Judge, 1907-06-29 · page 3 of 19
Judge — June 29, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several humorous pieces rather than a single political cartoon: **"A Martyr to Humor"** is a poem about a humorist who sacrificed a mule to pursue his art, satirizing the supposed nobility of suffering artists. **"The Love Microbe"** shows a photograph with a caption joking that love is "a contagious disease"—typical turn-of-century humor about romance. **"Bite of Snake Fatal to Bill"** presents a folksy tall tale where Wild Bill supposedly survives a snake bite by drinking pumpkins and whiskey as remedy. **"At the Wheel"** is a sketch showing two people boating, with dialogue suggesting an engagement announcement. These pieces represent Judge's mix of literary satire, visual humor, and wordplay typical of early 20th-century American magazine comedy—not specifically political content.
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A MARTYR TO HUMOR. i NCE on a time I owned a mule, A civil sort of beast, Which wasn't kicking forty ways, Nor stubborn in the Teast. ‘The humorists got onto him— Onto his style, that is— And straightway took his sim- ple life, For nothing else was his. T rose in wrath ; they rose en masse And said he had to go, Because so long as he remained They didn't have a show. They said they'd always made the mule A stubborn, kicking cuss, And therefore, by the humorist rule, Mine was anomalous. They said they thought that sort of mule Was almost sure to give A wrong impression, and besides Was too absurd to live. They said that they should not be asked Such manners to endure, Because if such obtained ‘twould jar Their art and literature. They further said I should not kick, Nor my plain duty shirk, To sacrifice a mele to help The humorists in their work. "Twas up to me, of course, and I Submitted to the cure, And, weeping sadly o'er my 1oss, I gave him sepulture. TARE THE LOVE MICROBE. Here lies a gentle, kindly mule, « Phat makes yer look #0 happy?” Who was a perfect saint ; “Shure, an’ Ol read in th’ papers this marnin’ thot love is a contagious disalse, And there are others, though perhaps an'—Oi'm not feelin’ well.” ‘There may be some that ain't. Beneath this sod he'll rest so long BITE OF SNAKE FATAL TO BILL. As humor shall endure, $+G0 Wild Bill died of a snake-bite? Whar did he git bit?” A lasting, noble sacrifice, “Oh, th’ snake didn’t bite Bill. Th’ snake bit Tough Tompkins, an’ Tomp- To Art and Literature. kins drank two quarts o’ th’ remedy an’ then shot Bill.” WILLIAM J. LAMFTON. : AT THE WHEEL. There's Jack coming back, and Lucy is steering.” “Then she's engaged.” comicbooks.com’