRATS are now taking the tariff from the tar-balled cedar chest and scalding and perfuming it, that it may enter into business relations with the platform which is now being hatched. ILL may be a sphinx so far as timely utterances are concerned, but when it comes to the laying of political pipes and the skinning of po- litical hat-stands he is a veritable howling dervish of manipulation and method. coe At THE PRESENT TIME Mr. Roosevelt is the chief especial, not to say the preferred, target of that ignoble horde of creatures known as. grafters, thugs. trust magnates, and Democratic editors. Their missiles are flying many and fast, and as they whizz about the president’s head he must hear anything but the strains of AZolus. And at the same time he must smile a broad smile of heartfelt satisfaction when he realizes that he The accompanying Joke or Inclosure of stamps to the fal! amount of postage Is also required, 10 is beyond their efforts to puncture or to maim, for the reason that he is clad in his record, which is ever proof against the missiles of the mob of sore- headed political myrmidons that are ever on the lookout for an opportunity to upset his apple-cart. They should know that when the armor is impen= etrable the apple-cart is unupsetable. If they but knew that this rare and very enviable combination is the president’s they would do well to desist and turn their time and attention to suggesting planks to the thought- carpenters who are now working on the platform which will contain oceans of words to mill-ponds of thought. eee WHEN BRUTE STRENGTH is pitted against skill in any hind of a contest victory invariably perches on the banner of the latter. And this well-known fact was never more forcibly illustrated than in the series of victories that the Japs have neatly scored over the Russians. At the beginning it looked as if the cat playing with the mouse would be the picture selected to illustrate the hostile relations existing between these countries; but at the present writing it looks very much like the mouse playing with the cat. At any rate, Russia is having so much the worst of it that it is a shame and a pity that the fight cannot be stopped before she is annihilated and disgraced. Should Russia become involved in another war it would be well for her to insist upon doing the fighting by telegraph, with the aid of charts, as chess contests are played. Then the casualties would be but theoretical, and Russia could come out of the fray with flying coat-tails, if not with flying colors, but still without serious injury. Rus- sia’s strong suit is not fighting. Her showing against Japan goes a long way toward proving that croquet is her hold, and that she has no chance against the Japs at anything other than a pink tea. I ! LK \ ( | | SSS IRONY. INI lp y fh mY } i tl ey ens, Motner—"' Elsie, would you please stop playing that ‘ slumber-song’ for a littie while? Your poor old grandfather is trying to take a nap."* comicbooks.com