Judge, 1908-08-01 · page 4 of 16
Judge — August 1, 1908 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical commentary on economic hardship ("These Hard Times") typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine. The main cartoon "Disappointed" depicts a woman confronting a man, with text suggesting marital discord over financial recovery prospects. The accompanying sketches show caricatured figures—likely representing different social types dealing with economic strain. The longer prose piece "Timothy Turlerin" uses folk-style dialect to discuss marriage, poverty, and social attitudes. The language and illustrations employ period stereotypes common to Judge's satirical approach. The bottom cartoon "Overwhelmed" shows dogs fighting over scraps near a house, appearing to satirize how economic competition reduces people to animal desperation—a commentary on class struggle during financial crisis. The overall page targets working and middle-class anxieties about economic insecurity through humor and caricature.
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THESE HARD TIMES. economically-minded cit- A ware store izen stopped in a hard- asked, “How much re chile dren's bath-tubs?” ** From three dollars up,” led the clerk “ Whew!" whistled the “Guess we will to keep on washing: the ttle." aby in the ¢ A LEADING QUESTION. 2h BROWN'S offi boy had been exeused t dl when he afternoon before returned next morning his em- ployer greeted him kindly. “Well, Billy,” he said, yo te your yr JUDGE'S FAVORITE. r,”* replied Billy with a quivering lip. RITA STANWOOD IN “MARY'S LAMIL” “Was there a large at- eed your way your show, If any lamb e And saw y DISAPPOINT. ———— ooo, Vl swear that eve you play ‘ . She—" V was crazy when T married you. That lamb is s * What was the score H—" You were—but we all entertained hopes of your recovery TIMOTHY TUFFNUT SAYS: wot tinks de woild is woise dan it really is," says he. ‘ An’ w tural bent is all ter de but de natural bent re 7 OLLERIN’ our mustard, in of some fellers straight as a corkscrew. De wi A Bib) Mission onet talks ter me about re- Look out fer yer friends, Bo. Yer « I tells him de trouble wid re- dems morse is dat it never toins up till de M next mornin’. He changed ¢ jin't so wo Youse « ays 1. ** A man wot t'inks de woild is better dan it ly is," says he. ‘* Say, dey’re both wrong,” says 1. Am I right mT right? guys tells us dat ¢ 't got nothin’ on prosperity, at optimi w 1 know is about as or arity covers a multitude 0” sins, but sharp down in de Bowery — say, it rmies can look out fer Ives, phe it's all right ter bl s subject. doin’ it. A fish lays more ter be morse w yerown horn, but don’t git winded sags dan a hen, an’ don’t cackle about it, a Breddre rule de lawy an’ sisters, it's a cinch dat if we all follered de ts in * disappointed in disappointed rs would starve ter in’t married meself, but L keep 1 “sfit inter cach odder about as well as a ple T know wot de Prohibitionist. Fer instan t might, but it’s a poor rule wot won't woik bot’ ways, How do ‘80 much cha led, ycan git along glass 0” beer fits inter in’ dere's Dese here wise married right: makes togedder is ter live Me friend Zolinsky w If Thad a wife wot made m count fer dat? SAMS. STINSON, yous Marriage is a lottery, all right, an’ some yruys ain't sate al wid dere luck till dey try it four or five times, it funny how dif ‘ink diffrent of A boid in de hand 1 osy be wort’ two in de ist bush, but yuh can't make de Doids see it dat wa: T wouldn't move up-town if L wanted ter live wid de best people, x!) Not fer m Fd move over ter Greenwood Cemetery. 3 One of dem airships wot " Preaches up in Madison Square spiels ter me about pessimists optimists.‘ Wot's a simist?” says LA OVERWHELMED. * You look sare about something, Hank wre isne fit term for it, Bill Just imayine the liation of one seeing part of hinvself d the h + comicbooks.com