Judge, 1909-04-17 · page 7 of 16
Judge — April 17, 1909 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two unrelated items: **Top: "Easy Lessons in Memory Training"** — A brief satirical sketch mocking mnemonic devices (tying strings on fingers to remember tasks). A woman asks a man about his memory aid system, but his explanation becomes increasingly absurd and nonsensical, suggesting such tricks are worthless. **Bottom: "The Yarns of Captain Fibb"** — A six-panel comic strip depicting an old sailor's tall tale. The captain claims to have discovered a rainbow's end on an island, chased it, found buried pirate treasure, was captured by pirates, and escaped. The exaggerated adventure story parodies classic seafaring yarns and the tendency of elderly sailors to tell increasingly implausible stories to listeners. The humor relies on the audience recognizing this as obvious fiction passed off as fact. Both pieces use gentle satire rather than political commentary.
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EASY LESSONS IN MEMORY ‘TRAINING. * Now let's see, Maria: this string on_my little finger means the spool of cotton thread, and the next one means sand the forefinger is not to forget to go to the post-office—but what 's this 2 And 1 ree'leets what they uster tell me 3. Bimeby, arter I'd bin chasin’ it all about findin’ a pot o' day, Feomes up ona litle i less like, all of a sudden I sees a most be 80 1 hotfoots arter c i and'there in a holler before me w rainbow.— chases it, but th cps gettin’ — disappearin’ inter a hole in the ground !—— 6. ——Blow me, if that gold didn’t be ratea, which they war a-burryin,-and they captures me and puts me aboard their ship ter be put ter death! 1 told yez how I escapes from them pirates.” 4 i — But jist then 1 hears footsteps bebi ber, if two fierce-lookin’® hole, and lambaste wuzn't a chest at the bottom fille¢ doublons! Heaps and stacks of ‘em! And t sees meself jist rol wealth, — comicbooks.com