Judge, 1909-08-28 · page 10 of 16
Judge — August 28, 1909 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate humor pieces typical of early 20th-century American satire: **"Humor of the Beach"**: A joke about women's bathing suits being so revealing or scanty that there's insufficient fabric to write jokes on them—poking fun at the increasing brevity of swimwear fashions. **"Deafening Nature"**: A poem using corn as metaphor for human pride humbled by fate, with the farmer's harvest as the "deafening" blow to nature's proud display. **"Getting Back at Him"** and **"His Price"**: Two domestic comedy pieces. The first plays on a suitor's clever wordplay about keeping a daughter "in gloves" (financially supporting her in luxury). The second depicts rural characters discussing a newspaper article about cheap wives in Formosa, with the husband accepting the low value as reasonable. **"Just Like the Cook"**: A brief joke about servants—suggesting households hire temporary help rather than maintaining permanent staff. These represent typical Judge humor: domestic situations, class commentary, and jokes targeting emerging social changes around fashion and gender roles.
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HUMOR OF THE BEACH. Friend—"" 1 suppose you will be writing a lot of jokes on these bathing suits?” Profesional humorist—"* 1 couldn't on most of them ; there isn't room: DEAFENING NATURE. HE CORN has reared its tasseled height All proudly toward the skies; It hears the songbird’s carol light And listens to the winds of night, When earth in slumber lies. But, lo! its happy day is swift, When sickled hand appears; ‘The farmer's cager, autumn shrift Hath set the proud stalk's joy adrift By lopping off its ears. Law GETTING BACK AT HIM.. Her father (crustily)—"* You ask for my daughter. Why, sir, at your present salary you couldn't more than keep her in gloves."” —** Well, wouldn’t that be enough?” Her father—** Do you mean to insinuate, young man, that my daughter would only wear gloves?” Suitor—"* Pardon me, 1 asked only for her hand!"" , all 1 gotter sa} mm would catch HIS PRICE. Mrs, Hayseed (indignantly) —"* He sez in Formosa a wife costs five dollars. Mr. Hayseed (after some thought)—'*Wa-al, I reckon a good wife's wuth it!” "s an article, Hiram, thet JUST LIKE THE COOK. He—* Do you keep a chautfeur ?"* She—"* No; but we often hire one.* comichooks.com