Judge, 1908-05-09 · page 15 of 16
Judge — May 9, 1908 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page features a lengthy humorous poem (center and right) about a cannibal monarch who practices exaggerated Victorian etiquette and civility. The joke satirizes the contrast between refined manners and savage behavior—the king treats his victims with elaborate courtesy, even apologizing for eating them while following strict rules of conduct (refusing to serve a Jew, removing a hymn-book before cooking a clergyman). The satire appears to mock both Victorian social pretension and 19th-century racial stereotypes. By portraying the cannibal as scrupulously polite and morally concerned, the poem likely ridicules both the obsessive formality of upper-class society and contemporary attitudes toward non-European peoples. The three illustrated panels below ("Practical Nature-Faking in the New Heroids") appear to extend this mocking theme through whimsical giraffe drawings, though their specific reference is unclear from the image alone. The page is primarily editorial/satirical content with scattered period advertisements (Karo Syrup, Cluett Shirts, Sunny Brook Whiskey).
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