Judge, 1908-04-11 · page 4 of 16
Judge — April 11, 1908 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **"Fish Figures"** and **"A Village Hampden"** are brief joke dialogues with accompanying illustrations, featuring rural or working-class characters in domestic situations. **"His Youthful Start"** appears to be a narrative poem with illustration about someone's early life ambitions, though details are unclear from the OCR. **"Submarine Finance"** is a longer poem about an ancient mariner who invested in a submarine, lost money, and went bankrupt—likely satirizing speculative investment crazes or foolish financial schemes. **"Touched"** depicts what appears to be a domestic dispute over household finances and responsibilities. **"A Final Protest"** shows a reluctant groom at an altar making objections about marriage. The page primarily features satirical humor about class, money, relationships, and human folly rather than specific political content.
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FISH FIGURES. “How many fish did you catch yesterday?” Mrs, Homespun Weary Waffles everybody knows dat . Mrs, Homespun got it in fer the for you." A VILLAGE HAMPDEN. Amro Abner Standard Oil Com nezer—“* L should y he had! He lets all of his lamps burn * ter doall he kin ter exhaust the resources: all night —says he's go of the Standard, b'gosh! HIS YOUTHFUL START. IM COOTES, the old, yeray- headed —jrood-for-nothing ye failure, led down to the red and pointed up the m to where a tumble- sawmill had half nin the dam, “Thar!” said he proudly; "* up thar, et thet sawmill, ’s whare I oot my start."” . MISUNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER. -— oT" second girl on the left is) gorgeously painted,” whispered the gentleman with and vi in whisk: t!" exclaimed the “T thought they were tights."" In faet, it would do anythin Kequired of it but—sink, He'd just ene Bur You see Vrovide a sink n unable to nov x, moutton, “Very well. I shall perform the ceremony, but remember it’s the /ast time that Pll marry either one of yo POUCHED. *Veyes'm, Dee y are de mes say you fellows never work vie papers alse says dat mether-in-laws is a nuisance, when inate and LE will broil a chicken THIS SPEED-MAD AGE. HE: police were trying to run down the man who started the run ona bank by saying the cashier had run off with the cash. ‘The newspapers were running down the police, yn the newspapers, while th the people were running. de sre buxy running down the people, And [guess that’s going PARTLY MAKING GOOD. Suburbanite (Monday morning) ‘ What do you think of that, a a letter from the cook Lhired Saturd ent” cur His wife" The mean thing! What reason does she give?’ Suburbanite cided to cut out the kero- cireuit for the present, but “Il move to town she'll give celing her en- if us a trial." NATURAL INFERENCE. Knicker“ Jones is wrapped auto."” * When did the acei- comicbooks.com