Judge, 1904-06-04 · page 4 of 16
Judge — June 4, 1904 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains four separate humor pieces typical of Judge's early 20th-century format: 1. **"Franz Schlumph's Methods"**: A barber's technique involving aggressive razor-stropping, humorously compared to a "railroad train." 2. **"Judge's Favorites"**: Celebrates actress Amelia Bingham's theatrical talent and graceful stage presence. 3. **"Rapid Transit"**: Anecdotal humor about Bill Bales winning a bet by using a hornet to transport Tom Smith across a street—absurdist humor based on unexpected solutions. 4. **"His Preference"**: Office humor about a lazy employee (Smith) preferring to loaf at work rather than vacation elsewhere. The cartoons satirize everyday urban life, workplace laziness, and social behavior without obvious political content. The humor relies on exaggeration and incongruity typical of period American comedy magazines.
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FRANZ SCHLUMPH’S METHODS. QPER the horse-hide strop 1 Ay like a railroad train; Then I shave the customer right against the grain. Oft a little tale I tell as I gayly spurt O'er his chin, and then T say, “Does the razor hurt?” ‘Then I pause and test the fine razor on my thumb, And I ask him pleasantly, with a smile, «Bay rum?” That's the thing that constitutes my commercial flights ; But I own flat-houses three up on Fordham heights. KINDLY CORRECTION. 66] THINK I'll take the same,” says the stranger, who has been led into a Boston café by his friend Pardon me,” says the suave bar-keeper; “but it is manifestly impossible for you to take the same that your friend takes, Perhaps you mean that you will have a similar drink.” JUDGE'S FAVORITES. AMELIA BINGHAM, When fair Amelia Bingham Appears upon the stage, In satin, silk, or gingham, ‘She simply is the rage. Our rapture, that for certain Her graceful acting tops, Ever rises with the curtain And with the curtain drops. RAPID TRANSIT. 44 BILL BALES bet Tom Smith a dollar that he could pick up a hornet and carry it across the street,” says the first loafer in front of Seth Green's grocery- store. “Which won?” THE SUMMER MAN AT THE BEACH. “Well, Bill got across with the hornet, but Tom He has an eye that seeks the light argies that the hornet lifted him about twenty foot o” And an arm that is suezetafal gute the way.” In getting round waist places. Wf | vn Hl ANT CA My Tes su ilies “tS HIS PREFERENCE. “What a lazy chap Smith is! He hasn't taken a vacation in ten years." “Yes: he prefers to stay right here in the office and loaf.”" comicbooks.com