Judge, 1909-05-01 · page 5 of 16
Judge — May 1, 1909 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This six-panel comic strip satirizes a newlywed couple's domestic mishaps. A man sells his bride ice, which she discovers is not fresh. She responds with indignation about serving spoiled ice at her wedding reception. The humor escalates through increasingly chaotic scenes—the man breaks milk bottles, and eventually the bride chases him with a broom, suggesting marital discord. The satire mocks both newlyweds: the groom's incompetence and penny-pinching (selling ice rather than buying quality goods), and the bride's explosive temper over domestic failures. The title "Pet, the Blushing Bride" ironically undercuts romantic ideals—instead of demure femininity, she's violent and domineering. The bottom sections contain unrelated jokes about bachelors and education, typical of Judge's miscellaneous humor format.
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PET, THE BLUSHING BRIDE. 1. Pet (the blushing bride)—‘ Are you sure this-ice is fresh? Here, I'll take it, — 2 ——Oooh! I should think you'd know enough to warm it before handing it to a lady ! — 4. — After this 1 don't want my ice cooked so hard. It broke two bottles of milk."” “SIMILIA SIMILIBUS.” CIGARETTE and best seller Are similar, no doubt; For, when they are no longer puffed, They very soon go out! RULING PASSION. 66 )R. JONES’ professional habits still cling to him even though he has retired."” “How 0?” “The book he has just brought out has no appendix.” ‘OST fishes delight in hav- ing their dinners served on an angler’s hook. 5.“ Brute’ Brougherty—"* Shell 1 serve it wit’ lace tlutin’ er cut bias wit’ ostritch fedders?”” CAPITAL AND LABOR. 6. Pa—" Ob, Edgar, that horrid ive pers want you to chastise him—he’s waiting outs A SURE WAY. 66 QINCE I've come back I find that I'm forgotten by all my friends.” “Why didn’t you borrow of them before you went AMOUNTS TO SAME THING. Kinks—" Do you mean to say you have the advantage of a college education?” “ Yes." “But you never wife did.”” comicbooks.com