Judge — February 29, 1908 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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Cable Address,“ Judgark." Tel. 6 FW. Sin Fifth Aves New York. JOHN A. SLEICHER, Wrorean Auvretest Burges Johnson, Managing P let, Seveevary. Artie 'T Marguetie Buildin: Chicago ore Grant Hae WEEKLY AT 10 CKNTH A COPY. ‘ 230 yy draft on New York, of by express or postal order, mot by leval check The contents of FUDGE are protected by cooyraht in both the United States and Great Botain CONTHIMUTORS must self-addressed envelope nth all manuscrts, CONCERNING THE TRAMP. IS “HIAWATHA” A PLAGIARISM? RAVELY consider) (QNE OF our Tithe theory that ing, his plans How's called ©The Kalivala, dita, these Comparisons of lines from the twe poem tpers has kately adva tha’ o. oe 7 van il sh epic a plagiarism from a Fi short time age Lin support of this theory gives, amo Jones stated edie ether interesting torially that he Kalavale “Chant them in the nd fi Hiawatha And beyond them stood the fore in merely beeause the Kalivala* Sighing, pine trees.” siilifect it a (was Hiiawatha—“Singing, pine trees.” Kalavala—* Walked in pain about the ma create Hiawatha—" In the melancholy marshes.” mirth, In other that the On readin wor the above we were seized with a dreadful mother vicion, Tt is forced nelaw Recourse to our library only confirmed the su pk net fail to be rece would have a very upon us that * Horati jarism from “The Vision of Sir Lavunfal” and that we wanted — yhinee at the following. compris hard time getting, into our payes; th faet whieh ei tramps would be about nized by a brief welcome as in any other city office buildiv originality, so fur as sible, in every direction, A. surprisingly lange mumber of letters have been received in reygerd to that Sis, Lawl: Then; af ever; come: perfect ditys: 4 Horatius—" And named a trysting day.” innocently conceived editorial statement, Inv the first place, we did ee TAMIL namie hot suppese that anyone ever read the editorial page in a funny Tardis" Sulled anurmur:? Paper. Ihe is driven todo se, perhaps because several people are Sir Launfal— His mate feels the egys beneath her wings.” ahead of him at the barber's, of for any other reason, it astonished us Horatius—" And now he feels the bottom.” that he should take the matter so seriously as to write a letter about iL, ‘hiestaet. i. iat spalwaly Seeina oi ean ectearni WMD In a similar manner it is provable that “ Paradise Apparently, he sil insires rerth much of its inspiration from “In the Good Old Suma Virgil's “Ene from The Star-spangled Banner, We disclaim at once an intention to kill the tramp. We weren't seruse" from “Home Sweet Home." While the extent. to which \ intending to, 1 is the professional joke-writers who have been — the prize limerick in this issue of JunGE will influence literature yet killing him, not ourselves. ‘The best story is funny only for a certain’ unborn, we shiver to contemplate length of time, After a few \ repetitions it | power to cause that pleasint tickling surprise. which we call mirth. A few more rep und it irritates us. A al we feel physical it A few mo are surprised and al that a person of in © cad tell se old a story, and we rar with kaugh ter. Perhaps the tramp has r gotten his second wind. Per haps there are still) funny things to Sty about him Heaven ygrant that there are, for as that is true we shall give him a warm hed, and only make him work a very little for it The mother-indaw ji — “Henne 4 however, apparently has 1 defenders OUT OF THE DEPRESSION, N hard climb, but a fine su comicbooks.com