Judge, 1907-11-23 · page 3 of 16
Judge — November 23, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several distinct pieces of humor rather than a unified political cartoon: 1. **Top cartoon**: Two fashionably dressed women by water discuss being "made of dust" and "common kind"—likely satirizing pretentious social attitudes about class distinctions. 2. **"The Cat—A Heartbreak in One Throb"**: A short story about a man's cat causing domestic conflict when he won't accept his sister, featuring his frustrated pacing and the cat's defiant behavior. This is domestic humor rather than political satire. 3. **"Casting Up Accounts"**: A brief dialogue joke about charging meals for profit and loss. 4. **"See-Saw"**: A longer humorous anecdote by Weary Walker about a woman's repetitive questioning regarding seeing wood, playing on verbal confusion and domestic miscommunication. The page is primarily **light social humor** rather than political commentary, focusing on domestic situations and class pretension typical of Judge's satirical approach.
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SOME EXCLUSIVE BRAND. ist think of it! we are made of dust." «How hideous! THANKSGIVING, JS WE see our land united, One in peace and love restored, We are thankful for the harvest From the furrow of the sword. When we read the mighty speeches That have moved the hearts of men We rejoice in reaping riches From the furrow of the pen. When we count the nation’s farmers "Tis with grateful hearts we bow For the blessings which have reached us From the furrow of the plow. And by way of celebration, From Manila to New York, Here's thanksgiving for the turkey And the furrow of the fork. MC LANDBURGH WILSOK. CASTING UP ACCOUNTS. Howell —“ Were you sick going across ?” Powell—" There were many meals, my boy, that I hzd to charge up to profit and loss.” SEE-SAW. WEARY WALKER, of joke-paper fame, told this to Bathless Broderick and Farfrom Godly, whom he met on top of a box-car, en route to California for the winter : “Say, a lady says ter me, ‘Go inter de back yard an’ yer will see a wood-pile. Saw a couple uv cords an’ den. come an’ git yer breakfast.” After a while I comes up to de house an’ asts fer me breakfast, an’ she says, ‘Did yer see de wood?’ An'I says ‘Yes.’ An’ she says, “Did yer saw de wood? An'I says ‘Yes.’ An’ she says, ‘I didn’t see yer saw it.’ An’I says, « Well, yer saw me see it, didn’t yer?” An’ she says “Yes.’ ‘Well,’ I says, ‘if you'd ‘a’ seed wot I sawed you'd ‘a’ knowed.’" But | know it wasn't this common kind.” THE CAT—A HEARTBREAK IN ONE THROB. GENTLY the fair, pale Artycee Johnsonleigh told McClurey MeAllister that the very best she could do under the circumstances was to be a sister to him, and she hurried from the room to avoid his brain-stormy protestations. He waited impatiently for the traditional change of mind. Several intense moments passed on lagging footsteps. He continued to wait, Still she did not return. Indignantly he arose and strode up and down the drawing-room, “The cat!" he hissed savagely through his set teeth, shaking his fist in the direction she had gone. He paused suddenly in his fierce striding, as if to reflect upon what he had said.“ But no,” he muttered ; “no, The cat" He did not conclude the fatal sentence, but went wildly forth into the bitter and hope- less night. Ww. J tamrron. HE MIGHT CATCH ‘IT. Youno turxey—"' What is Thanksgiving, pa?” 's a kind of epidemic, my son." comicbooks.com