Judge, 1907-03-02 · page 3 of 16
Judge — March 2, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct pieces of satirical content from an early 20th-century American magazine. **Top illustration ("His Finish")**: Depicts a romantic scene where a man appears to be serenading or courting a woman at a cottage. The dialogue suggests he's professing love, but she rejects him, ultimately revealing she's already married. The satire targets romantic delusion and the gap between male fantasy and reality. **"Limerick Lives of the Illustrious" section**: Uses humorous limericks and small illustrations to mock prominent figures. One references a woman of dubious ancestry ("Greenages"), mocking social pretension. Another ("They Can Lick the Russians, But") appears to satirize women's involvement in military or political organization during wartime, with a dismissive punchline about male priorities. The overall tone is dismissive toward both romantic aspirations and female political engagement.
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Cow mene Ry HIS FINISH. Lavy—" Poor man! what brought you to this?" Traup— Ah, lady, | loved a girl—beautiful as a lily, tender as a Laor—"‘ Ah! she refused you?" dove, shrinkin’ an’ timid as a fawn. It ts given ter few men ter love as I. No; she didn’t refuse me. An’, oh, gracious heaven! she—she "—— What did she do Lapy—"' She died 2° ‘She married me—dat's wot. CASTE. 66 BUT why do you frown upon the Greengages 2" we asked. ‘Surely not because of their ancestry. Was not your grandfather a fish- LIMERICK LIVES OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS. IS Caruso, who gapes At lone women who study 200 apes. When he float’a high note monger? Did he not peddle his wares from a wagon ?” From his marvelous throat “ Yes," she acknowledged ; «but the Greengages’ grandfather It's discounted next day in “de papes.” blew the horn for my grandfather.” MAYBE SHE WAS A GOVERNESS. +s PREDDIE,” she cooed as they sat on a park bench and watched the sun go down ; “« Freddie, do you know what it was that the wife of the governor of North Carolina said to the wife of the governor of South Carolina 2” “No, precious," he said as he drew her closer to him, «What was it?” “That it was a long time between hot sodas,” she replied with a shiver. And he took the hint and they started for the nearest drug-store. THEY CAN LICK THE RUSSIANS, BUT— S¢CALL it off, call it off" screamed the mikado. ++ Call what off?" asked Pooh-Bah. “The war with the United States. I see that the women there are organizing into regiments, drilled to fight with hat-pins.” AN wants but little here below, and he had better put that in his wife's name. A CLOSE CALL. comicbooks.com