Judge, 1908-05-23 · page 4 of 16
Judge — May 23, 1908 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century humor journalism: **"Dead Easy"** (top) mocks aspiring writers, suggesting anyone can write if they simply "hold a pen and write"—satirizing the proliferation of amateur authors. **"News Items"** lampoons various professions: an actor with a fur-coated tongue, a dentist putting gold crowns on a cat, and a banker with financial troubles. **"Why, Of Course!"** depicts an agricultural editor receiving a absurd letter from a city man asking about milking "long cows"—the joke being the questioner's ignorance of rural life. **"A Mere Side Issue"** (bottom cartoon) appears to mock international relations, with dialogue about England and Japan regarding trade. **"Everything As It Should Be"** features a conversation about Ibsen's plays, likely satirizing intellectual pretension among those claiming to appreciate serious drama. The overall tone reflects Judge's characteristic mockery of social pretension, professional incompetence, and cultural pretenders.
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DEAD EASY. T is not hard to write amusing things. You only sit and take your pen in hand— * Or your typewriter, if you understand How it is worked and wait until the wings Of fancy stir the Helico ngs Of light and joy, in Wa And then reel off the stuff t It is not hard. Why, it ix just as ¢ A child can do it with supreme delight. ‘The on isite for s Is just to learn to hold a y ‘And then, unless your br You're “it,” ** the is very cheesy, joker out of sight. NOTHI NEWS ITEMS. Parke—“* G DOING ‘THERE ‘m looking for a_nice, quiet place to spend my vacation in Lane—"* You mean a place where n have absolute rest—where there is nothing de f AN actor in Joque has a fur-coated tongue. An absent-minded dentist in Quoit put gold crowns on the teeth of his saw. lng A paying teller ina bank at Kramp is troubled 04, a place with two-dollar-billiousness. Lane—* You bet! My office. MUSIC CRITICS. ‘uith, Oi cud die listenin’ to Tom Callahan play th’ poipes. ‘ul ind"? Do you know of Mooney Donohue“ Fer meself, Oi'd prefer a pac JUDGE'S FAVORETI ‘ CATHERINE COOPEIC AS “PREDA VOOS" IN MISS HOOK OF HOLLAND.” WHY, OF COURSE! gricultural paper was yrum- HE editor of an ay bling about a puzzling question he had re= | | ceived from a city man who had recent, removed to the country, ‘The inquiry was. this: | “Will you kindly tell me how long: cows should be milked?" | The office by sing near, heard his superior repeating the question i . *'Scuse me, boss, 1; ‘but w'y don’t = SC | yer tell him jes’ de same 's short cows? ‘a A HATERARY hack ix not t at vehicle of expression, THE ORIGINAL “PLYMOUTH ROCK." r EVERYTHING AS IT SHOULD BE. “] HAVE a question to ask you."’ ‘The proud, intellectual beauty ntly in the face young man who had sworn to her forever, “ We are h perfect: sympathy,” she said, it is hardly worth while to refer to a slight detail, and yet, | mere formality, the matter would better be referred to, now that we | are about to be married, and the long evenings are ahead of us—ev which we ean discuss the manifold questions of the day.” smiled brightly.‘ Pm only too delighted, dear,"* he replied, curiosity. Pray proceed."* ' miling, lightly, she said, * Very well, then, ‘This is the question to which Lam sure you must have given earnest and prayerful thought. In whieh, am f Ibsen's plays, do you consider the great master reached ( the height of fhis yeenius * Do you wish to know my real opinion?” Dade | Lowering: his ve * Darling, the Ibsen cult makes me very | ye Me aything. that can be remotely considered a work nius, He There's nothing in him, 1 4 Do you re he strained him to her heart. “Lde And she much, 1 was inde “sit please you? plied, Ah! L cannot tell how raid you might appree ay. And I knew you did you might rudely break in at times on my contemplation of his immensity. him even in a remote Now ,, wen to draw us THOMA nothing can hay THE NEW FASHIONS. an't I get in . Peter —* No room; the ladies are all wearing wide halos this spring.”” A MERE SIDE Is \ Mart Hatch— Well, the editor of the Kanner says that England Spirit" W has got Japan fer a ally Hiram Waddle A alley! Well, now, you'd think them Japs would want to he the hull main street comicbooks.com