Judge, 1907-02-23 · page 10 of 16
Judge — February 23, 1907 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **contest submission page** for amateur cartoonists, not political satire. Judge magazine invited amateur artists to submit humorous drawings for publication and small monetary prizes ($5 for the funniest, $2.50 for second place, $1 for others). The page displays various amateur submissions playing on nursery rhymes and domestic humor: - **"Mary's Little Lamb"** variations reimagine the classic poem with romantic and comedic twists - **"Evolution of the Cigarette Boy"** shows a figure progressively elongating—satirizing thin fashion or cigarette smoking's effects - **"Cane Sleighing"** and **"Down and Out"** depict everyday scenes with wordplay captions - **"Matter of Looks"** and **"These Can-Rushing Times"** offer quick-joke format cartoons The bottom includes a meta-joke: a father points out Judge publishes amateur work, and his son (drawing his own picture) responds sarcastically that amateurs can submit. This reflects early 20th-century middlebrow humor emphasizing puns, domestic situations, and gentle ridicule rather than political commentary.
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JUDGE’S AMATEUR CONTEST This page is for JuvGe’s amateur artist friends. It is open to all, whether subscribers or not. It is not a contest for prizes, but a chance for amateurs to try their work in print. ‘The money awards for accepted drawings are made small for the purpose of preventing professionals from competing for the prizes. For the funniest picture accepted and published cach week JUDGE will pay $5, for the second funniest $2.50, and for all others $1 apiece. Read the following rules : ry drawing must bear upon the back the full name and address of the artist. Captions or other reading matter formi part of the drawing must be plainly written underneath the drawing on the same side of the card- paper. Every drawing must be accompanied with sufficient stamps for its return in case it is not accepted. Drawings in series cannot be used if there are more than four in the series, and we would prefer not to have them offered in series at all. When a serice la accepted, the two or more pictures constituting the series must count as one drawing for the purposes of this contest. Payment for all accepted drawings in this contest will be made on or near the date of their publication in Jupcr. Every drawing sent to us must be plainly addressed as follows: JUDGE (Amateur Contest), 225 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY MARY'S LITTLE BEAU. H US EVOLUTION OF THE CIGARETTE-SOY. Submitted by Donatus Martinelli, New York City AE EAN rn Mary had a little lamb, It had a little bow. She took it walking every day Because she loved him so A MATTER OF LOOKS, Srortsan—"' I'm a regular Nimrod, | am." Kip —** You look more like a ramrod to me. sir. * Submitted by"Elmer Taber, Clarion, lowa. CANE SLEIGHING A-BEL(L). Submitted by A. B. Lewis, New Vork City. Now Mary has a beau hers-if And sa the lamb don t go. Instead he stays at home and thinks How once she loved him so, DOWN AND OUT. Oh, Moike, look! the baby kin walk.” ' Prin sn), Smite y Wi K. Grup, Dott—"* Boo-hoo! my mamma has let that Mixe—* Sind him to the corner fer a pint.”” Phidadeipa, ¥ mean old Teddy bear have all my nice clothes.”” Submitted by Morton J. Low, New York City. Submitted by W. T. Kilborn, Washington Depot, Connecticut. MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB. He took her to a restaurant EU . NOT IN THE AMATEUR CLASS. Where they might get whate’er they'd want, Por—"' Henry. my son, I see in Junge this week that they are going to pul And then he orcered beans and ham lish pictures cutside cf those drawn by thelr staff artists.” While Mary had a little lamb. : Henry (who is drawing @ picture)—"Yes, | saw that. pop; but that is on open to amateurs. Scbmitted by A. B. Lewis, New York City. (First Prize, $5.00) Submitted by Robert Dale Owings, Winchester, Illinois. comicbooks.com