Judge, 1907-08-10 · page 3 of 16
Judge — August 10, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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The top cartoon depicts a futuristic flying machine from 1950, mocking early aviation fantasies. The dialogue ("old fossil Jones") suggests satire of technological skeptics who doubted new inventions would work. The remaining content consists of short humorous items typical of Judge's format: - "To Stop Snoring" offers absurd medical advice - "The Regular Thing" jokes about travelers' exaggerated stories - "A Definition" presents a child's witty comparison of humans and beasts - "Practice" recounts a Scottish king requiring medical experience through combat - "In the City" and "Rather Indigestible" are brief jokes - "The Morning After" and "The Funny Phony Dog" are domestic humor sketches The page lacks overt political content, focusing instead on general social satire, wordplay, and whimsy typical of early 20th-century humor magazines.
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“Why, there's an automobile! How funny it looks!" “Yes. That's old fossil Jones—says he can’t stand these newfangled notions." * TO STOP SNORING. THE REGULAR THING. A MEDICAL journal submits the following advice for the benefit of SAND sos. Ge commer boarders come, a lady who wishes to cure her husband of the habit of snoring: Tin-lunged and rubber-jawed, ; pail To talk us all both deaf and dumb oR yourself softly y Ibe id tly but firmly bi Minar yourself softly on your elbow and gently but firmly bite his Of what they saw abroad." And she who claims that she has seen « Paree” by night and day, Quite possibly has never been To Hoboken, N. J. Lunaxa w. sueipow. A DEFINITION. LITTLE girl who had listened to a discussion of the nature-fakers in literature, when asked to define the human and animal families replied, +A brute is an imperfect beast; man is a perfect beast." PRACTICE. _ N ancient Scotch king would not permit a doctor to prac- GREAT YEAR FOR FRUIT. tice in his king- Tne cat-sinp—"* What a fine year for fruit!’ Tue Rosin—" You bet! Every cherry has a worm in it." dom until he had practiced twenty IN THE CITY. years among his NOW Aveust comes to those in fats ene Whose days are dog and nights are cats. RATHER INDIGESTIBLE, AN IRISHMAN was recently showing a friend an ash-receiver he had bought at a church-fair, “ An’ phat's it made av, Billy 2” asked the other. “Shure, it’s lava, Dan,” said Billy. * An’ phat's lava, Billy ? “Why, Dan, don't ye know? It's phat th’ Lord fed th’ Israelites on whin they wor forty years in th’ desert.”” pTHE MORNING AE TER. THE FUNNY PHONY DOG. Up-to-date child—* Did you and papa enjoy the party last night, “* What do you call your dachshund, Tommy ?” mamma?" “His Master's Voice." biker AY est daring.” : “How did you come to name him that?"" pete pet con carling: “Pop named him, ‘cause his shape reminded him o' the phonograph Up-to-date child—* Which of you won the most ?” in the flat right over eur heads—thin music long drawn out.’* comicbooks.com