Judge, 1908-07-18 · page 4 of 14
Judge — July 18, 1908 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several humor pieces from Judge magazine. The top features "Timothy Tuff-Nut Says," advice column humor about money and marriage. "A Distinguished Family" depicts working-class characters discussing borrowing and church attendance—social satire of working poor respectability. The "Sweet Potatoes" section uses food imagery for unclear social commentary. "The Old Controversy" references three wise men from the East traveling westward, apparently satirizing directional assumptions or travel narratives. The bottom cartoon, "Stove, Stove, Who's Got the Range," shows two men in what appears to be domestic or political dispute over a stove—likely satirizing resource disputes or domestic politics, though the specific reference is unclear without additional context about Judge's publication date. Overall, the page mixes domestic humor with social class satire typical of turn-of-century American humor magazines.
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TIMOTHY TUFF- NUT SAYS: AY, BO, did ter think how fast money grows? "Member how small dat dol- lar looked when yuh borrowed it? Gee! ant don't it size up as big as de Ferris wheel down at) Luna Park wh en yuh got ter pay it back? Dis here vorce evil h ter stop. feller 1 know kot inter de an’ his « half took a horri- ble re "on JUDGE'S FAVORITE him. Wot did she MABEL HITE, LEADING LADY IN do? Why, she “THE MERRY-GO-ROUND.” goes an? marri jetimes evar himallover An’ speakin’ of divorces, did yuh ever pipe how A DISTINGUISHED FAMILY chisty over? OF break th’ face av {before often de marriage tie turns out ter slip knot? I could out how de long r could be de ae . ws jlitsiots lewber. te shortest way home, unless it was because dere wasn't no saloons on sin ‘s bin hanged fer killin’ an’ robbin® de longest way round A Quaker says ter me, Does thee think w De gospel sharps tell us dat de Lord will pervide, Mebbe so, but da inflooenced me ter pass up a free lunch, It don't pay ter borrow trouble, It was a wise gazabo wot foist tTought o” dat, but lots of us fergit our lesson. [ know a feller wot got so used ter borrowin’ trouble dat he run away wid anodder xh 1s ahop pple will allus ried.” ter git nobody ter . De ay have ter take a | at inde SAME S. STINSON, ripe old all right wid poetr, it don’t go wid exis. When yuh hear a THE OLD CONTROVERSY. shine shootin’ off about Easterner—** You will observe that the three wise men of old winnin’ in a walk, it's were from the tat he was de Westerner but they were going westward when men SWEET POTATOES. nly entry. tioned, ‘That's the reason they were wis ot's allus: spi fer dere country is When L went ter school honest I did, ter night school dere piece in de book wot says,‘ Honesty is de policy.” But itdidn’t explain an is honest be- cause his price is too high, A oil says ter me de od- der night, Tim, why don't yuh git married a fine husband.’ would,’ says Lo‘ Td be de best b I'd be so good my wife’d wanter have me Jan’ mounted. No glass case fer mini comicbooks.com