Judge, 1906-01-13 · page 7 of 16
Judge — January 13, 1906 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two separate satirical pieces: **"Sort of Rough on Him"** (top cartoon): A joke about divorce and alimony. A man complains that after his wife divorced him, she now demands he pay alimony to *her mother*—adding insult to injury by enriching the wrong person. **"The Story They All Laughed At"** (main article): Satirizes President Harrison's reputation for coldness. Senator Allison brings Iowa constituents to meet Harrison, who tells a funny story. However, when the group later tries to recount the joke, none of them can remember the actual point—the editor, politician, and even the senator himself have forgotten it. The satire mocks both the president's storytelling ability and the visitors' shallow engagement, suggesting Harrison's warmth was merely performative. **"Liar or Fool"** (bottom right): A brief joke about a man claiming multiple professions while supposedly worth $10 quintillion dollars—absurd wealth claims undermine credibility. These pieces satirize politicians, social pretense, and contemporary concerns about divorce law.
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va Na SORT OF ROUGH ON HIM. “+ Well, this 1s adding Insult to injury.”* fs that?" lewitt—"* My wife secured a divorce from me last week, and now she says, ‘Please pay the alimony to mother.’ * THE STORY THEY ALL LAUGHED AT. PEAKING of Senator Allison, I recall a story which, in its time, was much enjoyed by those who persisted in regarding President Harrison as hard to get at. The senator arranged a call on the presi- dent with three Iowa friends who desired to pay their respects to the chief magistrate. There was no delay, and before they could catch their breath the grangers found themselves shaking hands with the man whose face they had seen in all the magazines and newspapers, and on innumerable banners and transparencies. They had heard the persistent stories of the president's frigidity, and were surprised at the warmth of their reception. After a few commonplace remarks back and forth, the president alluded to the senator's then recent narrow escape from defeat for re-election, and was reminded of a ‘funny in- cident" in some Indiana campaign in which he, himself, had narrowly escaped defeat. The four lowans laughed heartily at the story, and again shaking hands with his excellency, departed. bo eseneee ne ae 3S ~ * HARD TO BELIEVE. Harosoue Hewre—" Wot gits me, Bill is ter think dat dere's guys wot akahally spends good money advertisin’ fer wolk. The story as told the next day by a facetious correspond- ent was that, on resuming their seats in the carriage, Senator Allison turned to Colonel Swalm (present consul at Southampton, England), and said, «That was a clever story the president told." The colonel responded, “Yes, senator; very good. Somehow I hadn't thought of the president as a good story- teller.” The uy! senator continued, That was a capi- tal joke at the end of it, but I can't just now recall it. Give me the point of it and it'll all come back to me.” The colonel turned to the lowa editor who sat op- posite to him and said, “Brigham, you remember the point of that. joke the president got off. What was it?” The editor at once grew thoughtful and, after a brief silence, replied : «Lremember the story in a general way, and I re- member the joke at the end of it struck me as very funny at the time ; but for the life of me I can’t recall it now." Turning to a prominent Iowa politician who sat next to him the editor said, ++ Pat, you must surely remember it, for I observed you laughed louder and longer than the rest of us.” By this time Pat had sunk down into the big fur collar of his capacious overcoat and was almost asleep—for he had been out late the night before. The question was re- peated, but the only response was a gruff +“ damfino,”* Jonson anicnas, LIAR OR FOOL. “You say you're a plumber?" “* And sell ice in the summer?” “And deal in coal during winter?” “Yes.” ** And yet you're only worth $10,000- 000,000,000? "Bosh!" comicbooks.com