Judge, 1906-06-16 · page 3 of 16
Judge — June 16, 1906 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon: "The Good Time Coming"** This depicts a bar scene where a patron claims he'll pay his debts once deceased. The bartender skeptically responds the customer should live long enough to settle accounts now. The satire mocks those who make empty financial promises they never intend to honor—a common social complaint about unreliable debtors. **Bottom Cartoon: "It Reminds Him"** Mrs. Jones mentions her daughter's nightingale-like singing, prompting Uncle John to recall crickets he heard as a child. The humor lies in the uncle's tactless comparison—sarcastically suggesting the daughter's singing resembles insects rather than the flattering nightingale reference intended. Both cartoons use everyday domestic situations to satirize human character flaws: dishonesty and rudeness.
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HaNTT it hintitt i ij \ | i THE 0 ye be insured 2” GOOD TIME COMING. Oi'be. They are to pay a thousand darlers upon me decease."* Well, here’s hopin’ ye'll live long enough to git th’ money!" S6\JHAT,” asked the teacher, “are the wild goats of the Rocky Mountains called ?” A hand waved frantically and a doubtful voice said, “Hill billies !" PERFECTLY FAMILIAR. Minister—" Are you sure you know your catechism, my bo Boy—*Sure! Dere’s four ink-spots on de front cover an’ de back ’s tore off. I'd know it anywhere.” DR. VAN DYKE’S PRAYER-BOOK. Nore.—Said a western Presbyterian preacher, “We cc canned meat, canned mik, canned vegetables, and’ canned tru, but we can’t stand for canned prayers.” RY, brother, try. Perhaps at first You'll think that canned prayers are the worst You ever heard ; but after while You'll advocate the later style, READY FOR BUSINESS. S6 MPR: JONES, I want your daughter, She is worth her weight in gold. “Wa-al, figger her out an’ gimme a cheque. money I kin use th’ THE MOSQUITO. Weeks — What is good for a mosquito-bite ?” Sh Most any sort of human flesh, I believe, is considered good." And wonder how you ever stood The kind you thought were just as good, Or better, maybe, for you know The other style were long and slow. Perhaps you, in the pulpit, might Consider them exactly right ; But think of those who, in the pews, Would listen to a string of news ‘Sent heavenward, as if the Lord Knew nothing till He got the word On Sunday morfings from a host Of earnest, staying preachers, most Of whom had studied half the night To get their information right. Oh, that long prayer! Nobody knows, Until he’s listened, how it grows And grows and grows until its length Who listens to us lovi Must feel that greater When Sunday mornings came around, ¢ that wisely they Have furnished much the better way, It’s up to preachers everywhere To drop the long and rambling prayer And try the best and latest brand, Although the moss-backs call it ++ canned."” W. J. LAMFTON. IT REMINDS HIM Mrs. Jones—‘ Doesn't my daughter's singing remind you of a nightingale 2" Uncte Josn—"'It sartain do, What lots 0° them critters I've shot when I wuz a kid!"* comicbooks.com