Judge, 1908-12-12 · page 3 of 16
Judge — December 12, 1908 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The bottom cartoon satirizes American-European relations, likely from the Gilded Age. A figure labeled "Europe" poaches from American territory (marked "U.S."), stealing money bags while Uncle Sam (represented by the tree) appears dormant or indifferent. The satire criticizes American weakness in protecting its economic interests against European exploitation and imperial competition. The "Higher Education" poem mocks educated women, suggesting college-educated females waste their learning on frivolous pursuits—writing novels, burning coal, gossiping—rather than substantive work. The satire reflects period anxieties about women's education and changing gender roles, implying higher education was wasted on women who wouldn't use it "properly." Both pieces express conservative social and economic anxieties of their era.
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WALL STREET. LITILE strips of margin, Little drops of stock, Make the fretted lambkin Send his watch to hock. WANTED THE REWARD. Lady— What do you want, my little man?” Little boy (carrying a cat) “I want that five dollars you offered as a reward for the return of your canary bird.”? Lady— That's not a ca- nary; it’s a cat.”” Little boy—"1 know it; but thc bird's inside.” HE EMBRACED IT. Freshman—* When I get interested in a subject, I don't stop till I have embraced it thoroughly." College widow —“* How perfectly delightful! Do—do you consider that Iam an in- teresting subject?”’ THE BUGABOO. HIGHER EDUCATION. ter came from college And while she was a-choosing She had studied everything, would write a book or two, enerate the nation From the power of psychic im- , ial And to pull the family through. To the proper way to sing. There were a lot of suitors That came to burn our coal, And talk at length to sister Of the status of the soul. There were some so full of knowledge With 1 reactions pad from Grecian tragics To the comedies of Thrums. She had studicd mathematics, All the varied powers of x, Though she would forget her And a mighty wedding rout. bi : When it came to drawing ai Ci eget Pike ati cheeks. A rae 0 naw She could beat the box prodigious, 7 Whose sis aie any show Ae aera the manaolio, I found a note one morning, gai © jg When to wake hei e To secure the needful hen te Uale Bet up 7 ae She had left with big Bud Hopkins, ‘ould hardly sign his name! We thought some big. professor Was the lowest she could mate, Though her talents should be shinii With a leader of the State. cM RYAN, 7 oe heey é THE TITLED POACHER, comicbooks.com