Judge, 1905-04-01 · page 4 of 16
Judge — April 1, 1905 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces typical of Judge magazine's humor: **"Judge's Favorites"** features Marion Lyon in theatrical costume, accompanied by verse praising her pleasant stage presence and comic timing. **"Country Correspondence"** humorously reports small-town happenings from Mooresville, including anecdotes about local figures like Dunk Peters (a drunk caught by police) and Orlando Pierson attending a fraternal meeting. **"In D'Gland"** cartoon mocks British class distinctions through a figure who appears to be snobbish about his "new pants." **"Followed Directions"** cartoon shows a doctor's misadventure—the patient apparently took literal rather than medical advice. **"An Expert Hand-Reader"** features "Six-Gun Bill" analyzing a group of characters' professions based on their hands, listing "a soldier, a clothing-dealer, a commercial traveler, a lady barber, a revivalist, and a pugilist." The overall tone reflects early 20th-century American satire focusing on everyday social absurdities.
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JUDGE'S FAVORITES. MARION ti Were we to world Ks, They'd fill the paper, and there'd be no room for stories, Jokes and ads. : So you may far say And still not be one-half as glad as we are when you make the play, ms are green, COUNTRY CORRE- SPONDENCE. MCORDSVILLE, UNK PETERS'S bull. doy ot after a poles cat last night. Dunk thinks he caught him. Orlando Teveson went to the city ing of the Thera Pa Beda uttend a meet- fraternity, or some such name. Abe Stackhouse is add- ing another story onto his house by digging a cellar underneath, Abe is quite a mechan Vreacher Tinchard of the Hard-shell Baptist church has been invited to fill a city pulpit. He is afraid to yo, as he has no card, for he sees they have been holding union services TEMPLE’S TELEGRAM.”” at things of you that all the play- . if you can, the many words we'd like to uur dreams as red as all your here next week to start his hay-press. Hi Johnsing says Amos is coming here on press- ing” business. Hi is always getting off something new and comical. He comes from a com: ical family Mode came so sick last week that he sent for his girl and confessed to her all his sins, Mode is up and around now, but his girl has gone back on him. All the con- verts of the Hard= shell aptist church revival will be baptized next Sunday. J: lime in the water, didn’t have a ch FOLLOWED DIRECTIONS. Phwat's th’ matther wid Moike | Murrny, noights in succession an‘ thin shkip a noight.”* AN EXPERT HAND-READER © gone bup-h McGinwis—"*No. He's bin sick. an’ th’ docthor towld him t ¢ Bentley says when they dip old Bill Skidmore Some of Zeb Selvage’s city milk customers lh his water from « scab-made pump. Rufe Yoder bought himself a new suit of ove jer, a lady barber, a revivalis IN DOGLAND. ought to slack some pycotted him, ‘They say he gets lis yesterday at Lafe Wilson's. He cto cut the tags off, for the 1.14 accommodation whistled and he had to run ail the way to the depot to see it come in, Rufe hasn't missed a ¢ train in twenty y ENCOURAGING. Mrs, Manyhids so glad that my children Tm have had all the contagtous diseases. When they row up they will be immune.” Mrs. Grimm—* Don't you believe it! By that time the doctors will have discovered a lot of new dis- MENTAL EFFORT. set IS) stated,” we ob: serve to the bald-head- ed man, “that the hair of mental workers falls out sooner than that of men in other lines of endeavor. Is your profession one of great mental effort ? “It certainly is," he replies, "1 compose the glowing advertisements. of tonics, da pugitist.” comicbooks.com