Judge, 1909-06-12 · page 3 of 16
Judge — June 12, 1909 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon - "Tumbo Teddy's Wild East":** This appears to be satirizing Theodore Roosevelt's famous "Wild West" persona and showmanship. The cartoon depicts a circus-like "Wild Africa Show" with various animals and performers, suggesting Roosevelt's theatrical approach to hunting and adventure exhibitions. The title's play on "Wild West" mocks his carefully curated public image. **Middle Section - "Real Source of Profit":** A story about a street musician earning money playing piano. The judge questions how he profits, discovering he makes money from neighbors paying him to *stop* playing—satirizing terrible street musicians and the economics of noise pollution. **Bottom Cartoons:** Include a poetry section ("June") and what appears to be a nature or animal-related illustration unrelated to political commentary.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
TUMBO TEDDY’S WILD EAST REAL SOURCE OF PROFIT. SON of Italy was so unfortunate as to face the judge in A the police night court in New York not long “What do you do, Tony?” the judge asked, in a kindly as it happened, and perhaps touched tone, not being, hurric by the liquid softn “Maks da music wid de fina street piano—oh, very’ fina mu- sic!" Tony said, with a bright smil * How much do you make in a week?” ‘There was a flash of white teeth. “ Maka da much money—fifteencr, maybe twenty dol’."" “What? Get twenty dollars for playing a street piano?” the astonished judge demanded. “No, notta for play,’ the music master admitted; “ maybe geta two dol’ for play—getta rest for shut up noise an’ get off block OUR BILL To say that our Bi Is very unjust, For, taking all tt You can see he 's as square as can he, JUNE. A.sonnet in very biank verne.® -— — —— -- apring! shad. — — —glad— wing? -- — —sting, ——-- sad: ——-——--had ———ring! ——————— — — — bride! FLORA ANNIE BOSHYSHE © The reader isat perfect liberty to fill in th to suit his own tasten amd convenience without extra chune, comicbooks.com