Judge, 1909-04-10 · page 5 of 16
Judge — April 10, 1909 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**"Political Talk"** (top left): A caricatured figure in a top hat addresses a rotund man. The dialogue references "March fourth," "T and S," and mentions Roosevelt, Sherman, and Taft—likely commenting on early 1900s presidential politics, possibly regarding succession or campaign rhetoric. **"The Latest Easter Color"** (text): Satirizes fashion trends, suggesting parasols and hats in blue were the new Easter fashion. **"Idiocyncratic Problems"** (right): A sociological piece about quantifying social phenomena—how many freaks, fashions, or ideas exist—suggesting absurdity in categorizing human behavior. **Bottom cartoon**: Six figures in striped prison uniforms labeled with political positions (Lawyer, Doctor, Officer, President) sit together. Caption reads "The steal business is dull in Pittsburgh," satirizing corruption among Pittsburgh's professional and political classes.
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“LVH YALSVA MAN AHL “ Q Re : ae ud SH ALONE - Sreegy) oe BUGVILLE AUTO ACCIDEN'I tow did it happen?” * Hairpin tarn~careless chautfeur.”* THE LATEST EASTER COLOR. HE LATEST fad in color (A new thing under the sun) Is “ messenger boy," a shade of blue, And warranted not to run. A BASKET OF PEACHE (Turn this picture upside down and se IDIOSYNCRATIC PROBLEMS. OCIOLOGY, if it is to deserve the name of science, must S soon turn itself to @ quantitative and qualitative analysis and synthesis of certain phenomena which now go about unattached, unsheaved, as it were. For instance, how many freaks does it take to make one fad? How many fads to make a fashion? How many cranks must be gathered together in one place before we have a cult? What rela- tion docs a cult bear toa movement? What is the comparative pro- portion of ideas to each of the categories here mentioned? aa ‘The permutations and combinations of these tentative queries POLITICAL “TALK are infinite. RLS 0. JONER, Mr. Fatt a big day for T and S.° HIS PREFERENCE. Me Fa of Rooseeel She—* What is it you like best about a girl?” anks and the begis ie He—"* My arms, | Wl ao aioe NEWS NOTE, ‘The steal business is dull in Pittsburgh. comicbooks.com