Judge, 1905-09-23 · page 4 of 16
Judge — September 23, 1905 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains humor pieces and comic strips, not political cartoons. The content includes: **"Descended from Isaac Watts"** — A anecdote about a schoolgirl whose poem about Niagara Falls mimics the hymn writer's style. Her father discourages her poetry, claiming she inherited the ancestor's genius rather than actual talent. **"A Total Eclipse of the Picnic Spread"** — A three-panel comic strip showing a couple's picnic repeatedly disrupted by a ground squirrel stealing their food. The humor relies on slapstick physical comedy and the animal's persistent thievery. **Additional humor pieces** include brief jokes about etiquette, marriage, and social situations. The page is primarily **light social satire and domestic humor** rather than political commentary, typical of Judge's family-friendly content of this era.
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JUDGE'S FAVORITES. MISS VIOLET GILLETTE, STARRING IN “THE GIRL AND THE BANDIT." “The girl and the bandit" Might seem to imply That you're not a bandit, Which the same we deny. You're the charmingest bandit Now roaming the stage, ‘And we look for your "* hold-ups "* To be all the rage. WOULDN'T TAKE HIS OWN MEDICINE. Hewitt— Don't you patronize that saloon any more? Jewett —"No; 1 don't they keep good stuff.” Hewitt What makes you feel think that way? Jewett—" The last time I went in Lasked the bar-tender where the proprietor was, and he said he had gone out to get a drink.” PARADOX, Bobbie— specch, dad?” Dad— Saying sharp things.” What's bluntness of SS wos SSA ss, SSS" Cuantie—" By Jovel it's a ground-squirrel he's after. DESCENDED FROM ISAAC WATTS. N acertain grammar-school the pupils of the advanced class in English were taking up the stu:> poetry. To help them gain a clearer idea of metre the teacher asked them to write’ four . stanza, and to use for the endings these words : as The next morning, before school opened, a member of the class brought in a carefully-writts, verse and waited, consciously modest, whil= it was being read : Many pictures are on our walls ; The best one is of Niagara Falls. To give an idea of its glories The water falls down fifteen stories. As the teacher handed it back with a smile the author of this epic said, “I knew you would admire it, but my father wanted me to tell you that I could poetry just for school exercises. I am a descendant of Isaac Watts, the great hym is sure I have inherited my ancestor's genius.” IT WAS JUST AS WELL. + You must be careful, dear, and not say anything about that cook, for she may get u; write any more titer, and father Wife and leave.” Husband—" Well, my stomach needs a rest.” CHARITY. $4] LOOKED everywhere for you at the church-fair last evening,” said her ardent devotee, ** but ! didn’t see you.” + You forget,” she answered sweetly, «that am Charity." MINE UNCLE. COYVAIT!” cried Mark Antony as Cleopatra was about to dis- solve her pearls. «It may be that we can get something on them.” «You forget,” put in Charmion, «that there has been an Exodus.” “True,” the great Roman an- swered. “Let the dissolving pro- ceed.” GETTING EVEN. 66] WOULDN'T wed the smartest man That ever lived,” said she. “You couldn't, madam,” he began ; “I'm married now," said he. Jon con, EXPLAINED. UCIA had just finished singing the mad song. "You see,” she explained, «1 was just crazy to go on the stage.” Walking to I. u. ¢., she respond- Cuantie - " Well, Flossie, here's a nice little picnic spread for us ed to an encore. all by our lonesome." an Ay Let him dig.” Cutarcie—"* Grea: guns! if he hasn't covered up all our lunch."* A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE PICNIC SPREAD. comicbooks.com