Judge, 1908-12-12 · page 2 of 16
Judge — December 12, 1908 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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This page critiques **charity and doughnuts** through satirical commentary and cartoons. The main cartoon "The New Doughnut" mocks a revised drawing of a famous doughnut that "attracted much attention during the recent political campaign." The text suggests businessmen are *increasing* turkey donations to the poor around Christmas—not out of genuine charity, but to appear philanthropic while reducing actual assistance. The implication is that charity "is the first thing to be affected by a financial depression." The large bottom cartoon shows a massive doughnut labeled "BIG GROSS" with text about "natural resources." A small figure claims credit, saying "I told you so" to the Judge. This appears to mock someone (unclear who) taking undeserved credit for economic conditions. The satire targets hollow charitable gestures and false credit-taking during economic hardship.
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__ Brunswick Building, 225 Fifth Aves New York. Cable Address,“ Judgark.” Tel. 6632 Madison Square. ~ JOHN A. SLEICHER, President. F. W. Schneider, Secretary. Arthur Terry, Treasurer. wi 1136-7 Marquette Building. Chicage. Grant Hamilton, Art Editor, PUBLIGUKD WEEKLY AT 10 CRNTS 4 COPY. Ove year. or $2 numoer ne se : 13 Sobscriptions payable in advance by draft on New York, or by express or postal order, mt by laal checks which are at a discount in New York Cty. Postage free in the U old so cents a year for post pondbe Contents of FUDGE are orotected by cooyright tn both the United States and Great fain. Evaornan 941 rz lnternationa! Ns Company, Brears's buidding, Chancery Lane, CONTRIBUTORS mast inciose a stamped and self-addressed entvelope with all manascrpts EC. Loudon: Brentano's. Avtune de Opera, Pari: Saarbach's News Bachange, Mains, otherwise return of the latter when found unavailable cannot be guaranteed. Germany. 1M JUDGE canst be found at any eewe-stand, the publishers will be ender obligations If that fact be promptly reported on postal-card or by letter. + Present year, 10 cents pet copy. 1997, 20 cents; 1906, 30 cet ete. jumber on thelr wrapper. From two to three wee THE NEW DOUGHNUT. owners of New York skyscrapers. ee ISION is often cautions, the first they know they will awake some morning and Gea cierto) necessary. Some. find that thieves have stolen their buildings and sold the same to \. INDIGESTION 17 times it is of a 8Yndicates in other cities. book; sometimes as it is of @ cartoon that At a teachers’ institute held in Pennsylvania, one of the speak- must be changed to keep ¢T8 boldly asserted that no schoolma'am had a right to marry until It is She was able to support a husband. When country schoolma’ams are | sure that earning a salary sufficient to support a husband, it will be time to es on this look for the millennium. Unless they take proper pre- up with the tim with great pl Jupoe pub page a revised drawing of ove the famous doughnut that The state railroads of Belgium show a deficit of over $2,000,000 attracted so much atten- for the past year. The administration is going to increase both “00D BYE tion during the recent passenger and freight rates. In Switzerland the deficit of the state DOUGHNUT {| political campaign. railways for this year will be between $1,000,000 and $1,200,000. , Hid away in the col- Yet Mr. Bryan would have the railroads in this country owned by umns of a metropolitan the government. MA SAYS 1 COULD EAT DE DOUGHNUT, IF é newspaper, the following : ie eA ee item was found: ‘The suppression of a magazine article which contained an inter- DE HOLE, “The poultry mer- view granted to an American journalist by Emperor William of chants of this city have Germany, has given reporters an excellent opportunity to let their been in the habit of dis- imaginations run riot as to what it contained. Some exceptionally tributing, on the day be- clever and most idedly original fiction has been the result. In fore Christmas, a large many respects these ‘* interviews "’ equal some of the best work of number of turkeys among the great masters of the short story. May we have some more of the poor, at the expense of philanthropic business men, Last year, chem. Frankly, we were getting very tired of the old conventional on account of the panic, only a very few turkeys were sodistributed, plots. For a while it looked as though almost all such gifts would be cut off this year. ince the election, however, times seem to have changed, and business men are now not only ordering the usual number of turkeys for the poor, but often are actually increasing the size of the order.”” One would have difficulty to find bet- ter proof that the hole of the doughnut is disappearing. Charity is the first thing to be affected by a financial de- pression, and about the last to be bene- fited by a return to prosperity. In our boyhood days we liked the doughnut with the smallest hole. Consequently we would rather look at the new than at the old doughnut. PEN POINTS. VERY BODY out the next sibly a Mr. Taft, who the matter seem to bh account in making the of little lectiors. A thief, ace contemporary, the ding, to our V ‘remdenblatt, bre y, into millinery establishment in that . ene AN Mas city and stole two hats of gigantic size “1 TOLD You so” and variety. Here is a warning for the Judge—* Well, will you look at that doughnut 1” Bes wa saeeser ~ comicbooks.com