Judge, 1908-04-18 · page 5 of 18
Judge — April 18, 1908 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes the economic burden of daughters' fashion expenses on fathers. The poem "Poor Pa" describes a man whose wife and daughters have purchased expensive Easter clothing—new hats trimmed with birds, stockings, dresses with short sleeves, and shoes—leaving him financially strained. The cartoon titled "Everybody Swears By Him" discusses Uncle Silas Seymour, apparently a well-known local figure who attracts attention through his garden produce and recent barn construction. The piece mocks small-town gossip and reputation-building. "A Familiar Complaint" shows a woman demanding a nurse for eggs, and "Would Die Happy" depicts an crowded social scene, likely satirizing urban life or social climbing. The page primarily uses domestic humor to critique excessive consumer spending and class aspirations in early 20th-century America.
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POOR PA. Y MA has bought new finery— ndy duds! as big as big can be, All trimmed with birds an" buds. An’ she has got a brand-new dress With ‘skee n in front together, guess Must be a awful stunt). "s got some brand- vy stockin’s, too; An’ let me tell ys Most all our Easter togs is new, Except pa’s suit and hat. An’ Jane has also a new dress Made from some flimsy stuff. what short sl of goods, I gues: ‘They didn’t have enough: What fun i An’ work her arms just like a crab While butt’ning it herself. An’ she has got for each new shoe ‘ A dinky yellow spat \ Perenstn— Fact, all we've got to wear is new, . Except pa’s suit an’ hat. A bunch of tradin’ stamps ma bought, An’ got a brand-new suit For me—an’, say, I'll be a sport. Visitor—** What do you do in school, Jimmie?” It surely is a beaut. cr ee ae ‘A brand-new hat—a pancake shape Jimmie ** Wait till it’s time to get out, A“ pleeted” waist, pure white (With front like rows of ticker tape), A necktie new and bright. We'll all parade the avenoo, While pa’s home in our flat, use all our clothes is nice an’ new, Except pa’s suit an’ hat. , p. rrrzen. EVERYBODY SWEARS BY HIM. rt4 HO'S the best-known man in this town- ship?’ queried the advance agent for the medicine show. “Well, young feller,"" an- swered Uncle Silas Seaver slow- ly, as he carefully packed the to- bacco in his black pipe; ‘ Jake Seymour holds that record about now, by eatin’ the fust new pota- toes from his own garden, tho’ Hank Calkins is a close second with his new pease. Aunt Sarah . A FAMILIAR COMPLAINT. Stanton is attractin’ considera- Mrs, Henry Peck—" Henry, you must get a nurse for these eggs. I simply cannot neglect ble attention with her flock of eighteen light brah- ridge game this way.” mas, with an egg record of : twelve dozen in eight days, the same bein’ writ up in the Smithville Banner, An’ Wal- lis Weaver's buildin’ a new hip-roof barn, But I guess, everything considerin’, Squire Hamilton's about the most popular man about these parts now. Everybody seems to swear by the squire, seein’s he’s jest been elected assess- or. SITUATION WANTED. srout boy wants situation in eating-house. Under- stands the business, WOULD DIE HAPPY. Uncle Zeb—* Maria said the city would finish me if I came, an’ I guess this stampede will do it. But I'd come twicet as fur ter git killed this way.” comicbooks.com