Judge, 1906-02-17 · page 3 of 16
Judge — February 17, 1906 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate humor pieces: 1. **"A Justifiable Suspicion"** (top): Shows domestic servants examining a woman's correspondence. The joke involves suspicion about infidelity—a husband demands written proof of fidelity, which the wife finds absurd and insulting. 2. **"Her Lips? Of Course"** (left): A brief marital dialogue where a husband questions a kiss's authenticity, escalating into comic absurdity about time measurements and marital discord. 3. **"More Clever Than the Minister"** (right): A Scottish rural scene where a minister tests household members on biblical knowledge. A plowboy outsmarts him by explaining a theological point better than expected—satirizing assumptions about rural ignorance versus urban education. These are gentle domestic and class-based humor pieces typical of early-20th-century American satire.
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‘SS A Cont SN eS , \ aul a Sa \ \ ry A JUSTIFIABLE SUSPICION. F Henrietta Wuitewas—“‘I suttinly am ‘spicious ob Ferdinand. Eb'ry lettah he writes me he swears ter be eternally true an’ axes me ter hasten de weddin’, as he am pinin’ away wif love.’* Mrs. Wuirewasn—" Wa-al, | don't see nuffin’ ‘spicious "bout dat.”* Henrietta Wuirewast—" Oh, it ain't dat. But he always adds a postscripture—’ P. s.—Burn dis lettah,' * HER LIPS? OF COURSE. MORE CLEVER THAN THE MINISTER. O KISS a lady’s hand is chive N SOME of the more remote parts of rural Scotland it is still the Alrous and fuil of grace; custom of the minister, when calling upon his flock, to have all Yet such a kiss, I'm positive, the members of the household come in for prayers and to be tested in Is rather out of place. < their knowledge of the Bible. On ‘one such oceasion the minister, hav- RIGHT. Irate wife—1 want to know, sir, what time it was when you got home ing interrogated the more im- mediate members of the family time i ) to his satisfaction, came finally Jast_ night! ‘ ; : to the plowboy, who was Husband (meckly)—* A quarter standing awestruck by the of twelve, my dear. Irate wife — Twelve nothing! The clock had just struck three, and "— Husband (triumphant- ly) —" Well, ain't that a quarter of twelve ?” MIGHT BE WORSE. First spirit (disconso- lately)—** Do you think we ever progress out of this terrible place ?” Second spirit— There is a tradition that we do get out after a million years or so, It’s an awful punish- ment.” First spirit (more cheerfully) —""Oh, not so bad as it might be. When Iwas alive I nsed to send manuscripts to magazine NO MORE TO SPARE, Tue Doo wichwarman—" Your money or your life!” ‘Tue cat—"* Well, as | have had eight editors.” have to accommodate you with the money. es shot away already, | suppose I will door, tremblingly awaiting his turn, Minister—“Noo, Saundy, I'll gie ye a wee bit easy ane; ye'll nae ha - o'er muckle time fer read- in’. Can ye tell me why the children of Isracl made a goolden calf? Saundy —" Waal, 1 dinna ken, meenister, un- less it be they did na ha’ goold enoo ta mak’ a coo.” HER SHORTAGE CALLED. Hubby—* At least, my dear, out of respect for me”. Wifey—«There, you've called the turn exactly. That's the commodity I'm entirely out of.” | { comicbooks.com