Judge, 1909-01-02 · page 5 of 16
Judge — January 2, 1909 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**"The Bulge of Fashion"** silhouette at top satirizes women's fashion trends of the era, showing exaggerated, distended silhouettes. The accompanying verse mocks how fashion created unflattering bulges and protrusions—women's clothing produced awkward shapes that "puffed and swelled." **"Johnny's Resolutions"** presents humorous New Year's pledges by a boy, including promises not to put pins in his teacher's chair or fight with his brothers—clearly comedic domestic/school humor. **"Reflections of Uncle Ezra"** offers folksy rural commentary, mentioning local gossip and weather observations in a rustic voice—typical period humor featuring rural character stereotypes. The bottom illustration, "How It Has Grown," depicts an early automobile causing chaos in a town, likely satirizing the social disruption caused by motor cars' rapid adoption in early 20th-century America.
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‘The first bulge came when panniers puffed and swelled, A k five feet wides Moons that vainly trie draperies looped ups outside. JOHNNY'S RESOLUTIONS. 66] WILL not put pins in my dear teacher's chair."” I hurt the old duffer just as much, anyway.) “1 will not quarrel and fight with my big brothers in 1909."" (What have I got a little brother for?) “I will not play hookey from school to go fishing or swim- ming.” (That is, in the winter time.) “ Twill be a regular attendant at Sunday school."” (At Christ- mas time and just before the summer excursion, of course.) “1 will not take mother’s currant jelly from the pantry without (Her raspberry jam is good enough for me.) “will be kind to dumb animals, such as tigers, lions, and ele- (Tacks will permission.” -_—™ i ‘The infant. gx. S Spore The i ioonssy, Temas : oe. Dornea ‘The office boy Thames a : . “The head clerk ‘The cashier. 6. S Ggrne PRESIDENT ‘The bank presi- dent “The convict. Plo 3)13—— ‘THE SEVEN AGES OF TOMMY JONES fas told by his handwriting) phants."? (Stray cata and dogs, however, had better keep out of this neighborhood.) “1 will not throw stones at the Chinks and Dagos.’’ (Bricks make them holler louder, anyway.) ‘eT will not"? (Oh, gee, that's enough! ‘They say the And later Hf Atti y surely shitked. Iped out by puffs a REFLECTIONS OF UNCLE EZRA. OD PETERS took a hog to market last week. He says it H didn’t weigh as much as he thought it would, and, by gin- ger! he didn’t think it would. A feller never knows how many til he tries to sell ‘em something. One good thing about the weather in this locality is that what it lacks in quality it makes up in quantity. The only editor Lever heard of who was a defaulter was treas- urer of a Sunday school and got away with $1.98. Jason Tubbs went fishin’ last Tuesday in Swazey Creek and caught two blue gill, three rubber boots, five tomato cans, and a cold in the k Cha iends he hasn't got un- ity covers a multitude of sins, and the first snowstorm of the season covers a multitude of ti You ean talk about Ty Cobb all you want to, but the best batter L ever see was the batter mother sets behind the stove these frosty nights, ZT0N. Hh good die young, and I want to live until I eateh that red- headed boy on the next block who stuck his tongue out at me yesterda HOW IT HAS GROWN. “Look out! Here comes an auto !"* comicbooks.com