Judge, 1909-07-24 · page 6 of 16
Judge — July 24, 1909 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon ("Side by Side at the Seaside"):** A playful exchange between two bathers at the beach. The "athletic bather" references Robert Browning (the Victorian poet), while the "fair bather" makes a joke about getting a suntan ("browning") without developing freckles. This is light social satire about beachgoers' vanity and literary pretension. **Middle Section ("Cheer Up!"):** A warning cartoon against pessimism, illustrated with figures and sunflowers. The text warns that excessive brooding is worse than being "half cracked" (somewhat foolish). **"The Newer Thought":** A satirical essay by Walter A. Dyer mocking contemporary philosophical and psychological trends—likely referencing early 20th-century movements emphasizing mind-body separation and the elimination of emotion. It cynically traces joy's origin to the Fall of Man and suggests modern philosophy aims to eliminate pleasure entirely, referencing figures like reformer Carrie Nation. **Bottom Image ("Amusement Up to Date"):** An elaborate mechanical contraption for amusement, satirizing overly complex modern entertainment technology. The page collectively ridicules modern intellectual pretension and joyless philosophies.
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SIDE BY SIDE AT ‘THE SEASIDE. Athletic bather —*V just dote on Browning, don’t you?” Fair bather 1 don't mind browning as long as it doesn’t freckle.” -~ WHAT IF YOU ee) ae / vw “Better be busted ‘Iban half cracked. THE NEWER THOUGHT. T vm isno such thing actually as joy. Hap- piness is merely subjective; pleasure is the product of the human brain, and is largely the effect of physical conditions, There- fore, as we more and more divorce mind from body, we shall be able to eliminate joy, and on the last day there will be no more joy on earth. A joke is a mortal error. There was no such thing on earth before the Serpent entered Eden, He was the first wag, and when Adam and Eve had eaten the apple of knowledge, they saw the point of the first practical joke. After the Fall came mothers-in-law, domestic servants, and girl friends; and, after that, the Deluge. Each morning. say to yourself calmly but “There is no joy. Pleasure does not ex- When you feel a tendency to laugh, tell yourself, ‘I am not tickled."” Thus will you come ultimately to that blessed state of joyless- ness which has been the aim of all saints and philosophers from Job to Carrie Nation. AMUSEMENT UP TO DATE. WALTER A. DYER. Only twenty-five cents for the trip. Satisfaction guaranteed.