Judge, 1905-01-28 · page 4 of 16
Judge — January 28, 1905 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated humorous sketches typical of Judge's satirical format: **"To Be Expected"** depicts an inventor frustrated by factory workers striking every hour—a commentary on labor disputes and union organizing in the industrial era. **"Judge's Favorites"** quotes Bessie Clayton from "It Happened in Hoboland," apparently a theatrical production. **"Solomon Revised"** and **"His Triumph"** offer literary and philosophical humor without clear political reference. **"Advantageous Obesity"** shows a fat turkey escaping market, joking that obesity makes it unsaleable—satirizing both the turkey and attitudes about body size. **"Still Unconvinced"** depicts Uncle John resisting modern "jiu-jitsu" martial arts techniques, preferring old-fashioned fighting methods—mocking generational resistance to new trends. The page reflects early 20th-century concerns: labor unrest, technological change, and social modernization.
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TO BE EXPECTED. 66] HAVE devised a new clock,” says . tin the body of the clock are represented all sorts of mills and. factories. The doors of the buildings are closed, but through the windows may be seen the figures of the men at work. Every hour, how- ever Here he is interrupted by a loud laugh from his listener. “What's the matter with you ?” asks the inventor, “Twas just tickled with the idea about those factorie: + There’s nothing funny about it. Every hour the “Sure! Every time there's a strike the men walk out.” Enraged at having his secret guessed, the inventor turns on his, heel and walks off, muttering to CUTTING A DAS(C)H. himself A REQUISITE. se] WONDER who will write the series of poems for which the world is waiting —the E'S FAVORITES. CLAYTON iN ‘TIT MaPreneD tte N You kick your way from east to west man with the long hair and the dreamy eyes, And e'er your kicking ’s of the best i an with the bald head and the wrinkled brow responded, And highest kind, and that is why id kick whene er you fl Uklek ihe Mek ay all the walking ur rivals c dly flock to see That kick which makes your sala-ree bugh it be high, look very low Beside your winged, sky-scraping toe. songs that will tell of the strides made by labor in the present epoch 2" said: the to be done by som who has never tried to build anything and keep SOLOMON REVISED. SOLOMON had just returned to his celestial residence after an extended sojourn on ear That proverb of mine about the ant,” he said, “is obsolete, * Til have to revise it and bring it up to date.” Drawing a line throu cient paragraph, he wrote in the mar ter, thou 8 1 Consider its ways and be wise HIS TRIUMPH, A XOVEL bre wrote, ata publishes ity to, Then waited the workl's appha But the welcome it got made the th either '. they can't say, ADVANTAGEOUS OBESITY. . Tur vanrast—"* How in the world did you, the fattest turkey in the yard, escape being Sl'sa fact,” he that Lwrote, any way, killed for market?” The worsteselling leak of the year. Tne Turney —'* Why, you poor little simpleton! evidently you have been reading the JACK AreLaToN. comic papers, Who ever heard of a genuinely fat turkey found on sale at a market?" a “ 1 STILL UNCONVINCED. ng.in your day, L scientific and crude. Now, you never used a move lik u Sanat he nee recte Jour—''Jew jitsoo? Not when I c’u'd git an old-fashioned hiplock. comicbooks.com