Judge, 1905-05-13 · page 2 of 16
Judge — May 13, 1905 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical pieces from Judge magazine. "A New Dollar Emblem" argues the American eagle should replace the dollar sign, criticizing how currency has become the nation's true symbol over ideals. "The Passing of Freak Politics" laments the end of colorful 19th-century political excess—the "wild-eyed political show" and theatrical candidates—replaced by modern seriousness. The author regrets losing figures like Theodore Roosevelt, viewing contemporary politics as dull. "Judge's Little Afterisms" offers brief witty observations about everyday life. The main cartoon labeled "In Chicago" (bottom) appears to show a beggar or unemployed person asking for help, with text mentioning a "stroll" with family—likely satirizing poverty or economic hardship during this era.
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Take the Win think of the eagle is about the most inauspicious bied that cou yur great American dollar. “The tears and rends and preys on the tender Limb, or anything else that is alive and tender. Naturally, such a pitiless, Carnivorous character offends most intimately : the dollar design to be by which dollars are ugle on our coinage. » you come elected to grin sensibilities of those They want anblematic of the bland chivalry hieved. Dollars are got by dulcet dickerings, by winsome wind nd by the gentle arts which give to the gold-brick its perennial charm, Without ending any reflection on Mr. Rockefeller, but simply suse he is our foremost con sociated with our dollars, sseur and the best per= ification of the American dollar, we suggest that his Give to the image wings, an vil-can for oF motto, and put a bax of gold in one of bonds in the other, and we would hav One thing only would b we trust? would be supy Jy named, image take the place of the eagle breast-plite, “In oil we trust?” claw and a bunch that would o eric a emblem 1 somethi lacking inn this In ¢ nted by the date motto alre new 4 eagle the * more typical, up ‘THE PASSING OF FREAK POLITICS. AMONG THE THINGS for which the people shoukl be most xrateful in this spring of 1905 «tre the increasing signs of anew ert of sanity a the py f freaks in politics. ‘The opposition to pre radical and determined than ever bx but itis saner, more fitional, and the remedies are being sought in plain law and justice and common sense, Reform with a big Ris ne the pet and plaything of the sockless Simpsons of lurid day-dreams and. populistic The lover of the picturesque may rexret the passing of the wild West political show which for years held the attention of the nation and caused no end of public alarm. But while it was entertaining, it was not healthy. It J hopeful fact that the advent of President Roosevelt) in the White-house marked the turn of the tide in national affairs 3 sings well-known evils is 1 vagaries. is a significant toward a more cheerful optimism about our problems sand saner methods of assault on the evils that threaten us, Our presi- dent has begun a tonsorial clean-up the like of which has rarely been witness The te » freak-whiskered. frater- nity, the calamity-howlers and preachers of Nasir bizarre and revolutionary doctrines, have been rounded up in Uncle Sam's new tary: barbershop, and the keen * square deal "razor has been busy. The whiskers nd fr trade is shorn a of populism silver are gone. Fre: { shaven, The grafter has had a sticking up, and socialism, an- archy trust already hear the sI “Next! The American pe “be moved by dismal prophecies, fil folks w abiding faith that better days It is bevond the power of the py 1 to fully appreciate how Ling ww onidicalise ot sane and: he und the bristly=faced, oppressive Ip Summons, cannot At bot tom we are a hoy have an at et y the ef etn wor is the fruit 1 we RB ther has stemmed the freak tide and turned the flood of the people’s thinking inte safe and sound charnels of genuine advancement. ON THE NIB OF THE PEN, WALESTREET farm note—Spring lambs plentiful and the clip far above the average. An auto pawnshop to follow the races is the ambitious scheme of :t ham money-lender, No doubt the machine will have gilt ball-be Chicago is out with a candidate for grand. supreme commander of the anticrace-suicide league. Mayor Dunne declares he would gladly accept the off The mayor also tells young men that they do not need much money in order to marry. With his little brood of ten happy youngsters, we consider anything the judge may say on this subject « The city by the lake is trying for the record a days. For example, eight divorce 4 many lines nowas ses were rushed through one of her ts the other day in ninety-six minutes. One case took but three mins Another, :t little more tedi ed out to the length of eighteen minutes. ‘The best New York record to date is eighty-one cases ine 1 minutes,or ana f 13 minutes 34-2-27 seconds, Cl utes. sy drs hours ninet and a half per divorce, but it was a four-fur rhs" fullelength course. JUDGE'S LITTLE AFTERISMS. OLD PAIR of shoes make easy going—especially when you are ask- ing for a job. Many a big head wears a little hat, and the wee bird of a bonnet usu- ally has a big bill. The artist, no doubt, does his best work when he is drawing. his salary, but the orator lives on free speech, The churches are objecting, to ministers who part their hair in the mid- dle—which makes it very difficult for bald-headed clergymen to know just what to do. N CHICAGO. cession ? new mily for a stroll."" comicbooks.com