Judge, 1908-02-29 · page 6 of 16
Judge — February 29, 1908 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* contains multiple short humorous pieces targeting social pretensions and human foibles circa early 20th century. **Key content:** - **"Judge's Soliloquies"**: Observations on drinking, revival meetings, and the scientific feeding of children—mocking bourgeois earnestness. - **Ben Franklin/John Greenleaf Whittier reference**: A joke implying Whittier lacked Franklin's humor, likely reflecting contemporary literary reputation debates. - **"News Item" dinosaur cartoon**: References a real Central Park incident, humorously depicting police managing crowds around an unusual spectacle. - **Remaining vignettes**: Satirize theatrical pretension ("Just Between Themselves"), romantic secrecy, musical snobbery, and gender stereotypes about diet and character. The humor relies on class anxiety, literary celebrity gossip, and assumptions about proper behavior—concerns recognizable to *Judge's* middle-class readership. The overall tone is gently mocking rather than politically pointed.
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DONE TO DEATH. JUDGE'S SOLILOQUIES. PAIN kind of man will only stop THERE once was a dunner named Dun, drinking—when it’s his treat Who collected the mun with a gun; There's noone so hopelessly And he killed a dead beat rushed as the man who can’t find Right out in the street. time to do anything Yes; that’s what the dunner Dun done. I's curious how revival meet- to TIS SAID that Ben Franklin had a keen sense of humor. bation in the church, and at the “Yes; but John Greenleaf was Whittier.” 5 will cause men to be put yrovery store as well ‘The one advantaye in uttering is that you are k before ot apt to sp ou think, If you attempt ty kiss wrally tail, ss is hard to catch, lots of fun hut) there chasing it When drunk, men often say sensible things, which sound foolish to them when sober. Many women who believe in the scientific feeding of children never a chance to try it AN “EXPOSE.” daily quicken: “Phe litterat e-bay" detective? a My stuff its ‘ lothess NEWS ITEM. Central Parque the other da ¢ police had to dis- IN Central Parque the other day the police had to di i shonidihiek iiveniivali ike Perse a crowd watching a cunning dinoswurus pick- time, you would worry a ing its tecth with the obe ae ingg home." JUST BETWEEN THEMSELVES. Letress (sotto voce) —"'Sh, ne one must know of this!” Actor (surveying slim audience) —" My dear, you may speak out, there is no one to he: REMEMBERING. irst lady confidant what T've just “l was told me yi" Second lady confidant Mil remember. ‘That ’s one sceret Powe you!” ® HIS CRITICAL JOKE. De Style— Was that a drinking-song the soprano just Gunhista — Why, ne What makes you ask that?” De Style “There were many high bawls in it.” JUDGING BY HIS FRESHNESS. Gerald—" They sty that a man becomes what he eats.” Geraldine—* You ought to try stale bread for a while.” Mes. Hey ‘Aren't the tnins just 6 FATHER, what's poo het pieve any one, my child.” Me. Owl?" Weir father.” * A coin you can't pp comicbooks.com