Judge, 1907-03-23 · page 3 of 16
Judge — March 23, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated humorous sketches and poems rather than a unified political cartoon. The content includes: **"Doubly Occupied in Winter"** - A poem about domestic life and winter comfort, illustrated with scenes of couples. **"A Governor's Mot"** - A brief anecdote about Missouri Governor Folk entertaining visitors, joking about preferring the "cackle" of a lay (woman) to a musical performance. **Various short comic pieces** with titles like "His Lenten Sacrifice," "No Attention to Her Now," "The Endless Chain," and "Confusing" - these appear to be domestic humor sketches about marriage, poverty, and social situations. **"A Humbugging Advertisement"** and **"Kentucky Caution"** - Brief satirical commentary on advertising and regional dialect. The illustrations show typical early-20th-century domestic scenes. This is primarily **light humor and social commentary** rather than sharp political satire, focusing on marriage, class, and everyday absurdities of the era.
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Douay 4%" | Occupier in Winter replace, fe an’ me together, Shadows flittin’ o'er her face Oh, the blissful wintry weather! ‘ou kin think o° things ore sweet ; but naught 's so jolly nel as this—I jings!— spin’ corn an’ courtin’ Molly. Furnaces fer some may Maybe squeezin’ Molly’s han *Lectric lights an’ parlors splendid ; Golden grains t’ white are floppin’, Whisper T'd prefer are better blended : all de poppin’ — Fer an honest love's delights— Askin’ her U be my wife Doors are barred t' melancholy Shucks! live on your lives o' folly. "Fore the back-log win uct n lowly life Poppin’ corn an’ courtin’ Molly, Poppin’ corn A GOVERNOR'S MOT. GOVERNOR FOLK of Missouri was entertaining a party of young-women callers from St. Louis, One of them saw a copy The Lay of the Last Minstrel” lying on the piano. She picked up the old-timer and ran through it + Do you like +The Lay of the Last Minstrel’ 2?" asked Governor Folk, for lack of anything better to say at the moment. “No,” said the girl; “1 don't care so much about + The Lay’ itself, but like the prelude." ++ Ah, I see,” said the governor. ++ You like the cackle better than the lay.” A HUMBUGGING ADVERTISEMENT. > Lacey advertises something cheap in dress-goods, papa.” It’s a humbugging ad., daughter. I've known many women in my time, and there's nothing cheap in dress-goods. NO CHANCE FOR HIM. HIS LENTEN SACRIFICE: HEN poverty comes with one fell swoop, Sne—"' Are you giving up anything during Lent?” He—" Well, | should say so! I just gave up twenty-five dollars for a series of Lenten lectures.” In the kitchenette of a Harlem flat. One place there's still where young love «stands pat.”” No chance there's for him to fly the cup NO ATTENTION TO HER NOW. ss YOU know Smith used to pay marked attention to Miss Jones. Well, he has ceased paying attention to her.” + How is that?” «They're married.” THE ENDLESS CHAIN. TLE doctor-man has got me cinched, For when I'm feeling ill T gu to him. He cures me up And then sends in his bill. But when I sce what it has cust T get so sick T have to have his services— Behold, the endless chain! CONFUSING. Se THE proprietor of the circus di charged the snake-charmer.”” What prompted him?” “Why, he’s a hard drinker, and as long as the snakes were around the grounds he couldn't tell which were hers and which were his.” KEEP your temper; nobody else KENTUCKY CAUTION wants it. “ Be ca’eful, cun’l, an’ don’t open yoah mouf.” comicbooks.com