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This page reports on an actual 1906 earthquake affecting New York State, with various towns describing minor damage—cracked buildings, shaken goods, etc. The humor is gentle: celebrating that the tremor caused little real harm. The cartoons mock contemporary society: 1. **"Judge's Suggestion for a Real Up-to-Date Baby-Carriage"** shows a motorized vehicle, satirizing Americans' obsession with automobiles as a status symbol, even for impractical purposes. 2. **"Our Neighbors with the Misfit Names"** features caricatured figures labeled "Will Little" and "Alexander Caesar in Grand Triumph"—jokes about ordinary people with grandiose or absurd names. 3. **"The Ideal"** and accompanying verses mock pretentious morality and affected propriety in child-rearing. The overall tone is light social commentary on contemporary American manners and fashions.

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YORK STATE SUFFERS FROM EARTHQUAKE. HORRORS OF CATASTROPHE TOLD BY SPECIAL COR- RESPONDENTS. (Special to Jove SCHENECTADY. — The heavy shock in this city about two o'clock this morning cracked the crust on a burglar- proof mince-pie at the railroad restaurant. Several employés noticed the shaking of the cream-pies and jellies. Troy.—The Shaker colony near this city suffered severely from the ‘quake. Earthquakes and fever and ague in this col- ony this winter may result in an application to the legisla- ture for a chan Amsterdam.— The holes in the asphalt pavement on Main Street were shaken out by the disturbance. Saratoga.— The racing schedule for 1907 is in a des- perate state, but the officials give out the cheering intelli- gence that all the races will be “fixed "before August sth. A pile of red and blue chips was jarred offa green-covered table A jack-pot was opened in two e of name. JUDGE'S FAVORITES. AGNES CAIN BROWN IN “THE ROSE OF THE ALHAMBRA,” AT THE MAJESTIC. Your nifty togs and sprightly way, Your charming grace and winning, Make the last hour of your play Seem as if ‘twas just beginning. when the ++ trembler™ struck the village. places, several good hands were lost in the opening, and the «lid ” was lifted up on the New York side. Ithaca, —The village was shaken slightly during the evening, and the next morning 1,000 students were arrested and fined ten dollars each. Several new arc-lights will be installed on Main Street next week. A large number of promises made by the Democratic state A crate of lemons about to be handed Albany. committee were broken and lost The legislature will investigate the shake-up. The village out were destroyed. Utica, —The shock woke up the policeman in this city. fathers have passed an ordinance against any further invasion of unli- Dances. The stocks in Wall Street were shaken and tumbled The monkeys at the park escaped injury. censeil seismic di New York. several points. JUDGE'S SUGGESTION FOR A REAL UP-TO-DATE BABY-CARRIAGE. Brooklyn. —Nine hundred perambulators and ++ human fruit-baskets were totally wrecked in this city. Rome.—Over a hundred men were shaken from the water-wagon in this city. They are making + Rome howl.” Buffalo. —The lake-front was shaken loose from the shore. ‘The entire city department is engaged in filling up the crevice with dirt. Seven lake steamers were wrecked by the great tidal-wave which swept up Niagara Falls, Syracuse.—Chancellor Day's opinion of the shock will be given to the press in a few hours. tistics. Walter J. Ballard is preparing the sta- Ogdensburg.—The shock was felt here, but no attention was paid to it, owing to the sudden drop in temperature. Schoharie.—The ‘quake in this county was attributed toa re- action from last fall’s election returns. The moss-backed Democrats predict a greater shaking up next fall. The only Republican in the county fell out of bed. Republican. He says he was dreaming the county went Dc SHA Wilt Little, Alexander Caesar le Grand ‘Trumbu!l. OUR NEIGHBORS WITH THE MISFIT NAMES. THE IDEAL, \CE upon a Time an Intellectual Spinster, who made Much Money writing Hints and Helps to Mothers, met a beauteous Young Child. The beauteous Young Child did not Speak until it was Ad- dressed—did not Use Slang, did not get its Face or Hands dirty, did not Spill Things at the table, did not Shout or Giggle, or do Anything Unseemly. «Here is the Perfect Child !" exclaimed the Intellectual Spin- ster. pbody's,” answered the beauteous Young Child. + Lam the Child that is al- ways put into the Magazine Stories.” A—“ HIM.” LENTEN maiden, sweet and fair, With the lily in your hair, Lenten maiden, pure and prim, With your jeweled fingers slim, Do you love an old church grim, ‘And a hymn? Answered she, ‘Not far away ANOTHER QUESTION. ssDAPA!” P ++ Well, Harold 2” “Say, papa, what is the difference between a self-made man and a tailor- made woman ?" My little friend, whose Little One are you ?” HER PERQUISITES. First stace-nanp—"* Just think of It! She gets $300 a week for just doing the one dance.”" ‘StconD stace-HanD—"* Yes: and her alimony receipts are nearly four times that.” comicbooks.com