Judge, 1907-11-30 · page 16 of 16
Judge — November 30, 1907 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humorous children's story comic showing teddy bears chasing a wild turkey through a village to win it as a Thanksgiving prize. The narrative follows their chaotic pursuit: the farmer sends them after the bird, they chase it past a ladder (invoking superstition about bad luck), through the village streets causing disruption, past an angry washerwoman whose laundry they disturb, and finally to Johnny's doorstep where the exhausted turkey collapses. The satire appears gentle—playing on the teddy bear craze of the early 1900s (related to President Theodore Roosevelt) by depicting these popular toys as animated characters. The comic mines humor from slapstick chaos and collateral damage to bystanders. The "Thanksgiving bird" prize frames the entire adventure as a lighthearted pursuit of holiday spoils, typical of Judge's mix of gentle social observation and children's entertainment content from the era.
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Siage- LITTLE JOHNNY AND THE TEDDY BEARS. HOW THE EVENTFUL CHASE OCCURRED THAT WOM THEM A THANKSOIVING BIRD. 2. It seems there sometimes {s a sli 1, The farmer told the Teddy Bears iP ; Between the drum-sticks and the lip! This toothsome turkey now was theirs: ‘The turkey did not care to walt, 's th the hi Bat he’ son eorake Uiche vay. And led them shouting through the gate. 4. And later on the breathless band Go through a paper-woman's stand. They do not heed her angry cries, But follow where the turkey files. 3. Right through the village, nip and tuck! They find it really brings bad luck To go in underneath a ladder— It only makes their chase the madder. 5. A washerwoman rues the day 6. At last, at Johnny's very door, She ever chanced to block thelr way, The turkey falls, to rise no more. And dashes after, wild with wrath, The Teds had better lock the gate A-vowing vengeance for her bath. Against a fierce, pursuing fate! COPYRIGHT 1907 BY JUDGE COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, 895 POURTH AVE. NEW YORK. comicbooks.com