Judge, 1907-03-16 · page 5 of 16
Judge — March 16, 1907 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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**Top Story: "An Odd Affair"** This humorous dialogue describes two men arguing about whether an airship sighting was "odd" or "singular." The joke plays on wordplay—they literally cannot agree on synonyms, escalating to insults ("fool," "idiot"), then fighting. The satire mocks petty disputes over trivial semantics, suggesting human conflict often stems from pointless disagreements rather than substantive disagreement. **Middle Illustration: "The Modern Love-Letter"** The sketch depicts a businessman confronting a woman, apparently about love letters. The dialogue suggests romantic betrayal or infidelity, with the man recovering letters and accusing the woman of deceiving him with shared "assets." This satirizes modern romantic complications and dishonesty in relationships. **Bottom: "The Evolution of a Mug"** This sequence shows four beer mugs with faces, depicting aging or degradation, likely satirizing drinking culture or physical decline.
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AN ODD AFFAIR. TWO men stood in the street watching the air-ship. ‘That's odd,” said the one. + Singular,” replied the other. “TL said odd,” “And I said sin- gular,” “Odd !" «Singular !" ‘They glared at each other. “You're a fool!" exclaimed the one. You're an idiot!" screamed the other. + An odd fool !" ++ A singular idiot !” Then they laid oft and began to clean up on each other. In the police-court next _morn- ing explanations were re- quested and cheerfully given. ++ Tsaid it was odd,” remarked the man with the black eye, “and he insisted it was singular. We couldn't agree, so we fought. [licked him, Do you blame me? A thing can't be odd and singular at thé same time—any child can tell you that. Take the num- ber +3," for instance; that's odd. But it isn’t singular, is it?" “Try figure +1 suggested the man with the abbreviated nose as he gently patted the place where his ear used to be. “T hadn't thought of that,” responded the other. ** Now I come to think of it, that’s both odd and singular, But you weren't referring to ‘1° in our discussion yesterday, were you ?” “Of course Iwas. Couldn't you see the air-ship was one? It was singular, wasn’t it?" ‘It was. Amd it was also odd, wasn’t it?” “Tt was.” The combatants shook hands. **Gentlemen,” said the court with a smile, I have been much interested in this discussion. Your sentence will be neither odd nor singular. Two months !* DWIGHT SPENCER ANDERSON. “T've brought your letters back. far, and shall keep them. ForGive your enemies, of course—but don’t forget them. “They are in my safety-deposit vault at the bank. You know love-letters are often equivalent to gill-edged securities in these times." THE MODERN LOVE-LETTER. Where are mine?” | regard them as my share of the assets of our joint enterprise thus THE BOSS WAS ON. +4] HAVE come to tell you,” said the employé who had been busy feathering his own nest with the company’s money, © that my health is failing.” So?" said the boss coldly “Yes,” said the employé with a hollow cough. says I can’t hold out much longer.” +Oh, I don't know,” said the boss, still more coldly. you had held out’ less you'd be able to hold out longer. employé went away with a dazed feeling that all was not well with the ne he had thought was so super-smooth, «The doctor + Maybe if And the little knock-down = EVOLUTION OF A MUG. comicbooks.com