Judge, 1904-12-03 · page 6 of 16
Judge — December 3, 1904 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical cartoons and jokes typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"Excitement at the Winter Palace"** mocks Russian imperial bureaucracy, likely referencing the Russian court's dramatic reactions to minor events (the "imperial infant has cut his first tooth"). The satire criticizes overblown governmental responses and courtly pageantry. **"Ribald" and other short jokes** are crude Victorian-era humor about death, automobiles, and social situations—typical filler content of the era. **"Chicago Economy"** satirizes working-class frugality, depicting a man using a commutation ticket (valid for multiple train rides) as a "marriage ticket" for ten ceremonies, reducing wedding costs by 10%. It mocks both penny-pinching and casual attitudes toward matrimony. **"They Took a Great Interest"** appears to criticize a businessman who applied corporate practices to personal life, suggesting the absurdity of treating individual matters with corporate methodology. The page reflects Judge's focus on lampooning social pretension, bureaucratic excess, and contemporary urban life.
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first ‘ooth.” EXCITEMENT AT THE WINTER PALACE. NT WAS the hour before dawn. The great city, wrapped in slumber, lay white and J) silent.under its heavy mantle of snow. Suddenly lights flashed and twinkled in the windows of the winter palace ; sleepy servants hurried to and fro; officers of the royal household were hastily awakened and sent forth upon important missions. The emperor himself arose and summoned the great council of the empire. Aids and orderlies galloped at breakneck pace through the deserted streets, the imperial reserves were tumbled out of their barracks in anticipation of riotous public demonstrations, and civil and military officers, high in the confidence of the crown, drove with all speed to the palace. The foreign secretary was summoned to his desk by royal command, and every department of the government was soon alive with clerks and officials, Cor- respondents of the associated press hastened to headquarters for news of interna- tional import. The city was at last awake. People thronged the streets; bells were rung and bonfires were soon crackling on every prospect and thoroughfare. || ‘The cates were ablaze with light; shouts of joy and cheers for the emperor were heard on every side, The city had gone mad “Is there good news from the far east 2” ventured a curious foreigner of a gen- darme who stood near by. “A thousand times better, excellency,” said the official proudly. “The imperial infant has cut his RIBALD. SOME men have no respect for grim death. There was Motor, for instance. The doctor was on his way home with a live duck when atte f Motor’s. big a . eg touring - car Z struck him. Both the doctor and the duck bery 2" A HERO. Manhattan— that old Rocksby got arrested for highway rob- UP TO DATE. ITH bell and whistle, axe and club, I glide along the stree And with my great extinguisher The flames to death I beat. I find the fire, and the alarm I give, and in about A jiffy skate unto the scene And put the old thing out. And I am told I'll never be Retired and on the shelf While Iam so complete a fire Department in myself. were killed, Motor gazed reflectively at the remains for a few moments and then remarked, “ Well, neither of stem will ever quack again.” \HIS MISTAKE. How on earth did it happen * Did yer kill him all by yerself?”" me trusty knife.”” Proressor oF AonicuLTure (to professor of athletics) — “You complain that the boys take no interest in football? Just let this ball, which | have decorated, appear on the campus— CHICAGO ECON- omy. SO\JHAT a curi- W ous - looking ticket, Mr. Lakefront! May I sce it? Why, it's a commutation. ticket "—— “Yes, for mar- riages—good for ten ceremonies by any of the ministers named fon the back. I find it reduces the cost of a wedding about ten per cent., which is not to be ignored nowa- days.” 66] SEE that King ward is trave eling incog.” “ Something new in automobiles, I sup- pose.” Yep. “After I'd shooted him twicet | grappled wid him an’ ended de struggle wid . At te Ha ett THEY TOOK A GREAT INTEREST. Broadway— The old fool forgot himself and tried to practice as an individual the same methods he has always used as the head of a ccrporation.” Tai a s vu ‘oe —~and note the effect." comicbooks.com