Judge, 1904-12-17 · page 37 of 48
Judge — December 17, 1904 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes incompetent hunters through Mr. Yap's misadventures. The eight-panel sequence mocks absurd "advice" that actually demonstrates dangerous ignorance: wearing loud colors and getting drunk before hunting, abusing dogs, pointing loaded guns at guides, blowing into gun barrels to clear misfires, and other reckless behaviors. The humor relies on readers recognizing these as obviously wrong practices presented as expert tips. The surrounding satirical pieces mock broader American follies: a cruel joke about amputation as a wedding gift (dark humor typical of the era), confusion of "depot" with "station" as linguistic "progress," and the stock-exchange as an "electric chair" during financial panics—referencing the literal electric chair's recent introduction as execution method. The Kansas cyclone anecdote offers tall-tale humor about frontier resilience. Overall, the page ridicules pretentious incompetence, reckless behavior, and contemporary anxieties about new technology and financial instability.
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MR. YAP FOLLOWS THE ADVICE OF ONE WHO KNOWS THE PLEASURES OF HUNTING. Be sure you are well groomed and properly attired; red neckties, purple coats, and other loud colors are essen- tial in the woods. 4. When your dog comes toa ‘stand’ belt him over the back with some object close at hand. This will break him of a bad habit and make him good-natured. It will also demonstrate your superior knowledge of well-bred dogs. Before starting put in a plentiful supply of liquid ‘refreshments, and always keep your loaded gun pointed in the guide's direction, He likes it, and will tell you so. firearms. ppttieing simultaneously). You will be almost famished before reaching the hunting grounds: therefore show your regard for the old guide's indigestion by drinking all the Nquid yourself. While so doing, display your utter fearlessness of modern And should your gun miss fire, which often occurs, Just blow Into the business end of It and pull the trigger again, (This must be done We could give you a thousand or more valuable pointers, but we believe, And Insist upon retiring to you boarding-house to gloat at this juncture, you will be weary of is 1g to your happy Ing-house to gloat And now he says he'll never, your prowess, SO FORTUNATE! «YOU know we were wor- rying over what to give the Blanks at their wooden wedding next week” “Yes.” “Well, it's all right now, Blank got off a moving street- car this morning and amputa- tion above the ankle will be unavoidable.” CULTURE simplifies life. All the trouble we used to have about the pronuncia- tion of depot is now obviated by calling it station. over the glorious day's sport. THE REAL THING. , what {s an ‘electrio-chair'?"" Farner—"'A seat on the stock-exchange during a ‘ panic,’ my boy." never take our deuced advice again. CYCLONE TRANSPORTA- TION AS PER SCHEDULE. SAID the man from Kansas : "A cyclone picked me up one day and carried me seven- ty-five miles, dropping me just across the line in Nebraska.” “What did you do?” the New Yorker asked, “T lighted my pipe and sat down and took it easy. I only had to wait a couple of hours before another cyclone came along, picked me up and carried me back home in time for supper.”