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This page contains satirical humor typical of early-20th-century Judge magazine: **"It Came True"** (top): A cynical marriage joke. A man's romantic declaration—"You are the sunshine of my life"—becomes literal when his wife's presence makes him uncomfortably hot, turning his poetic prophecy into domestic complaint. **"Simple Exercises with Coal-Hods"** (center): Satirizes the gymnasium craze by proposing absurdly impractical "exercises" using coal-hods (heavy containers for heating fuel). The joke mocks both the obsession with fitness equipment and the ridiculousness of using household items for workouts—clearly not genuine health advice but comedic parody of contemporary fitness trends. **"He Spoke Carelessly"** (right): A doctor admits he doesn't care about making a house call because he can see another patient simultaneously—dark satire on medical indifference and efficiency. **"Giving Himself Up"** (bottom): A man confesses to attempted burglary after being hit by a car, suggesting he'd rather face arrest than continue evading police. Social commentary on urban dangers and desperation.

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IT CAME TRUE. 73 OU are the sunshine of my hfe!" ' Sardonic prophecy! Teried, my soul with rapture rife “Vous She's still m She often makes it e the sunshine As my wife fort y lite! Sardonic propheey! “You re the sunshine of I said. SIMPLE EXERCISES WITH COAL-HODS. HE. expense of a complicated gymnasium outfit having prevented many persons from becoming strong and es devised robust, we have had the following simple exer by a leading expert. These exercises may be performed by anyone owning two coal-hods, and should be done im- mediately upon rising in the mornin, is an easy-fitting nig 1, Place the two hods about six feet apart and about A good costume tie or a graceful suit of pajamas. HE SPOKE CARELESSLY. the same distance in front of the coal-bin, Grasp the coal- Parient—"' Sorry to bring you all the way shovel lightly in both hands and stand erect, facing: the out here, doctor. ‘Bnty © e Doctox——"' Oh, don't worry about that. 1 ; then bend trom ill shovel bin. Breathe deeply twenty the waist and insert shovel in coal. slowly to the perpendicular and bend backward as far 3 1 quickly over the head into the right-hand Repeat movement, throwing coal into left-hand hod, and continue until both hods are full of coal, irasping a coal-hod light- ly in each hand, run quickly up stairs from basement to attic, and tlic to, ive time can see another patient and kill two birds with one stone.” Rise the ex hod until tired (that is, until you are tired) ; then arrest movement, with Kend from waist and restore hod to first position. possible, throwing hou regularly arms extended. 4. Seat yourself firmly in a chair, with one foot in each hod, the handle of each hod being over the instep. Keep the legs perfectly stiff, and raise hods alternately with right and left foot. Reygulate Alternate then down stairs from basement. Repeat until tired, or the speed of this exercise accord- until interrupted by other lodyers ingly as you wish to imagine you or members of the family, Be are climbing a hill or running a race. of the careful to keep the shoulders well Be careful not to spill any squared and \ at spill any ce 3. Standing in the centre of 5. Holding a hod nicely b: the drawing-room, bend from anced on the palm of each hand, waist and grasp the handle of one extend arms to full length. Now, hod firmly with both hands, Rise without disturbing the balance of slowly to upright” position and ING THE ZOO. the hods, slowly bend the elbows and bring the hods in toward the shoulders. Take a deep breath, count thirty, and again extend the arms as at first. Do not continue this with extended arms swing the hod ** And this is the Mammoth Cave!" ar cle, If properly executed, the for the coal in the hod, so that if «your head ina rapid ¢ - of this movement will retain exercise after it begins to make you nervous. After these exercises a cold sponge is desirable. A simple ays sure of having a cold sponge is to keep your sponge in th any spil!s ont you may know at Swing ay to be once that you are doing it too slowly for the best results. ice-chest. GIVING HIMSELF UP. WILD-EYED man, with clothes badly torn and bedraggh court during the night session, recently, and stood before the magistrate. 1, limped into “Your honor, interest, “as I was climbing through a window in my house—my wife being away and [ having lost my latch-key—a policeman crept up on me and, 1 me fora burglar, arrested me in spite of my explanation, and On the way this officer was run Observing that the guilty chauffeur was speeding imparted he weakly, while the spectators listened with pouncing sttrted with me for the police-station, down by an automobile. on toward escape, | ran down the street after him as fast as | could, intend- ing to capture him or find out his | number, Hardly had [run a bloc! when [ collided with a fat pol m once arrested me for disorderly conduct, As this police- Massage of the Scalp a combination of scalp who A SIXTH SEN! ow $0? cause last night, whe 1 the parlor, | heard her E. she »: Why. T must be able to see in the dark." sitt with Mr haven't man was conducting me down the | cle: street he fell through a coal-hole, was the last I saw of him. Determined to give myself up, on alone; but just as I reached the next corner 1) however, I cam rol, was run over by a police-pa which, I presume, was hurrying to the scene of the first accident, and when I scrambled to my feet to climb into the patrol, it was out of sight. So here Fam at last, your honor ; and, for God's sake! lock me upon the new charge, what- ever that may be, so that I shall be safe somewhere, and off the stre the rest of this terrible night.” | vl Sui ning and intelligent. ex- ercise of the scalp—is a hy gienic measure that: should be systematically employed all. A good lather of Packer's Tar Soap well rubbed into the scalp is an unsurpassed hair toi Send for our booklet, * Value of Systematic Sham pooing,” which tells how and why. PACKER MANUFACTURING CO, 87N, 81 Fulton St, New Vork comicbooks.com