Judge — December 3, 1904 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Nervy Nat Goes to a Football Game" This is a comic strip featuring "Nervy Nat," a recurring character in Judge magazine. The narrative follows Nat as he attends a football game, apparently attempting an elaborate scheme involving a car and obtaining money from wealthy individuals ("governors" and "Yale" are mentioned). The strip satirizes early 1900s automobile culture—depicting cars as novel, unreliable contraptions prone to breakdown. Nat's scheme involves using the vehicle to impress or swindle people, promising rides and collecting payment. The final panels show him at the football game itself, where the joke culminates in typical slapstick fashion with chaos ensuing. The satire targets both automotive technology's infancy and con-artist schemes that exploited public fascination with new inventions during this era.