Judge, 1904-12-31 · page 16 of 21
Judge — December 31, 1904 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and humor columns**, typical of Judge's satirical format. The main cartoons are brief jokes: 1. **"Hoffman Howes" dialogue**: Satirizes New York's self-importance. A man claims a storm was "serious" because New York couldn't get outside news—to which another replies sarcastically that New York wouldn't *want* outside news anyway. This mocks NYC's provincial smugness despite its cosmopolitan pretensions. 2. **"Moths Paying Bets"**: A man and woman who bet on an election must forfeit: he stops swearing by an elm tree, she stops "fluttering around flames"—a play on moths' behavior. When he asks why not swear by the elm, she quips it's a "slippery elm," a pun on the tree's name and the proverb's danger. The remaining content comprises **full-page advertisements** for whiskey brands, railroad travel, and notably, George Palliser's house-plan book (the largest ad). These jokes rely on wordplay, social observation of wealthy characters ("Noo Yawk"), and puns—typical Judge humor circa 1902.
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