Judge, 1907-06-29 · page 10 of 19
Judge — June 29, 1907 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical cartoons mocking American social pretension and hypocrisy circa early 1900s. **Top cartoon**: An actor rehearsing accepts conditions to spend his grandfather's inheritance, while stagehands mock him as either foolish or secretly wealthy ("Klondike" = gold strike). **Middle cartoon**: Stagehands collapse from the exhausting work, sarcastically declaring this "the easiest job we ever bumped up again." **Bottom two pieces**: "Wouldn't Be Soaked" jokes about a nephew seeking uncle's financial help; "Time Works Changes" satirizes political phoniness—a man who warmly greeted everyone by first name when running for office now ignores those same townspeople, having lost the election and no longer needing their votes. The overall theme: American opportunism, where friendliness and civility are purely transactional, abandoned once their utility ends.
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A DISCOURAGING JOB. <= . AM, YY G Boosters DiLLon? T 1 ReaTHa Booster tHe actor (rehearsing his part on his way to the theatre)—"* Yes, yes! | will accept the conditions. I'll spend the measly million my grand- father bequeathed to me" — First roorran—'*'Sh! Either he's dippy or he's a Klondike. Did yer hear him talkin’ about millions to dat cash-box he’s carryin’?"" 3, Seconp roorran (in a faint voice)—** Call off dat European trip, discharge me vally, fill me up wid chloroform, an’ send fer an ambulance, fer dis is surely de last job uv me upright an’ virtuous life."" WOULDN'T BE SOAKED. SeLJNCLE HENRY," said the young man, «I want to raise enough money to pay off my creditors and then wash my hands of the business I've been trying to run.” ‘All right, nephew,” said the kind uncle. a hundred dollars, if that will help you.” ‘But a hundred will be merely a drop in the bucket.” ‘A drop in the bucket? I thought you only wanted to wash your hands—not to take a bath.” + Twill let you have ‘TIME WORKS CHANGES. HE visitor, strolling down street with his host, asked with some concern, **Has anything happened between you and the other people in this town of yours 2” “Not a thing. Why do you ask?” «When I was here a year ago you called every man by his first name, stopped and chatted with them, and seemed to be friendly with everybody ; but now you pass them with a nod or a brief greeting.” “+ But you forget that last year I was a candidate for office.” comicbooks.com