Judge, 1909-06-19 · page 6 of 16
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This page from *Judge* magazine contains several satirical pieces mocking early 20th-century American life. **Top cartoon ("You Know Him"):** Depicts a man carefully reading restaurant menu while dining companions watch. The satire targets someone obsessively cautious about food—likely a hypochondriac or someone of modest means pretending to refinement. The irony: despite his caution, he orders an elaborate, expensive dinner. **"Envoy of Baseball":** A sentimental poem imagining baseball continuing in the afterlife, reflecting baseball's cultural importance to Americans at this time. **"Offhand Definitions":** Mock dictionary entries satirizing contemporary concepts—"Limony" (paying for peace/alimony), "Human nature" (excusing bad behavior), "Honest as the day is long" (elastically defined by season). **Bottom cartoon:** Two roosters debating smoking, playing on the phrase "hen's teeth" (impossibly rare). Gentle humor about animal behavior. The overall tone reflects *Judge's* characteristic witty commentary on American social pretensions, gender relations, and popular culture of the era.
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et YOU KNOW HIM “TL have to be very careful what Peat !—— LENVOL OF BASEBALL. HEN earth's final ball game is ended And the last raw decision 's been cried, st of league teams has vanished, And even the serub teams e died, We shall rest, or at least we shall try to, . for an con or tw inborn ball instinet wit Shall put us to playing anew. And they who played well shall be happy. They shall sit on a golden cloud, And brag of their great three baggers And the home runs that caught the crowd. They shall have real fans to blow to- the spooks of fans hall last for ages, ew teams shall h the disgruntled And each player shall work for his wages, Without caring greatly for fame, Just as all the ball men in the past have. And each in his separa Shall question the Umpi And be benched just as our players are, Inanver rane. OFFHAND DEFINITIONS—WEBSTEIN'S. LIMONY—The price of peace. Laughing stock—An amateur actor making an attempt at high tragedy. Political rainbows—The kind usually seen just before the November delu Human nature—Something to blame your eccentricities on if you are not like WISE GUY. other people, Why don't you take a vacati kins? The boss Becontag prida— Setting x pecne ; = long all right without you | 9 pride—Setting a proper valuation on your own abi anid accom: Uknow it; but E don't want Aim to get wise to it.” plishments—and never cutting. prices. Honest as the day is long—A somewhat elastic term that is used in speaking of our fellow-men, In June, when the day ixteen hours or thereabouts in length, it may properly be regarded as com- paratively high praise. But in December, when the days have shrunk to nine hours and some min- it is naturally considerably # flattering. In speaking of some men, it is safest to wait until about the 21st of December to use the honest-as-the-day-is- long expression. THE QUESTION SOLVED. = : 66 BEYOND the Alps" is hence Bo s Pi B°R ADDAMS~ This thrilling theme has had its NS TEETH, TOO. day. 11 to smoke it!" Sweet graduates will now advise but it's bad for the teeth.” How we the tariff should revise. comicbooks.com