Judge, 1904-06-25 · page 3 of 19
Judge — June 25, 1904 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several satirical pieces mocking American political and social conventions of the era. "The Frog-Hunter's Opinion" at top appears to be light verse about hunting, with accompanying caricature. The central cartoon "At Our Summer Boarding-House" depicts four figures in conversation, likely satirizing middle-class vacation behavior and social pretension—a common Judge target. "A Picnic for the Public" mocks political campaign spending and fundraising disputes between Democrats and Republicans, suggesting working people bear the financial burden while politicians debate campaign funds. "The Kind They Raised" uses a joke about cautious chickens to satirize neighbors raising fearful children. The overall tone reflects Judge's characteristic satire of American social climbers, political hypocrisy, and class anxieties in what appears to be the late 19th or early 20th century.
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THE FROG-HUNTER’S OPINION. ] BUT the frog upon the head And stretch him on the sand, ‘And in an hour, be it said, He's breaded and he’s panned. And when he steams upon the toast, A gilt-edged, lovely thing, I glide down fancy's golden coast And rapturously sing, “Oh, froggie, pungent, sweet and rare! You round joy’s race-track burst ; And while you win, I must declare Your hind legs come in first.” DIAGNOSIS, sOYVHERE is your father, Harold?” asked the caller, “Papa has gone to the national convention,” responded the child. « And what is a national convention 2” asked the caller, seeking to ascertain how much knowledge was contained in that small head. “« Mamma says a national convention is two hundred lodge-meetings, fifty sit-up- with-sick-friends, eighteen birthday dinners, twenty-five election nights, four annual banquets, and eighteen swear-off suppers rolled into one.” “Do you know, Cholly, | could just die yachting.”* “Yes? | feel like giving up everything for it.” IT ALWAYS IS. GY AJHAT is the problem we must solve?” We asked the statesman, We were stunned When quickly he made this reply, *+Just how to spend the campaign fund.” A PICNIC FOR THE PUBLIC. +4] SUPPOSE you fellows will try to revive that old campaign cry of * the full dinner-pail,’” says the Democrat who is arguing with a friend in the gallery at the convention. “Full dinner-pail?” asks the Republican, “Why, we've made times so good in this coun- try that the workingman carries his dinner ina big picnic-basket all the time now.” AT OUR SUMMER BOARDING-HOUSE. “The outcry against abbreviated bathing-suits is all nonsense.” ; ew ' identi w [onaliald you dort look at the quesine frees high eaanpotai* T WILL not be denied that the vice-presidential “Indeed, Ido. I watch them from the top of the bluigevery morning.”” office frequently seeks the man. THE KIND THEY RAISED. Frieno—" What kind of chickens do your neighbors raise ?"" Susureantre (with shotgun)—" The kind that know enough to run when they see me coming with a gun.” comicbooks.com