Judge, 1905-12-30 · page 4 of 17
Judge — December 30, 1905 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated sections typical of Judge's format: **"The Tips of the Year"** and **"Ship Architecture and So Forth"** are humorous prose pieces with no clear political content—they appear to be general comedy bits about social mishaps and naval design. **"Judge's Favorites"** shows a portrait illustration, likely of a notable public figure, though the caption is unclear in the OCR. **"Not on Exhibition"** depicts a domestic scene with women and children, apparently satirizing class pretensions or social climbing through references to "holigans" and school attendance. The bottom section, **"H. Hiawatha Hicks Goes A-Hunting and Lands His Bird by a Clever Trick,"** is a six-panel comic strip showing slapstick hunting humor with no apparent political message. Without clearer captions or context, most political references remain obscure to modern readers.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
THE TIPS OF THE YEAR. ['VE tipped the boy frum the gro- cery-store, T've tipped a dozen waiters or more ; T've tipped the artist who cuts my hair, T’ve tipped the man with the boot. black chair; T’ve tipped the cook and I've tipped the maid ; T've tipped so many that I'm afraid T've tipped beyond my limited cash And been most unaccountably rash. So to the rest of the crowd, I think, T'll tip my hat and I'll tip a wink. LA TOUCHE HANCOCK. SHIP ARCHITECTURE AND SO FORTH. ‘THEY were stretched in their deck-chairs and trying to make themselves think a sea- voyage was simply too lovely for anything. “TL wonder why they make the ship-windows those round little port-holes with hinged frames in them instead of sash?" she mused wearily, re- membering how stufly the state-room was. “1 don't know,” he re- plied with an effort, + unless it is that they didn’t want to make it possible for a—a— passenger to throw up the sash,” Then JUDGE'S FAVORITES. RUTH VINCENT IN ‘' VERONIQUE" AT THE BROADWAY THEATRE. Resolved: We've got to save our coin; ‘That's flat. We are going now to join The Thrifty Fellows and cut out The drayma; just forget what it's about. ‘Twas writ! Then comes along, ker- swish! So dainty Mother-Hubbardish, This smiling Ruth. Oh, yes: you scoff, But look! that resolution 's off. they both gulped strangely and were very, very silent for the space of several min- utes, , HE HAD. Knicker—« Have you ever been at the telephone in a storm?" Bocker—* Um—yes. My wife occasionally calls me up.” ONEST, now, do you think the 1906 insurance calendars are as pretty as formerly ? ~~ NOT ON EXHIBITION. “A happy new year to yez, Mrs. Hooligan! Phere ye Mrs. Finnecan- takin’ th’ childer?”* Mrs. Hootican—‘* Oi'm tekin’ thim to th’ zoo, Mrs. Finnegan. Mrs. Finnecan—“ Oh, is itso? i've put moine in scho CORRECTED. Gebhart—+ | suppose he is breathlessly awaiting the possible out. come of that will-contest 2” Carsone— More likely breathlessly awaiting the possible in- come.” H. HIAWATHA HICKS GOES A-HUNTING AND LANDS HIS BIRD BY A CLEVER TRICK. comicbooks.com