Judge, 1909-08-28 · page 4 of 16
Judge — August 28, 1909 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page from the satirical magazine *Judge* contains several humorous sketches and commentary on early 20th-century social issues: **"Babies"** ridicules the impracticality of babies in modern life, particularly on railway travel—a common complaint among Victorian/Edwardian society. **"Woman"** presents a comedic definition of women as a "hypothetical question," reflecting contemporary attitudes treating women as philosophical abstractions rather than equals. **"The Flying Chauffeur"** satirizes dangerous automobile driving, a newly emerging social problem as motorized vehicles became common. **"Diplomacy"** mocks social pretension through a conversation about inviting one's grocer and butcher to a wedding breakfast. The remaining sketches address contemporary urban problems: tax collection, social climbing, and automobile safety. The overall tone reflects early 1900s anxiety about modernization's disruptions to traditional society.
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uae: BABIES. ABLES want the moon, but after th up they are coutent with wishing for the earth with a fence around it, Babies can grow in almost anything, but thrive best ina hot and dusty rail- road coach five minutes past the time that you had seriously considered a ap. The fact that there is a crying need of more babies will never be brought home in a passenger JUDGE'S FAVOR . coach. LOTTA vausr, The baby has often been called “THE MIDNIGH i the Prince of Wail; A baby is subject to many dis- eases, One of the most serious of th is called boohoohooritis, which is the result of the unfortunate com- bination of a misplaced pin and a fool nurse. particularly at the age when they bite off the woodwork and li ¢ wall ; In nautical terms, the baby's squall might be called a spanking. breeze, 1 WAYWARD BART NTT, WOMAN. OY HAT is your definition WEEN TWO EVILS. of woman Centenarian—"* You will never live to be an old man if you do “Woman is # nothi tdrink whiskey.” hypoth junw: “Won't Oi? Shure, thin, OF guess Qi "Il kape on dhtink- tion, THE FLYING CHAUFFEUR. (After Whitman's" Dying Fireman.”) AM THE mashed chauffeur, with something broken; ‘Two motor-cars buried me in their dét Speed and smell I ins; Lift me forth, I lie in the bright air in my oilskins; the pervading is for my sake. xhausted, but not so unhappy. + faces around me; their DIPLOMACY. ed, Ob, the madeaps 667M SURPRISED at you!" I'm fecling proud, mad with delight at my scorches. PPLICATION, ** for the skin.” What ‘x the matter now?" &. w. SNEDDON, “Thear you 've invited your grocer and butcher to your daughte brenkfast."’ Well, what of that?" ink what you ow ‘8 wedding man!"? ex; but think what I owe my grocer and buteher!"* TO KEEP IT DARK. Mrs. Leiggn—" The have sent us a card, ¢ that they will be * at * on the seventeenth, this * From what I ww of the Jo: itmust "rench for * Don't show to any bill collectors." "* FOOLISH QUESTION. Claim agent How many pieces?” How can T tell? The auto's smashed MISUNIL rOOD ADVICE. . Koat oxemr—" Mang Mike to atoms Mike" Vo tht divi It's mesilf Oi want ter save!”