Judge, 1909-04-17 · page 6 of 16
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**Top Cartoon:** This satirizes Theodore Roosevelt's famous habit of saying "I told you so." The exaggerated map shows Roosevelt's voice literally everywhere, with repeated declarations of past predictions. The phrase "heard wherever you go" captures the satirical point: Roosevelt constantly reminded the public of his earlier correct forecasts, a trait Judge found annoyingly characteristic of him. **Subheadings Below:** - "A Rooseveltian Characteristic" mocks Roosevelt's predictive boasting - "Frankly Explained" shows a doctor justifying high surgical fees by admitting appendix removal is his income source—satirizing professional self-interest - "House-Cleaning Days" and "Couldn't Forget It" are brief humorous anecdotes about domestic life - "The Crook" is a poem personifying a criminal character **Bottom:** An illustration of "Mary Garden as Salome" references the famous opera/biblical character, likely commenting on theatrical culture or a contemporary performance. The page mixes political satire (Roosevelt) with general humor and literary content typical of Judge's format.
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MAKY GARDEN AS “SALOME “DONT MAKE ee G0 THAT EXCUSES. DIDNT 1_ SAY, YEARS AGO T WOULD BE PRESIDENT. 4 ; | NW 09 T TOLD YOU ‘IST AST EXPECTED) - {TOLD YOU SO! pA ) *SENS* HEARD WHEREVER YOU GO. A ROOSEVELTIAN CHARACTERISTIC. FRANKLY EXPLAINED. 66 AH, NOW I have it!" quoth Srilloko Holmbo, the great African id the patient, who had been ailing a long time, q ‘ detecti k with me, Why do you demand such a large fi “ Have what?" inquired his companion. for cutting out my appendix?” “What! Why, the identity of the party whose trail we have “Well, the truth is,"” explained the frank M.D., “ when I re- been following the last two days, of course, This is the third — move that appendix I cut off my chief source of revenue.” wrecked typewriter we've found, and. inv ” ably it is the 1" bar which is battered be hope of repair, From which we m: my déar Wotso, that” HOUSE-CLEANING DAYS. OWNTOWN at his off | With scarcely a gl 1] | Returning home at th of day F guarsguf ‘ynnnse To slip on a cake of xoap. A (le COULDN'T FORGET IT. ‘h ‘4 . | | | 6EQATURDAY night some miscreant lugged t off a whole cord of my wood, and some- , y I can't t about declared Silas. “Have you tried to forget it?” inquired his | friend, “Yes. Sunday morn- A BUSINESS PROPOSITION. ing I went to Si—"* | believe that’s old Skintlint plantin’ flowers on his wife’s grave.” , | Hi—" Pshaw, no. “Them ’s early vegetables. ‘They hain’t no money in plantin’ flowers while church, hop- — tand ‘s so hig ing I could get it off my mind; and before I THE CROOK. had been there five minutes, the (With apotoxies ts "The Brook.) choir started in singing COME: from the haunts of lowly life, “The Lost Chord,’ so I I make a sudden sally, ns To venture out amid the strife got out!’ And all my fortunes rally. WIFEY'S COOKING. ‘ied ; — Ry divers ways, and strange, forsooth, Howell—"" 1 eat only Lcross the narrow ridges ‘one meal a day. ‘That mark the boundary line of truth, ° Powell—'*Is that s02”” And turn and burn my bridges. 9 Howell "Yes; U ha the other two at home. I steal by laws and ordinance, I fool the stupid jury. I make the common people dance, Unmindful of their fury. I wind about, and in and out, By aid of my attorney And now and then, when he’s in doubt, I make a sudden journey. Islip, I slide, I seek a goal Across the broad, blue ocean, To buy a picture or a soul, Just as I have a notion. iN Then home again I turn my eye When all the fuss is ove: For men are born and men But I must live in clo WALTER JONES WILLSON, die, Tr. comicbooks.com