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This page from Judge magazine (circa 1908) contains several distinct humorous pieces: **"Bob, Betty and Baseball"**: A dialogue where Betty, unfamiliar with baseball, asks innocent questions about player positions. Bob explains that players are named by their roles (pitcher, catcher, fielder). The humor derives from Betty's literalist misinterpretation—she assumes the "catcher" should be called a "glover" based on his glove, missing the actual function-based naming system. **"A Strange Profession"**: A photographer complains that after being photographed in riding clothes, the prints are ready but his "negatives" haven't developed—a pun on photographic negatives versus negative character traits. **"Not Nice"** and **"Marine Tones"**: Brief comedic vignettes about working-class complaints and misunderstandings. The page also includes a Lackawanna Railroad advertisement promoting summer vacation destinations. These pieces exemplify Judge's light, pun-based humor aimed at middle-class readers, with gentle satire rather than sharp political commentary.

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Your Summer Vacation? § The vacation question in all its details is fully answered in } the 1908 Sumer Book of the Lackawanne Ration, en ! ta “MOUNTAIN AND LAKE RESOR’ It tells you where you can fish, hunt, bathe, sail, paddle, motor, golf, climb, ride, dance ot rest. a lit of Hotels, boarding houses, rates, railroad fares, etc. It takes you to the very heart of Nature's Playground. Send 10c. im stamps and this beastifelly Mustrated feed of Tz pes wil be madd to roe or i mar ree at any Lachawanaa Tichet Office. GEORGE A, CULLEN General Pasenger Agent, Lackawanna Railroad Dei. 27, 90 Weat St., New York BOB, BETTY AND BASEBALL. OB, who is that! ‘ Comeon, Betty, the last man man with a club id Bob. is shoul-| ‘* That's a deliberate asked snapped Betty. ‘Look at around us. reached the street. «promised Bob. “Tell_me why they all look so de-| s| carries is called pressed?" demanded Betty. a bat.” “The score didn’t favor them,"? re- “And that plied Bob. | man with the | ‘* What was the score?” ball is called a sitors eight; home team ort baller?” “Oh, Bob," cried Betty joyfully, “No, little girl. He “I'm so glad the home team won pitcher because he pitches the ball."” “Then why isn’t the man with the club called the holder?”” inquired Betty. holds the club, doesn’t he? “As arule, dear, the player's position gives him a nam “* For in- stance, the man’ in the field is called a fielder. “Oh, I'm beginning to understand,"” cried Betty. ‘That man with the glove is a glover, isn’t he?"" Pty, that man is not a glover,"’ declared Bob. ‘He is a catcher. They m a catcher because he catches the A STRANGE PROFESSION. “Photography is a strange sion,’’ muses the young man. “Because it develops negativ look. “Not that exactly, But, taken in my riding togs But the other men catch the ball."* ut not as often as the catchgr. The pitcher pitches the ball and the catcher catches i “But suppose he doesn’t catch it,’ that they are all mounted. Presbyter. prevarication,”” them all Idon’t suppose a dozen have “TM buy you a baseball guide, dear,” | PERRIN LAMBERT. profes-| asks the young woman with a knowing ag an ex- ample, the other day I had’ my picture not on a horse, | you know, but just standing in my riding outfit with my crop held in my hand. And to-day the photographer writes me that the pictures are ready for me and *—Heraldand | NOT NICE. Mr. William Huggins was angry, and rtainly appeared to have some jus- tification for wrath, “"Liza,”” he expostulated, always tell you I won't ’ay the kids bringin’ in the coals from the shed in Just listen to reason, if you please, You have spoilt the shape of that hat with your funny head, and, as you're working coal all day at the wharves, what can a little extra coal-dust in your hat matter “You don’t see the point, said William, with dignit; . wear that ‘at in the hevenin’s, an’ if, while I'm hout, I takes it horf my head, it leaves a black band round my forrid. Wot's the consequence? Why, I gits accused 0’ washin’ my face with my ‘at, on, And it ain't nice, "Liza.”"—Ex. PARLOUS TIMES. “A man has to draw it fine these days. ‘hat do you mean?”* “Staying ten minutes after office hours each day will probably make a good impression, but staying fifteen is liable to excite suspicion that you are monkeying with your books.""—Kansas City Journal. 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It has other just such cures to its credit. It gives in- stant relief from the pain and odor, and is saving people every day and restoring them to bealth and strength. If you have cancer or any lump or sore that you believe is cancer, write today and learn how others have been cured quickly and safely and at very amall expense, No matter what your condi- tion may be, do not hesitate to write and tell me about it. I will answer your letter promptly, giving. you, absolutely free, full information and proof of many remarkable cures. Addresa Dr. Rupert Wella, | 3007 Radol Bidg., St. Louis, Mo, GRITTY. “Fifty miles an hour,”* | yelled the chauffeur “ey, replied the ‘she swallowed another pint of Exchange. isted Betty, * is he called a misser? Betty, you are trying to work this thing along a certain line of argument, and it’s utterly impossib! remon- strated Bob. ‘Just try to enjoy the game without knowing anything about it. Betty was obviously miffed, She watched the gi ently until the end of the seventh inning. ‘Then she turned to Bob. Please tell me about those pillows out there on the grass,"” she coaxed. y are called base ‘na man is on a base is he a baper | No, dear; he is called a baseman."" “And what is that man between two bases?"* all from going to the Bob. ‘He is called the short-stop. Betty's eyes grew moist and there was | ce as she sai ly isn't fair to make fun of m Bob. That tall man couldn’t be any- thing short.”” the Bob. game will soon be} ‘The girl watched the playing with a languid interest. Finally the spectators d concertedly, arose and started By request Jur & reproduces in black and white the color cartoon of June 6th. Judge’s Platform at All Times and All Seasons It is already famous. comicbooks.com