Judge, 1906-05-12 · page 13 of 16
Judge — May 12, 1906 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** rather than editorial cartoon content. However, it does include one satirical piece: ## "Eugene Zimmerman, Prince of Caricaturists" This appears to be a **humorous court testimony** mocking Eugene Zimmerman, a real Judge magazine cartoonist. The satire presents him answering absurd cross-examination questions about his hometown, hunting habits, and a fire-extinguisher invention. **The humor relies on:** - Zimmerman's evasive, contradictory answers (he catches no game despite hunting; he can't remember large sums of money) - The judge's exasperation with nonsensical replies - Self-deprecating mockery of the artist himself The piece likely reflects insider Judge magazine humor—poking fun at one of their own contributors in a playful way that readers familiar with Zimmerman would recognize. **The rest of the page** consists of period advertisements for Evans' Ale, Cook's Champagne, Pears' soap, Bausch & Lomb cameras, and Gillette razors—typical of early 1900s magazine advertising.
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Arod, a line, a pipe, some tobacco and a bottle of Evans’ Ale —could mortal ask for greaterjoy? Pull the cork and see. “WE my live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart; We may live without friends; We may live without books; BUT civilized man cannot live without (COOKE) Champagne ee Pears’ cleanses thoroughly, soothing and freshening the skin. Pears’ is pure soap of gentle character. Sold everywhere. |to worm anything out of you about your EUGENE ZIMMERMAN, PRINCE OF CARICATURSTS. (Continued from tenth page.) Q. The court apologizes for the misap- prehension. We did not suppuse you lived ina stable. Is it a one-horse town ? A. By no means, We've had people killed there by automobiles. Q. Did you draw the map of your town as shown elsewhere ? A. Yes, sir; but I had just returned from a band-concert at Elmira and—and —perhaps your honor knows about band- concerts at Elmira. By the court—That picture will cost you one more dinner for the staff, etc., as before. Q. What is your favorite recreation ? A, Fishing and hunting. Q. Do you ever bring home any game ? A. Always. I never fail to stop at the | market after a day's hunting and fishing. { have whipped a trout stream all day and gone home with a pound of salt mackerel or a nice sirloin of cod, and my wife—well my wife—are there any other questions your honor would like to ask ? Q. Yes. What does your wife say when you hunt all day and return with a pound of steak from the butcher's ? A. Do I have to answer? Well, she, that is—why, your honor, you'll have to specify which time, She don’t always say the same thing. Q. That's sufficient. Are there any other facts germane to this inquiry which you care to state before it is too late ? A. Yes, sir. Q. What are they? A. I cannot remember. Q. Why, then, did you just now answer “yes, sir” to my question ? ‘A. What question was that? Q. Are you not the inventor of a fire- extinguisher ? A. [think so. Q. Did you not receive a large sum ot money for this extinguisher ? A. It was quite large and yet it wasn’t so large either. In fact it was in be- tween—neither one way nor the other. Q. What have you done with that money ? A. I refuse to answer on the ground that it might incriminate and degrade me. By the court—Eugene Zimmerman, the court finds that it is well-nigh impossible life. It is decreed, therefore, that you appear in this court next Saturday morn- ing, immediately after the ghost walks, SHAVING IS SAVING IF DONE WITH “ THE GILLETTE” ‘The razor that gives a cool, emooth, sat- tefying shave at home in four minutes. 12 Blades; 24 Perfect Edges ‘The wonderful blade that has changed the razor world Truthful letters from constant users fell of the marvelous tensile strength of these blades. 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