Judge, 1908-12-26 · page 3 of 17
Judge — December 26, 1908 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a poem "De Squeegee" (top left) and two cartoons satirizing domestic incompetence. **"Fooled Them Both"** (center) depicts a husband returning home to find his bride in tears over failed cooking—she burned eggplant and couldn't make biscuits. The joke hinges on the wife's admitted incompetence at household tasks, with the husband sarcastically suggesting she's "stupid" for basic cooking failures. This reflects early-20th-century domestic humor mocking women's housekeeping abilities. **"How Could You, Andy?"** (bottom) appears to show someone (possibly labeled "Andy") amid scattered toys and Christmas items, suggesting domestic chaos or parental negligence regarding child safety or gift organization. Both cartoons target domestic life humor common to Judge's readership, though the specific topical references are unclear without additional context.
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DE SQUEEGEE. HEN de shaddehs fall et de close ob day, W En de red sun say, ‘ Good night,”” En de ol’ wohl slips on a cap ob gray, Es de white stahs peep in sight, Den ef yo" shud pass by de ol’ mill-house, Down deh by de han'ted tree, Keep yo’ heels in de aih En run lak a hahe- En watch out foh de ol’ Squeegee! Watch to de right en watch to de lef’; Run lak sin en hol’ yo’ bref. What's det shinin’ fro de mill-house do’? What's det creakin’ on de mill-house flo’? Soun’s lak de rattle ob chain en key Run, honey, run! Et’s de ol’ Squeegee! Grandad he say et’s de awfulist thing, Wid teeth lak de stumps ob tree En great brown ahms det aroun’ yo" cling, Till yo’s wrapped fum head to knees. He take yo’ away in de daid ob night, Way off to a han’ted sea, Wheh de goblins dive En gobble tads ali Luk out foh de o| Den watch to de right en watch to de lef"; Yo’ run en run till yo's 3 De ol’ ow! hoots in de deep Each time det he hoot yo" k Yo! luk in de gum en two ey: Run, honey, run! Et’s de ol THE SAME OLD STORY. FOOLED THEM BOTH. ’ R. NUWED, returning from his day’s work, found his bride in tears. “0-oh, hubby!"" she sobbed, ‘* I'm xv dis- couraged. I don’t think I'll ever learn to cook well enough to keep your love for always!" “Why, what's happened now, darling? Did you salt the coffee, or put red pepper into the cin- namon sauce again, or did you try to make omelet out of eggplant this time?” ‘*No-o; but you remember those biscuits | made this morning?” “Oh, yes; I remember them all right !"* “And you suid they would be just fine if they were only cooked a little browner and were not so pale and sickly, Well, I gave those that were left to the old speckled hen.” me! Did the hen eat any of them?” “No-o; but she’s—she’s setting on them now.”” “Oh, well, what can you expect of a stupid hen!"” “ But—but that isn’t all. Mrs. Nexdoor looked over the fence and said, ‘Funny how that old creature will sit on door-knobs and things!’ And I'm afraid she wasn’t even meaning to be sarcastic !"’ CHARLTON LAWRENCE RDNOLM. “HOW COULD YOU, ANDY" comicbooks.com