Judge, 1904-12-17 · page 9 of 48
Judge — December 17, 1904 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **Christmas greeting page** from Judge magazine, not political satire. The page contains three festive poems offering holiday wishes to readers. The "Judge's Greeting" section uses whimsical language typical of turn-of-the-century humor—puns like "cock-a-doodle-doo" as a "song of triumph" and references to "eighteen-karat gold" (likely mocking materialism). The greeting wishes readers prosperity, Santa's gifts, and joy "through Anno Domini / Nineteen hundred and five" (1905). The decorative header shows stylized Christmas imagery with figures and holiday symbols. The bottom illustration depicts cherubs or putti (baby figures common in Victorian holiday art) gathered in a punch bowl—a visual pun on "around the Christmas punch-bowl." The toasts are sentimental verse typical of Gilded Age holiday publications, with no apparent political commentary. This appears to be Judge's standard seasonal goodwill content rather than satirical commentary.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
MERRY Christmas to You all from sea to sea; May cock-a-doodle-doo Your song of triumph be Throughout the glad new year, And may you fondly fold Unto yourself the dear Old cighteen-karat gold. JUDGE'S GREETING. H, may your big tree bend With good things to the floor! And may fate barrels send, To wolfless make your door. And may old Santa bring The -ifts that gleam and glow, To mac.: your stocking swirg Serenely, don’t you know. may you overflow With picture-book and toy, And casually throw A somersault of joy And know the victo-ry That “ Judge” would have you hive Through Anno Domini Nineteen hundred and five AROUND THE CHRISTMAS PUNCH-BOWL. A TOAST. LL around the punch-bow! Hear us gayly sing, While the happy moments On dream-pinions wing. COPymIGnt 1904 BY JUDGE COMPANY PUBLISMERS, 226 FOURTH AVE. NEW YORK ERE Is a health unto you, ‘And may the old world be E’er your untypholded Saddle-rock of glee. ‘Sachoi 8 Wiheins Lino & Prg Co. NewYork, comicbooks.com