Judge, 1905-06-24 · page 7 of 17
Judge — June 24, 1905 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor magazines: **"The Limit"** depicts a figure (likely representing labor or commerce) pulling a wagon labeled with various ambitions, illustrating the tension between idealistic goals and practical reality. **"Save the Big Trees"** advocates conservation of California's sequoias and Indiana's sycamores against commercial logging interests—a genuine Progressive Era environmental concern treated with satirical urgency. **"Three Ambitions"** uses ironic contrasts: an idealistic poet starves, a knowledge-focused professor lives poorly, but a food businessman (representing purely commercial interests) grows wealthy with political influence. The satire critiques American capitalism's rewards system. **"The Marriage Game"** lists girl stereotypes (pretty, witty, neat, etc.) as marriage prospects, reflecting contemporary dating culture attitudes. Other brief pieces mock divorce trends and political eccentricity. The page reflects Progressive Era concerns—environmentalism, education's undervaluation, capitalism's moral questions—through Judge's characteristic biting humor.
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THE LIMIT. Lios York, but j SAVE THE BIG TREES. HE New York Stat appeals to the public to save the big trees, We have still a few lett various parts of t sntry, and they should be made the objects of affectionate care henceforth, ‘There are the no Je Sequoias of California, which even now are trembling be © the menace of the greedy loggers! axe, “These forest: giants, ygreater and xrander than any other trees estant, should stand in the f ure as they have for centuries past, the lordly sentinels of the passing years, How poor and cheap and dastard is the commercialism that would rip feet of sawed lu Mf the Wabas! yer, Save the bie trees, Look at the + tall syeame What hand would lay axe to such rand feature of Indiana's otherwise Mat and mor Monous, 2 Who would despoil the earth of such a lowering, spectacle ? dan or men would have these ful, spreading: branches cease to wave on the glorious stump in the future, ‘There are planks in that proud prairie yrowth—also plunks and tanks by the bushel—but we want the planks to stay on the stump and the plunks to enter the cireulation for the benetit. of the wh people, ‘The forest despoilers may beat the jevernment and down sof Indiana the whole country should rise and yell, * Woodman, spare that tree! the sequoias, but when it comes to the tall syeann THE MARRIAGE GAME, THE prety wis Anal witty gitly Have not the stig Hut The neatest The sweete ‘ The girls who have the dough. eLancingg jars Tho tey: ses feared to wine § ut The laughing girls, The chatting yiels Can always get a sinile 5 As fanny Will beat them by 4 mile, pe Peyster (just after the show disbanded) —"* Me beauty, | am willing to haul you back to New t let me hear you recite those splendid words, * Hitch your wagon toa star.’ I dare you!" ‘THREE AMBITIONS. TREE not of a kind set out to do something. for the world and incidentally something tor themselves, +L will dnspire mankind,” said the first; and he wrote verses that went to the hearts of men «1 touched their souls with hear enly fire, ‘The verses, however, didn’t seem to de much for the poct, for he starved to death at an early aye and was buried in Potter's field, “Twill dnstruct mankind,” said ‘the second ; and he stored. the minds of men with the choir ye. But at instru est treasures of knowled the professor found t tion doesn’t pay much better than inspirs 2. He lived poor dur ing his active fife, and now, in his old from the ( : Twill fred mankind,” said the third; and he rejriced the Theanine ye he is taki 1 crust sand canned yoods and choice meats and toothsome delicatessen articles, surpassing in their excelle stomachs of men with so and intinite in their v ty. In this, way hi acentre-shot, and now owns three cou es, two banks, and at legislature. THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED, THE late Thomas 18. | but this one of Governor La J sometimes evolved very complicated jokes, ailette’s is as roundabout as any of his. + Tsaw him,” he said, referringe to one of his political opp who is celebrated for his occasion Leccentricity, + sitting out tached 1 ina wayon-box which rested on the ground quite « to anyt But yet he was quite ready fora drive.” + How 2" asked had no wheels, hi afriend. Tf he had no animal and the wagon tthe Last election was a horse on hin and he has wheels in his he quite hy Hewitt Divorces are fallow they used to." yges more quickly than Jewett Nes: it seems to be a ease of affections alienated while you wait." GETTING SERIOUS. : I think we are following these bear-tracks in the wrong direction.”” catch up with him, at's what | m-meant!” comicbooks.com