Judge, 1908-11-28 · page 4 of 16
Judge — November 28, 1908 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine: **"Charge of the Fair Brigade"** (top): A poem satirizing women's aggressive bargain-hunting at sales, using mock-heroic language. The illustration shows women charging forward to grab merchandise, with the poem asking "When will their courage fade?" It's social satire about consumerism and female shopping behavior. **"Reflections of Uncle Ezra"** (middle): Gossip-style commentary on local scandals—automobiles causing divorces, a grocer's bill, and smoke nuisance from grass-burning. **"Wicked New York"** (bottom): A fashion-focused cartoon mocking New York women's pretensions, contrasting their appearance with claims of sophistication. **"Stage Gossip"**: Theater column chitchat. The page is primarily satirical social commentary on urban American life, particularly targeting women's behavior and fashion.
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CHARGE OF THE FAIR BRIGADE. (With apologies to the shade of Lord Tennywn.) ‘ALF a step, half a step, Half a step onward! Over there the bargains lie On the counters piled so high, Luring the unnumbered. Forward the fair brigade! “Charge through the aisles!” they erfed. (Three know what they want to buy- Anxious unnumbered !) Bargains to right of them; Bargains to left of then Bargains in front of them, There to be plundered. Storm they with right good-will; Boldly they push and well; Into the jaws of death, Where the best bargains sell, Push the unnumbered ! When will their courage fade? Oh, the wild charge they made! All the men wondered, Yet “honored "? all the charges they'd paid r wives’ plunder, Forward the fair brigade! Happy unnumbered ! SPECIAL DAYS. First boarder —“* Not hun- gry, or is ita fast day?” AN EYE ‘TO BUSINESS. Second boarder—* Yes; this “Mister, de gang wants ter know wot youse ‘Il take fer de skates.” is hash Wednesday."” REFLECTIONS OF UNCLE EZRA. T° TROUBLE with an automobile is that when it gets to be six months old it is nine years behind the sty Hank Tumms says his wife's coffee is so bad that there are plenty of grounds for divorce, Hod Peters has a new fall suit, William Tibbitts hax started it agin him for a old women, smoked Fletehe the weed the days of her life. Elmer Spink ain't had an of mar- riage this year. The trouble with leap year is that most of the gals look before they leap. William Tib- 4, bitts, our pop- “Yes; coming back.” ular and cor ial groceryman, has got a new stock of thermometers, but n't sellin’ many of them. Any feller that has to go and rubber at a thermometer to find out whether he is hot or cold, must be plumb fool. Uncle Eben Harkins got a photograph of his brother out West the other day, but throwed it away, thinkin’ somebody had sent him a comic v . nk Purdy says » between a clock and that a clock will run itself down if it gets a chang OSSIP. “ You were the leading man last season, weren't , . will run somebody else down. WICKED NEW YORK. folks don’t have to can fruit like us country folks ¢ “Why is New York different than most ge cities?” Vea e ke eer nehcliterenn t large cit bekus they can find plenty of preserved peaches in the ch Clara—* Why, it is possessed with two * Devils? instead of one.”? of the musical-comical shows. Koy KH comicbooks.com