Judge, 1908-08-29 · page 4 of 16
Judge — August 29, 1908 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct elements: 1. **"Judge's Favorite"** (top left): A portrait labeled as featuring "Every grace that charms the eye" and commentary about being "requested by enthusiastic sophomores who gathered about me to kiss the young lady's hand." 2. **"For Value Received"** (top right): A letter from Ann Harbor, Connecticut, describing a social evening at a university involving second-year men and a freshman, with veiled references to courtship and propriety concerns. 3. **"A Human Device"** (middle right): A domestic dialogue between Mr. and Mrs. Upperton about a "street-car strap" and marriage compromises. 4. **"The Catches of the Season"** (bottom): An illustration showing a woman at what appears to be a fishery or market, with a caption about "backwoods photographer gets ready for the demands of vacation fishermen." The page satirizes college social dynamics, gender relations, and domestic life through humor typical of early 1900s American magazine satire.
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED. Ann Harbor, SIDENT Yarnell sity—-Dear sir: 1 writ tell you of the sociable even- ing that I enjoyed last week, and to request you to thank your sophomore classes for the s mecting, and as stepped out of the church was met b: ng of second- ed me to and up a very high maple tree, fearing, L suppose from rt beautiful a in the vieinity Upon de vated positic whe wis passing ue younse JUDGES PAVORTEL was invited to pour out my » for gereat your ti eloquence toher, Tt liberality of thouyeh sity that one should su heartily encouraged to prop hos eomaerriage on ort quaintance, 1 was even requested by the enthusiastic sophomores whe gathered about me to kiss the we service down-town near the moving-picture show, in which | was given a solo part, was the next thing on the programme, Nine‘ rahs" for the sophomore dd bath ended t nd a exciting evening for me, [mention these things not because | bel that you ted in ia y to show you that such hospi is apy r who your college town but hort time. It is this sort of hospitality that A HUMAN DEVICE, ks louder than the efewme on the door mat, the street-ear strap w peetedly hut merely bei tinment was that it came so unex- yf the kind, the whole twas so pleasing Had TP been a freshn traveling man, who was in town on a business vi y husband is nL might hi nd walks in his 1 unlooked-for pledye of universal coud fello you that it came aches that stra mn Avenue Mrs, Harlym “Only sill urs, Martin L. Murpock, he clings to it until F yell Am k to bed.” THE CATCHES OF ‘THE S| Phe backwoods photographer gets ready for the demands of vacation fishermen, comicbooks.com