Judge, 1905-04-22 · page 9 of 20
Judge — April 22, 1905 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct humorous pieces satirizing rural American life and consumer culture: **"Country Correspondence"** mocks small-town gossip and provincial life, depicting Curt Pusey's visit home with exaggerated details about shell-game hustling, damaged quilting frames, and domestic drama—poking fun at rural simplicity. **"Smart Little Girl"** is a gentle joke about children's logic. Six-year-old Gertrude hears a fairy tale about a princess choosing between a poor noble prince and a rich unkind one, then pragmatically asks why the princess didn't simply marry the good prince for his money—exposing the absurdity of romantic ideals versus material realities. **"Selling Expenses"** satirizes millinery shop deception: a milliner admits a bonnet costs only five dollars but charges twenty-five, justifying the markup as keeping "the others till next Easter"—a joke about artificial scarcity and retail manipulation. **"The Hen's Opinion"** appears to be a brief animal-perspective joke (text unclear). The satirical targets are rural pretension, consumer dishonesty, and the gap between romantic fantasy and practical thinking.
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