Judge, 1907-04-20 · page 5 of 16
Judge — April 20, 1907 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humorous children's comic strip rather than political satire. It depicts the chaos that ensues when teddy bears—likely referencing the popular "teddy bear" toys named after President Theodore Roosevelt—invade a kitchen and household. The narrative shows: a mother and child discovering the bears, the bears ransacking the kitchen, overturning bowls and scattering dough, a cook being frightened, and finally the bears being chased across a rooftop. The humor derives from the bears' mischievous behavior causing domestic mayhem. The strip appears designed for family entertainment in Judge magazine, playing on the contemporary popularity of teddy bears as toys. There's no apparent political commentary—it's simply comedic chaos presented through sequential panels.
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THE TEDDY BEARS. THEY GET A TASTE OF COOKIES, AND SEVERAL MISHAPS BEPALL, POR WHICH THEY ARE ONLY PARTLY TO BLAME. 1, Now, Johnny, like most every youth, 2. The Teddies have a sweet tooth, too, Is blessed (or cursed) with a sweet tooth. The same as other young folks do. He's begging cook for one cake more, And now they're rushing In pell-mell— While Teddies peek in at the door. Just see the cook jump back and yell. .ok's bowl upsets in the mélée; 4. So much confusion almost scares fe pitcher falls, and, by crack-ee! The life out of the Teddy Bears. The kitchen 's fairly raining dough, John’s ma arrives, the Teddies run, Some of it landing on cook's toe. ‘And now you're going to see more fun. . Co Thi 'S. A pan of dough flies down the yard; 6. My! what a fix the Teds are in. A running pitcher follows hard ‘The cook has got the rolling-pin, John’s pa butts In, and oh, my, oh! Pa's got a club, and wiff! and woof! See how he's swatted with the dough! ‘The Teds are chased up on the roof. COPYRIGHT 1907 BY JUDGE COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, 225 FOURTH AVE, NEW YORK. comichooks.com|