Judge, 1908-04-11 · page 2 of 16
Judge — April 11, 1908 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical content and advertisements from Judge magazine. The main cartoon, titled "Wouldn't This Be a Bird of a Ticket?," depicts a caricatured figure (likely a political candidate or public figure, though specific identity isn't clear from context alone) standing over what appears to be a barrel or container labeled with text suggesting corruption or misconduct. The accompanying text discusses doughnuts and farming statistics, which appears to be satirical commentary—likely mocking political promises or candidates who made grandiose claims about agricultural prosperity or economic benefit to common people. The "Big Crops" circular seal and references to a national record suggest this satirizes inflated campaign rhetoric about American agricultural output or economic advancement, a common Judge magazine target during the progressive era.
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|_Brunywick Mullding, 225 Fitth Aves New York. - resident, fests Anvectesine 0 JOHN A. SLEICHER Burges Johnson, Ma Subscriptions which areata discount im Mexico, To Canadian Provinces Bream's building, Chamcer its dependen Hf postage: to all t fd so cents a year Funorenn sai as acanrs—/aternational News EC. London: Birentama 1, Avemue se U' Opera, F Gormany. A PARABLE. NCE upon a time there was a hungry lot of people all eating out of the same Dinner Pail. And while the ing, came a Donkey, who did much kicking about, and he kicked the Pail over so that the contents spilled out and left the Pail emp- were along ty. And the lot of people got very hungry inde About that time a friendly Elephant came that way, and he me your Pail and I will fill it.’ And he was as good as his word, and stood by to s t no one in, But in course of time th pe partly empty, so that the people caught a glimpse of the bottom of it, and the sight made them panicky. ‘Then some cried, “ The clumsy Elephant has kicked a leak in it’; and others, We were so greedy we did it oursely and others, “He is no fit guardian’; whil still others said, braying of the Donkey in the dista us so nervous that our hands shook and we slopped the contents, But while they disputed the Donkey hurried to them and cried, “Look you, good people, at any rate there has been a leak in your Pail, and the Elephant is a poor guardian, Give it back to my car But at this there was a roar of laughter, ‘As between Donkeys and Elephants," laughed the peopl of them empty the Pail and we have seen the other fill it. Wh may be the truth of this present dispute, if the Pail really r filling, we know which is th Animal for the job.” we have # n DOUGHNUTS. HE STATISTICAL de- partment of the Union Pacific Railway has an- nounced that the prod- ucts of the farms of the st of the M rin 1907 reached total of $1,099,- orn leads, sissippi Ri the enorm 000,000, c hay aclose third. We do not mean to suggest to house a pre gredient for doughnuts, but, after all, ours is a met wing E PUMLIAIE WOULDN'T Cable Address,“ Judgark.” Tel. 6032 9 FLW. Scineider, Secretary. Arthur Terry, 1130-7 Marquette Build Grant Hamilton, Art Editor, WEEKLY AT 10 CKNTH A COPY, $3.00 230 <a * 135 raft on New Vork, of by express of postal order, mot by loval checks The cuntents of JUDGE are orotected by cooyrght in both the Unites States and Great Botaine CONTHIBUTORS must inclose a stamped and selt-adsressed entvelope with all manuscripts, otherivise return of the Latter when fund unavailable cannot be Juaranteese postal-card or by letter. will soon be no one of the round kind made So far as this national cruller is co hole left to look at, It's getting to L of dough, ‘There's a raisin, A SPECIAL NUMBER. ter, issue of JUDGE is not a special number in + custom of other years to the contrary notwith- standing. After all, Easter Day is not a fair mark for cartoons or other forms of hilarity. To be sure, the Easter bonne: Iways, with us, and it full tribut , likewise, the various absurdities of ostentatious Lenten sacrifice. But we would I your attention to the fact that the following issue, that of April h, is a special number, dedicated to the ‘ Golden Gate,”’ and the ption to the fleet on its arrival in our Pacific and across the continent to his readers on sanwhile in greeting to the cheery | friends of his, HE next, or E: ve tried to pi form: JUDGE reaches a the Paci NCLE SAM does not object to the return of prodigal daughters, U even though they be by great wealth, He is a little disgruntled, however, at having them bring. an assort- ment of foreign fortune-hunters in their train, We have enough of our own, t the food and we caten or smoked if NT is almost over. L smoke the to THs RE A BIRD OF A ‘TICKE comicbooks.com