Judge, 1908-04-04 · page 7 of 16
Judge — April 4, 1908 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several brief satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century humor magazines: **"RONDEAU"** is a poem mocking romantic gossip—a woman's reputation suffers when she's seen walking with a man, so she isolates herself to avoid scandal. The satire targets rigid social conventions about unmarried women's conduct. **"INCUMBERED"** jokes about a farmer offering his wife as collateral, playing on the double meaning of "incumbrance" (legal burden/wife as burden). **"BADLY NEEDED"** is a quick pun: a weak boarder sets tea on a chair to let it rest, misunderstanding the phrase. **"THESE REALISTIC BABES"** satirizes a child reading the Bible literally, finding the violence disturbing—mocking both overly literal interpretation and the gap between children's innocence and biblical content. **"THE REAL TEST"** and **"A VICTIM TO SYSTEM"** are brief social commentary pieces on hypocrisy and materialism. The cartoons throughout use exaggerated drawings typical of the era to lampoon middle-class social pretensions and domestic life.
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RONDEAU. JHE rumor ran, not long ago, “Phat he had come to be my beau. t hook their heads and talked If ona Sabbath out we walked And through the parkways ambled slow. * Peopinguity,” they said, you know. I knew that if he heard he'd yo. And though Lat the “The rume So now I sit along, for no ‘Tobacco smoke I smell below; eak of chair when forth he rocked. th locked Hye lost my ‘auaatia rats INCUMBERED. Magistrate—“ You are willing to go bail for John Preston and offer your farm as security? y incumbrance on the farm?" “Oh, yes—my old woman.” BADLY NEEDED. Landlady—“"Why do you set your tea on a chair, Mr. Jones?” Boarder—* WW was so very weak, ma’am, 1 thought 1 would rest it.” THESE REALISTIC BABES. Twuz ood fer nuthin’ but de long ILLIE was decidedly realistic and so very fond of hearing Bible stories he could read, his aunty gave him a copy of the Bible written especially for children «Ss wing in despair, Every one ran to see what THE REAL TEST. OME peo, be a Christ “Dye never tried any of y Helieve a man eannot smoke and n. Do you?” Fciygars.”” had happened. ‘They found him with his new Bible open. illic, Willie, tell us what is the matter?” HEN a woman attends a handkerchief sale “MAEM And God buried him, A-and n-ne man knows w-where it is probably because she wants to blow h-his b- bones are tte ththis di. in something. ions till they lose their taste.” say it’s the style now to chaw the sakes! how do they e y work done? comicbooks.com