Judge, 1904-11-26 · page 6 of 16
Judge — November 26, 1904 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century American satire: **"Happy Harry's Hooray"** features a child excited about Thanksgiving—turkey, plum pudding, and football—rendered as innocent holiday enthusiasm. **"Why He Smiled"** satirizes the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). The Japanese emperor smiles upon hearing of naval conflict, quipping that if there's been ocean trouble, "the Russians are at the bottom of it"—a dark joke about Japanese naval victories that sank Russian ships. **"The Thanksgiving Turkey"** uses dialect humor (common but now offensive) to present a farm hand's observation that the turkey doesn't realize its fate. **"A Cheerful Thanksgiving"** continues the dialect-based humor, urging cheerfulness despite hardship—typical of paternalistic period attitudes toward working-class life. **"For Failing Memory"** is a domestic joke: a man's memory-improvement course failed because he forgot last year's resolution not to buy expensive Christmas gifts. The page emphasizes Thanksgiving themes alongside topical war commentary and gentle domestic humor.
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HAPPY HARRY’S HOORAY. TO-MORROW ‘ll be Thanksgiv- ing day, And all that now I have to say Before I go To bed and blow The candle out is just “* Hooray !" Hooray for all the turkey, brown And oyster-stuffed, that I'll put down, And for the good Red-hot plum pud., ‘That all my visions brightly crown! ~ Oh, while I creep to bed away I think about the football play, And whirl about And dance and shout, ‘Hooray, hooray, hooray, how ray!” “ha San WHY HE SMILED. THE Japanese emperor smiled upon the court, And what,” he asked, what news of the war 2” “There are, your majesty,” answered the prime minister, “reports of a battle off the coast.” “Tam convinced,” observed the emperor with a twinkle ; THE THANKSGIVING TURKEY. a - 4 a “Golly! ain't he fat?” lam convinced that if there has been any trouble on the ocean bet If he knowed wot wuz a-comin’ ter him he'd worry himself the Russians are at the bottom of it, thinner ‘na rail.” A CHEERFUL THANKSGIVING. ITAT'S de use ob feelin’ gloomy an’ a-sighin’ ‘bout yo'r lot What's de use ter keep on growlin’ frownin’ all aroun’ Wren T’anksgivin’ day is happy on de way? v Don't yo’ know de tukkey ‘s fat'nin’, gittin’ ready fo’ de pot, Don't yc Ww" » Tranksgivin’ day is happy on de way? o' know de craps is bigges’ whar de cheerful heart is foun’ Tranksgivin’ day is happy on de way? dls a Tittle low, abin do’; sun dat melts de snow, * day is happy on de way. Wren T’anksgivin’ day is happy on de way. Wren Tranksgi Let us, den, go ‘bout ouah labors whistlin’ each a cheerful tune Wren T’anksgivin' day is happy Burdens ‘Il fi Novembah seem like June, an't be beat. ple mouf jes’ ‘gins ter watah w'en I t'inks how I's gw Wren T'anksgivin’ day is happy on de way. sttas x. Love, FOR FAILING MEMORY. ** Did Jerrold’s course of ‘ memory-lessons’ do him any good?" “Nota bit, He forgot the resolution he made last year not to buy any Christmas-presents this year.” comicbooks.com