Judge, 1907-06-08 · page 3 of 16
Judge — June 8, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several short satirical pieces and cartoons typical of Judge's humor: **"Snarls of a Sloppy Sophist"** offers cynical observations on human behavior—relationships, philosophy, and social hypocrisy. The accompanying caricature depicts a disheveled figure. **"Story of a Failure"** uses repetition for comic effect, detailing a man's sequential business failures. **"The Result of Clothes"** shows a woman at a fence, with dialogue about stolen clothing—likely satirizing class pretension or women's vanity. **"A Vegetarian"** (bottom cartoon) jokes about a man becoming vegetarian, with the punchline playing on misheard information. The cartoons employ standard early-20th-century Judge style: social commentary, domestic humor, and absurdist jokes targeting contemporary foibles without referencing specific political events or individuals.
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SNARLS OF A SLOPPY SOPHIST. HE commuter’s sentence is never com- muted for good behavior. The inspiration of our best lite erature is: “I need the money.” When the worst comes to the worst, it’s best to make the best of it. The thing that causes dread of spring is not spring poets, but the quips printed about them. ‘ A man who worships a woman has a religion that kills all his desi to ever become a free-thinker. Some men point out the silvery lining in a cloud; then they bor- row your umbrella before the rain starts. If a wife makes her husband jealous—the divorce-court ; if she lacks the power to make him jea ous—ditto! It’s wrong to say society makes a woman deceitful. When in décol- leté gowns they don’t try to conceal much. A philosopher is the bee who furnishes the humming, while the other bees THE RESULT OF CLOTHES. are hustling too hard to interpolate music. a HE, RES A girl realizes that this is the last call for proposals—unless the June mar- — paryet gn ONtt POG" What on earth are you doing In the riage is to be rushed with indecorous haste. eres ray swevu. FASHIONABLE CANINE—"* My sweater was stolen while I was in swimming. and | have to get home somehow.” STORY OF A FAILURE, HE opened a dry-goods store—dry-goods failure. ACCOUNTED FOR. He next tried the grocery business—grocery failure. ‘+ P)ID you see that chap walk out in the middle ot the He went into hardware—hardware failure. sermon on Sunday 2?" He opened a laundry—laundry failure. “Yes. You know, he walks in his sleep.” He then tried clothing—clothing-store failure. He dropped dead—heart failure. THE SAD SIDE. T'S far more blessed, so they say, HIS HAPPY TERM. 5 an . . ‘o give than to receive. $4] WOULD like.” said the villagg alderman, «to have this paragraft imbedded “Tis likewise move'experaive, in the resolution." T've reason to believe, A VEGETARIAN “By Jove! look at that! ‘There's Biggs buzzing round a grass widow now.” “Oho! I heard yesterday he'd turned vegetarian.”” comicbooks.com