Judge, 1907-12-14 · page 3 of 16
Judge — December 14, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top illustration depicts a children's game in an indoor space, likely a school or institutional setting. An adult supervises while children play, suggesting commentary on supervised recreation or institutional life. The accompanying text pieces—"The Only Way," "Jest and Earnest," "The Mystery Solved," "A Literary Aspirant," "Bravery of It," and "In Glass Houses"—appear to be standalone satirical poems and anecdotes rather than connected narratives. These mock various social types: merchants, pretentious people, and Christmas shoppers. Without clearer historical markers or identifying captions, the specific social or political targets remain ambiguous. The overall tone suggests gentle satire of middle-class Victorian society, commercialism, and human pretension, typical of Judge magazine's satirical approach.
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KY 4 L, LZ Yj A FRIENDLY GAME. THE ONLY WAY. Y BUTCHER sells me doctored veal, « My coal-man sells me clinkered coal, ‘My grocer sells me mouldered meal, My baker stints the breakfast roll. My vintner sells me weakened hock With other tinctured chemic wines ; My broker sells me watered stock And boosted shares in salted mines. How can I make both ends to meet ‘When thus these rogues my wealth purloin, Unless I practice like deceit And pay their claims with tainted coin? ARTHUR GUITERMAK. JEST AND EARNEST. MANY a true word is spoken in jest, but the majority of lies are uttered in dead earnest. } \ BY IA : ‘ ‘THE MYSTERY SOLVED. THE usual week-before-Christmas discussion of the personality of Santa Claus was going on under the bed-clothes, when Willie had a horrible doubt. ond “ But say,” he whispered eagerly to Georgie, “if he’s a sure-thing Santy, who'd you s'pose brung the things roun’ when Ae were a kid 2” They both puzzled over this for a few minutes, when Georgie said triumphantly, “I know! The same feller whut made God.” A LITERARY ASPIRANT. NOT mine to toot a classic date Like Andrew Lang’s. T’d sooner whack the.merry drum John Kendrick bangs! Natica—" Intrinsic value should never figure in considering a BRAVERY OF IT. Christmas gift.” Phabe— lt never does with me. What touches me is the thought that anybody should be willing to brave a crowd of holiday shoppers Bia eae oan A aniey Sacre monroe for my sake."” faye doco the freak olsthon dene cl those poor immigrants landed in."* comicbooks.com -