Judge, 1909-05-29 · page 13 of 20
Judge — May 29, 1909 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces of humor: 1. **"No Resemblance"** (top): A cartoon joke about a bachelor showing off a baby to a skeptical woman, with the punchline suggesting the baby looks nothing like the proud father. 2. **"The City Boarder and the Country Cow"** (center): A narrative poem with accompanying illustration depicting an urban visitor's frightening encounter with a cow. The humor plays on city dweller ignorance of rural life and farm animals. 3. **"No Inducement"** (bottom left): A brief comic exchange between a woman inviting someone to stay as "family" and the skeptical response about the host's violent temperament—domestic humor about inhospitable hosts. 4. **"Summer Girls"** (right): A short poem listing stereotypical female archetypes of the era in humorous fashion. The page represents typical Judge magazine fare: light social satire and domestic humor targeting urban middle-class readers.