Judge, 1904-06-04 · page 3 of 16
Judge — June 4, 1904 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several short humorous pieces rather than political cartoons. The main items include: **"A Fair Incognito"**: A romantic poem about meeting a maiden on a beach, illustrated with period sketches. **"Another Puzzle"** and **"Fashion Note"**: Brief joke exchanges about new timetables and decorative stitching on Russian blouses. **"Encouraging," "Occupation," "Perfect Surroundings," and "Argus"**: Short satirical quips about leisure, fortune-hunting in card games, Arctic scenery, and a character with many eyes. **Bottom section**: A dramatic photograph titled "Troubles of Wealth" showing what appears to be a scene about lawsuits and financial disputes, with dialogue between characters named Paterson Pete and Stacked Oates. The page reflects early 20th-century concerns about wealth, leisure, fashion, and social pretension through light humor rather than serious political commentary.
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A FAIR INCOGNITO. H, THIS is the maiden I met on the beach— A sylph and a siren, a bird and a peach; And oft like a lily she capers and beams, And with a fine gilding embroiders my dreams. She fills me with rapture that never takes flight ; She haunts with her beauty my soul day and night, Until on a roseate billow of song I move like a leaf in the zephyr along. 's dear little damosel "s ever to me A phantom of spring-time that gurgles in glee ; She'll live in my heart, that without her 'd be sad, This girl that I met in the lingerie *+ad."" ANOTHER PUZZLE. Howson Lott— Here's a copy of the new time-tabl Suburbs—" What's new about it?” Howson Lott— The way it’s folded.” FASHION NOTE. THE science of style being to place decoration where it will be seen by the greatest number of people and therefore be most effective, Russian blouses will this year be richly ornamented on the back, in a running stitch, ENCOURAGING. Cuotty—" Before | had sat in the game ten min- utes had lost fifteen dollars; then my luck began to change."* Freo—" Of course!"* Cuotty—"' Yes: and in the next two hours | only lost seven dollars and a quarter, bah Jove!” OCCUPATION. $e ISS CALLINGALL complains that she has too much leisure.” “ Well, why doesn't she take up something 2” “She does—she takes up other people's time. PERFECT SURROUNDINGS. Thespis—"So his arctic lecture was real- istic?" Foyer—" Yes; the most beautiful frost you ever saw.” ARGUS was speaking of his hundred eyes. It is terribly hard on the drug-clerks,” he remarked. “Look how many they have to count to see if I wink.” SNAZING: H ‘he guessed that he would tak Mrs. Wisenit—" Oh, John! isn’t it wonderful how intelligent some birds are? 1 see by the jefeupon: he: guessed ‘that he: would: take paper that they've trained Some Orioles to play baseball.” sarsaparilla for his. ‘TROUBLES OF WEALTH. Paterson Pere—"'I dreampt last night dat | had a million dollars."* ‘Stackeo Oates—"' Did yer enjoy it?” ohne Pere—‘* Nit! I wuz sued fer breach uv promise, operated on fer appendicitis, an’ mentioned fer de vice-presidency, ‘fore I'd even got It counted.” comicbooks.com