Judge, 1907-07-13 · page 3 of 16
Judge — July 13, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon ("Flagged"):** Shows a motorist stopped by a boy at a bridge. The motorist asks what's wrong; the boy replies his brother has a nibble—a fishing reference. This is a simple visual pun playing on the double meaning of "flagged" (stopped vs. signaled). **Middle Section ("Sayings of a Soured Sage"):** Contains cynical aphorisms about human nature—lazy men, jesters, and philosophers. These are generic wisdom observations unrelated to specific political events. **"The Burnt-Cork Circle":** A dialect humor piece featuring characters named Tambo and an end-man, discussing impossible arithmetic with penny sticks. This reflects early 20th-century minstrel-show comedy traditions common in Judge. **Right side ("A Local Request"):** A Vaudeville theater joke about negotiating admission prices. No specific political satire is evident on this page.
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FLAGGED. What's the matter, boy? Anything wrong with the bridge ?"* Me brudder ‘s got a nibble.” SAYINGS OF A SOURED SAGE. NO USE, YOU lose time finding fault. First lawn caterpillar— We've got this grass The average” man is always paid finished. Let's tackle these plantains.”* that way. Second lawn caterpillar— What's the use? The A jest is sometimes the coat-tails of _ people who live here have been trying for ten years to Truth. kill it off and can't do it.” Some men are too lazy to even make enemies. : ; Charity begins at the benefit perform- ICON ance and ends at the box-office receipts. Iva Love should be like the bee that steals |NAUDEVILL & | sweets from the flower, yet never in- s | CWLOREW 6 PRice . jures it. Ce Se A philosopher is a man who is able to size himself up correctly and not get dis- Vg couraged at the result. PETER PRY suEVLIN. THE BURNT-CORK CIRCLE, ‘4 BUNNY ting happened ter me las’ night,” remarked the end-man when the tenor with the clear and liquid spring-water voice had responded graciously to sev- eral encores. “Why, Mr. Tambo!" exclaimed the middleman, «surely you are not going to tell me that you refused a good cigar?” ‘No, sah!" returned Tambo decidedly. «Dat wouldn't be funny—dat would be serious. But as Ah wuz sayin’, a funny ting happened. When Ah went ter bed de bed wuz in de room, an’ when Ah wakes up it wuz in de mawnin’.” When the ushers stopped laughing the other end-man swung around, hooked one arm over his chair, and faced the middleman. «Dat ain't nuffin’ at all to a little f‘nancial problem Ah hab,” he said. «Ah had t'ree cents yesterday. Ah bought t'ree sticks ob candy at a penny a stick an’ Ah had one cent.” ‘ ** That's impossible, Mr. Bones,” declared the middleman. +* You simply cannot spend three cents and then have one cent when you only had three cents in the first place.” **Ah sho’ kin,” retorted the end-man. ++ Ah did it dis way: Ah had t'ree cents; Ah bought t'ree sticks ob candy, an’ Ah had one cent "—— «But you couldn't have one cent,” persisted the middleman. **But Ah did!" shouted the end-man. «Ah bought t'ree sticks, Ah took two 33 athe sticks wif me, an’ Ah had one sent—to mah house.” A LOGICAL REQUEST. “Our accomplished basso, Mr. Croakley, will now render that beautiful ballad «+ Plosees atetae\'if It's Beil prise fori may couldn't of sentiment, * Down, Down, Down and Out.’" YERRINE LAMBERT. yer let Johnny In fer quarter price?” po comicbooks:com