Judge, 1907-03-09 · page 7 of 16
Judge — March 9, 1907 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page showcases amateur cartoon submissions to Judge magazine's weekly contest, offering small cash prizes ($5, $2.50, $1) to encourage amateur artists while excluding professionals. The cartoons employ early 20th-century humor conventions: - **"His In-Come"** plays on a pun about income timing (arriving at 3 a.m.) - **"His Weight"** uses the old joke format of weighing oneself with/without clothing - **"Yours Truly"** appears to be a caricature study (credited to professional James Montgomery Flagg) - **"Treasure in the Dark"** uses dialect humor and the proverb about silver linings - **"An Expert Mixer"** relies on double meaning—someone who "borrows money from everybody" to appear social - **"Silence Saves Him"** presents Irish-accented police dialogue with a twist ending about a barber suspect The humor is largely pun-based, reliant on wordplay, ethnic dialect stereotypes, and situational comedy typical of early Judge magazine. Most jokes require no specific historical context beyond understanding period comedic conventions.
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Sues pmarcur(onicst This page is for JupGe’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 each week JupcE will pay $5, for the second funniest $2.50, and for all others $1 apiece. Read the following rules : Every drawing must bear upon the back the full name and address of the, artit. 9 or other reading matter forming a part of the drawing must be plainly written underneath the drawing on the same side of the card it is not accepted. board oF pai Every drawing must be accompanied with sufficient stamps for its return in 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. ‘as one drawing for the purposes of this contest. e. Drawings in serie: en a series is accepted; the two or more pictures constituting the series must count made on or near the date of their publication in JuDc! Payment for all accepted drawings in this contest will Every drawing sent to us must be plainly addressed as follows: JUDGE (Amateur Contest), 225 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY HIS IN-COME. Harry—"' What's your Income now, f “NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD.” old boy ?” Barny—"' Well, | got in about three Submitted by Nelson B. Hell, Washington, D. C. a.m. this morning. Submitted by Austin C. Williams, Chiéago, Ulivois, Vc “YOURS TRULY." AN EXPERT MIXER. HIS WEIGH. After James Montgomery Flagg. Lumtey—"' How did you get acquainted * By gosh! if I don’t weigh First Prize, $5.00, Submitted by Ray Heer, Winona, Minnesota, 18 this town?” UMLEY — just as much with my coat off as 1 do with it on.” everybod Submitted by Nathan L. Collier, P. ‘Submitted by Walter S. Bentz, Springfield, Ohio. “1 borrowed money from City, Minois. SILENCE SAVES HIM Orricer—" The new suspect absolutely refuses TREASURE IN THE DARK. to talk, captain.” Tne ead one (coolly) —"' Assumin’ de fac’ dat ebery cloud has a silber Cartain—"* Ye hov th’ wrong man, thin, Hen- linin’, jes’ pass ober whad yo" has.” nessy. Th’ man we're afther is a barber. Submitted by T. J. Slowey, Philadelphia. Second Prize, $2.50.) Submitted by Frank A, Miller, Argentine, Kansas. comicbooks.com