Judge — January 6, 1906 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three separate humorous pieces: 1. **"Handy"**: A joke about a mountain missionary's wife with many children whose husband is a jack-of-all-trades—a carpenter, lecturer, fortune teller, and book salesman. The humor relies on listing his various odd jobs. 2. **"At the Bookshop"**: Two men discuss a painting in a second-hand bookshop, debating whether it depicts "the greatest of the world in thought and action" or "the old school has lied sadly." The joke appears to involve disagreement about what a painting represents. 3. **"A John Bull and an Irish Bull"** with **"Judge's Favorites"**: A Irish railway notice joke about crossing when "under water the river is unpassable," followed by verses about "Mary" playing with contraries—typical Victorian wordplay humor. The satire is genteel and domestic rather than political.