Judge, 1907-02-09 · page 5 of 16
Judge — February 9, 1907 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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The page contains three distinct elements: 1. **Top illustration ("An Old Man's Darling")**: A silhouette scene showing a woman at a mirror, likely satirizing vanity or aging concerns—a common Judge theme. 2. **"Limerick Lives of the Illustrious"**: A cartoon featuring what appears to be a caricatured figure with text mocking someone's wealth and background. The limerick format suggests lighthearted biographical satire of a public figure, though the specific identity isn't clear from the image alone. 3. **Comic sketches and humorous paragraphs**: The remaining text consists of joke collections titled "A Severe Task," "Wild Paragraphs," "The Truant Angel," and "Are You Like One?"—typical of Judge's miscellaneous humor content. The page primarily showcases Judge's blend of visual satire and written comedy targeting contemporary society and notable figures.
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LIMERICK. LIVES OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS. 1S for Armour the Bold And his Trust with the strangle-hold. By sleight-of-hand aid From forequarters he made Several millions of dollars, I'm told. HE modern grater is often a para- grafter. “AN OLD MAN'S DARLING.” A SEVERE TASK. SOTHEY are going to make a comic opera, with you as the central fig- ure,” said Watson. “Ah, indeed 2” mur- mured Sherlock Holme: “Now, what can be their object in putting me into a comic opera? There is a mystery here, Watson, We must deduct a few deduc- tions.” «It is perfectly simple, Sherlock. They are going to turn you loose in it to see if you can find the plot.” THE TRUANT ANGEL. WILLIE looked up into the sky and saw an air-ship for the first time. It was very high up and looked very small. After watching the wings on the machine flapping up and down, he said, «Say, ma, look up into the sky! There's an angel playing truant.” WILD PARAGRAPHS BY A MUCH WILDER PARAGRAPHER. AN OWL in Aveeri can only sce its finish in the daytime. There is a parrot in Fungilla that stutters when it talks. A baby brought a stork to Mr. and Mrs, Gunbusta last Thursday. ‘There is a lamb in Ovis that has mint growing on its hide instead of wool An artist in Daubiere paints moving pictures. The sheriff usually moves them. Yesterday a goat walked into a tonsorial parlor in Bocque to have its beard dyed. In Bupi the barbers have abolished the traditional striped posts. They train striped zebras to perch before their doors continually. A book in a Karngee library changes with the seasons. In the summer its leaves are green, and in autumn they turn crimson and gold. A deer in the Adecerundacks goes to every cottage and pokes the ashes in the stoves with his antlers. This is a big help to the house- wives who have mislaid their pokers. A young lady in Oax slipped on an iced ban roller-skates in mid ocean and bit her tongue off. Up to the time of going to press she has received 3,456,972 offers of marriage. While hanging a horse-thief to a willow-tree in Sensen the crowd was surprised to feel drops of water falling upon them. The sky was clear, and there were no rain-clouds about. On investigation, it was found that the willow-tree was actually weeping and its salty tears were falling profusely. reer ARE YOU LIKE ONE? said Uncle Josh this morning, *allus rattles na-peel while on 66TH’ empty waggin,” most, b' jinks!" comicbooks.com