Judge, 1907-12-07 · page 31 of 48
Judge — December 7, 1907 — page 31: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical commentary on Christmas customs and labor issues circa early 1900s. **"Christmas Sweeteners"** depicts a child negotiating with her mother—she'll ask Santa for an extravagant gift (a tall tree with candy) if she gets jam now. The humor mocks childhood manipulation and parental indulgence. **"Yule Yoddles"** offers social commentary through short quips: it critiques gift-giving excess (noting "sighs over the bill"), women's interest in practical wool stockings over appearance, and the hypocrisy of women claiming indifference to stocking-hanging superstitions. A jab at Secretary Taft suggests he received numerous requests to *borrow* his socks—implying they were notably large or valuable. The piece also satirizes women receiving only family gifts and expecting romantic presents. **"A Non-Unionist"** depicts a union teamster demanding a card from a non-member, addressing labor organization conflicts of the era. The cartoons collectively mock consumerism, gender relations, labor disputes, and Christmas excess with typical early-century satirical wit.
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SANUS WEES CHRISTMAS SWEETENERS. “Mommy, dear, I'm going to tell Santy Claus to bring you a tree so high, filled with candy-sticks. Now can’t | have some jam?" YULE YODDLES ANY a sizable Christmas gift is correctly M sized up by the sighs over the bill. Santa is not a bad man, and yet, from a stocking standpoint, he enjoys = going to “ hangings.” A certain person sits in the parlor and It's pa. Girls nowadays hang up a lot of peekaboo hosiery at Christmas time, What they want in their stockings is more wool. ‘Man wants but little here below,” but he didn’t feel that way about it when he was a boy at Christmas time. The girl with slim shanks affects to be in- different to the sock-hanging superstition, but she winces just the same whenever the subject mg. is mentioned. Secretary Taft is said to have received hun- dreds of requests from young persons (sex not stated, but inferred) all over the United States for the loan of his socks December twenty-fourth. When a girl gives herself to a young man as a Christmas present and then insists on the young man giving a lot ot presents to her— well, it shows how much sense there is in the notion that a girl ever gives herself away. The chances are that when a girl finds all her presents are from papa, mamma and the rest of the family she is disappointed even though she does not go with any young man. For, after all, girls think the unexpected might have happened, Many a woman will please her husband this year by securing a costly present for which he will be billed about January first. It’s a singular fact that right after Christmas every man proceeds to take an inventory of his business to see just where he stands. THEN THEY KILLED HIM. 46 NO.” said the offensive punster, “a girl who persists in hailing men can’t be a reigning belle. She'll meet a good many frosts and soon find her name under a cloud. It won't dew.” A NON-UNIONIST. Watnino peLecate (of the teamsters’ union) —" Got yer union card >” comicbooks.com