Judge, 1907-11-09 · page 3 of 16
Judge — November 9, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct sections: 1. **"Reconstruction"** (top): A poem by William J. Lampson about a Scottish maiden courted by suitors seeking her wealth, including a Yankee mill owner. The accompanying illustration depicts three fashionable women. 2. **"Would Cost More"** and **"But Not to Pay Back"** (middle): Brief comic dialogues about servants and borrowing money—domestic humor with no apparent political reference. 3. **"Cutting Down the Thefts" / "The Auto Weakness"** (bottom): A satirical cartoon mocking automobile safety, showing a chaotic driving scene. The caption "Share, Michael, if yez hov to howld yure loo hands to that machine Oi'l not ride wild yez!" uses Irish dialect stereotyping common to the era, suggesting humor about reckless early automobile driving. The page reflects early 20th-century American social satire with emphasis on class, immigration stereotypes, and emerging automotive culture anxieties.
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RECONSTRUCTION, Heart with love of loving laden; None deceiving, All believing, She was what a maid should be. Came there to her swains a-sighing— Many swains ; Some with love and true hearts dying, Some with gold who would be buying ; Love and money, Bees and honey, 2 She had thoughts of precious gains. One among them was a Yankee— Think of that! Owner of a mill and bank, he Had some looks as well, though lanky ; And he thought her Heaven's own daughter, Which is worth the looking at. And it came to pass thereafter All the rest, Teased her mightily and chaffed her} Said he was a northern grafter, ‘And they froze him. But she chose him, For she loved that Yankee best. WILLIAM J. LAMFTON. WOULD COST MORE, Mistress—“ More than anything else, I want a servant who has some refinement Applicant— Vis, mum ; but Oi'll be afther chargin’ yez more if Oi hov to inshtruct yez in th’ ways av sassiety.” BUT NOT TO PAY BACK. Dinks—#1 see Rouge has bought an automobile. he had sufficient means to do that.” Winks— Oh, he has all sorts of means of borrowing money, and just as many means of spending it." I didn’t think UNORIGINAL. Auice—"' Jack was so romantic in his proposal white pearl shining on a sun-kissed coral stran Maupe (disgusted)—"* Can't Jack ever be original? He said the same thing to me three years ago, and | know that he cribbed the expres- sion from a ten-cent calendar.” CUTTING DOWN THE THEFTS. $4 OED Abrams took his son into der bus'ness as a partner so der poy couldn't steal so much ohf der old man’s money.” “Vy can't he steal so much?" “Now, vhen he steals a tollar he steals half ohf it from him- THE AUTO WEAKNESS. “Shure, Michael, if yez hov to howld yure two hands to thot machine O1'll not rolde wid yez!"" comicbooks.com