Judge, 1907-07-27 · page 13 of 16
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This page parodies the famous 1899 painting/poem "The Man with the Hoe" by Jean-François Millet, which depicted rural labor as grinding, dehumanizing toil. Judge's satirical revision transforms the farmer into a cheerful, contented worker who enjoys his labor despite minor agricultural setbacks (pests, weeds, rain). The satire appears to mock both socialist interpretations of Millet's work (which portrayed farming as exploitation) and overly romantic celebrations of rural life. By presenting the farmer as perpetually happy despite genuine hardships—his "inborn ire" at crop damage quickly forgotten—the piece ridicules idealized nostalgia for agrarian work. The poem's structure mirrors the original while inverting its grim tone, suggesting Judge's conservative skepticism toward either romanticizing or tragically characterizing manual labor. It's fundamentally a joke about competing narratives regarding working-class contentment. The page is otherwise filled with period advertisements and miscellaneous humor columns.
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Saige ‘THE MAN WITH THE HOE, (Revised Edition.) Oh, the man with the hoe is a merry old soul, | A merry old soul is he, | | Next to a Breeze he one thing that most olness tn Sumn= re apwetelel ef As he turns the sod, and plants the seed, And dreams of the crop to be. He digs and he hoes with a right good will, And he hums a merry old lay, As he plants and he sows and he rakes and he hoes, Beginning with break of day. And the sun looks down on this merry | old soul, | This merry old soul with the hoe, And he turns on him his brightest smile Cae Melgper eter ‘And watches his face all aglow. produces restful sleep. to town and cat of town, For he knows that it's good for a man to sweat, And to enjoy the rewards of his toil, “T see Berlin has an automo-! And so he coaches this merry old soul ed up as a hearse.” . As he tills away in the soil. etert—"" | suppose you want me to t people are just dying to ride in And this merry old soul, as he digs and Yonkers Statesman. he hoes, Mops his brow with the back of his TECHNIQUE, hand, A girl violinist in Chicago has married | And he laughs * He, he !" and he laughs a man worth $9,000,000, The most ex- “+ Hoe, hoe !” acting critics will have to concede that} As he works away on his land. she drew a fine beau.—Tacoma News. MENNEN’S BORATED TALCUM TOILET POWDER ACCOMMODATING. HAVE YOU USED PEAR S‘soap: CUSTOMARY. A man always wants an individual glass when drinking water, but it is different when a friend pulls a haif-pint out of his pocket.—Philadelphia Telegram. But thers i i i y it ere are times of grief for this merry is S’PARTICULAR: EFFEC] EFFECT. This merry old soul with the hoe, The leader of fashion was stricken with |For when rains come down, the weeds pneumonia, come up Madam," said the doctor, " your low- To vex this taller so; necked dress is responsible for this.” “knew that costume would be effect- ive,” murmured the patient weakly, but with a satisfied smile. — Pittsburg Leader. HENLY LINDENMEYR & ¥ONS BAPER WAREHOUSE 10s. $2, 24, and 88 Ileecker Street Branch Warehcose, 50 Keekinan Street. New York “ALL KINDS OF PAUER MADE TO ORDER And the cut worms cut and grub worms grub, And the chicklets chick with glee, And ihe henlets scratch with both their Advertising in Colors “A Poteet es Picky Hoste ss Sentara and ail aici of the shin ‘Rersores "Get Mensese =the ortzinaly Sold everystore: er mailed for 88 cents Bar CERIARD MENNRN CO., Newark 3. For its all they have, you see. Then the heart of this merry old man grows sad | As they slash and they scratch and they grub, And his saat is filled with an inborn ire, While his hand is filled with a club. ae and =o GS BARKER BRAND &®, Dee OF ruven J "4 24). sues 156 FS R25 <0 ts] bits Then the air is filled with a din and a crash And a shriek and a cloud of dust, And the neighbors are filled with much surprise, While the hens are filled with disgust. JOLLOWING the custom of our es- teemed contemporaries, Jupce will occasionally accept an advertise- ment to be printed in three or more colors on the outside cover. If the interested advertiser will glance at the cover of our issue of August 3d he will see the very con-~ vincing and artistic announcement of the Louis M. Park Company, advertising the Hiawatha Natural Mineral Spring Water. The advertising patrons of Jupce, like its readers, are not confined to any State or The Truth Can be told about Great Western Champagne ‘american Wines But in spite of his trials—he’s a merry old soul, And he begins each day with a smile; He's up the lark, and he works with awill, For his work is a work worth while. So here is our hand to this tiller of soil, And here is a smile as we go, And we'll doff our hat to this merry old soul, This merry old soul with the hoe. —G. Earl Stebbins in Chicago Record-Herald, WHERE YOU GET OFF. The doctor— Admitting that a genera- PLEASANT VALLEY WINE CO., ° ngs which ma oF any sabject on whet Every United a you want to be up to Rewspaper and periodical of Enrope is searched. tion is thirty-three and one-third years, or any length of time you please, when does one generation leave off and the next one begin?” The professor—“It ends, so far as you are concerned, and another one begins, ‘roughly speaking,’ the first time you overhear your boy talking about you as “the old man.’"— Chicago Tribune. CHARITABLE. Some people’s idea of charity is to give | a starving man a pepsin tablet.—New York Times. coop. It's a corking good thing to bottle up ‘THE JUDGE COMPANY States i @ WHEN YOU THINK OF VACATION TINE your wrath Pailadelphia Bulletin YOU OF THE... nation. Our first colored page was from Massachusetts, the next from .Ohio, the third from Switzerland, the fourth from New Jer- sey, the fifth from Wisconsin. The outside covers of September 7th and October sth are for sale. Correspondence invited. mS’ NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. comicbooks.com 225 Fourth Avenue, New York City