Judge, 1905-05-06 · page 6 of 16
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**Picnic Philosophy** is a humorous essay about weather unpredictability ruining outdoor plans. The author describes planning a picnic that got rained out, then going the next day only to regret it. The piece uses anecdotes—including a couple named Sallie and John whose romantic outing was spoiled by weather—to illustrate life's frustrations when plans depend on forecasts we can't control. The "moral" advises not trusting weather predictions too much, since unexpected sunshine or storms constantly disrupt seven states' worth of events. **The Writer's Cramp Cure** is a brief joke fragment. A friend asks another man about his injured hand. The man claims he invented a cure for writer's cramp (hand cramping from excessive writing). The joke's punchline appears cut off, but the setup likely satirizes dubious "cure-all" remedies—a common target of Judge's humor. Both pieces are light, observational humor typical of the magazine's satirical style.
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PICNIC PHILOSOPHY. E WERE ge little picnic ls one day this week, but it clouded up in. the == =F — morning, and we didn't go. { Later in the morning the ' / s passed and the day | ; out fine, and we were mighty sorry we had stayed at home. ‘The next | F tain and we day came went on our picnic, but be fore might we bi erly re yretted it, By noon we were sousing about in the tall tunber, thinking large and painful thoughts, and won: dering how the weather- man can turn out a good forecast on days when we nil miss it by | | ter of seven- n't care put the dian ty suns when fun ahead But that’s the way of this oll world, “There was litle Sallie, whom we once knew, Salle 1 young Jobn, but about a month ling Johny ap, as it «threatened bad ad Sallie went otf | ‘ = betore the ¥ suddenly ¢ weat Then what happened? WI John cleared up befor wid for the rest of the tin to latest reports was shar county-tair day. Jimmie, on the other hand, stayed pleasant until along chaut eleven o'eloc you wn has. mud ever and Sallie has had to slo nthe mire with him, And there you are. Moral Don't yo too much by the weather, Many rday has come out of ry morning, and a sh of sunshine in the fo nohas more than ended up in sloppy weather over seven states in the alt. on for all parties con- cerned, itm Jom HHH, SHAW. THE WRITER'S-CRAMP CURE, SOVAJHATS the matter with your hand, old man 2" asks the trend = Well!” explains the other, you know Linvented 1c eure for writer's cramp ? “Ves; and ve heard that y with it doing: well So Lam; barb had comicbooks.com