Judge, 1909-10-02 · page 11 of 16
Judge — October 2, 1909 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces about early 1900s American life: **"Changed Jobs"** mocks the endless public debate over polar exploration. A man who previously argued about the Wright brothers now disputes whether Cook discovered the North Pole—suggesting Americans obsess over the same argumentative topics regardless of current events. **"The Penalty"** jokes about Cook and Peary (the competing polar explorers) being taxed for their expeditions, depicted as literally paying a "pole tax." **"Poles Is Poles"** is a child's joke playing on the North Pole/South Pole versus the new American flagpole—topical humor referencing the era's intense polar exploration rivalry. **"Old Strawsides"** is a sentimental poem about discarding worn straw hats at summer's end, personifying the seasonal ritual. **"Pleasure and Sacrifice"** tells of a child afraid to ride swan boats after overhearing the barker cry "children thrown in!"—she misunderstands the sales pitch as literal. The page also advertises Penrhyn Stanlaws's poster pictures of "American girl types" ($1.50 for eight) and Evans' Ale. The humor reflects everyday early-1900s concerns and wordplay rather than specific political commentary.
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P<ARY'S FINAL “DASH.” - Cook !"" ‘HE FICKLE PARENT. nt, when he has to whip : ae is htm to whip arpet, then he’s mad. uae CHANGED JoBs. “What has become of that grizzled| old fellow who used to sit on this corner and dispute about the Wright brothers and their airship?” we ask. “ He's till here,”’ answers our friend. “He has merely moved to the other OLD STRAWSIDES. (With apologies to Oliver Wendell Holmes.) GY, tear that tattered straw hat up! Long has it perched on high, i} And many an eye’s been shaded by That awning from the sky; But now September fifteenth’s here— The summer should be o’er— And so the lordly straw headgear Shall sweep the clouds no more! Imere ire better fish-stories in the sea| corner and is arguing that Cook didn’t eve. came out of it. find the pole.’* "ts brim, once white as lily bud, Has ceased resembling snow; For winds did oft into the mud Its erstwhile cleanness blow. No more ‘twill press its owner's head; It rests ‘neath fashion’s ban. The scrap-heap harpies now shall sport ‘The summer hat of man! Oh, better that its shattered shape From such an end we'd save; Its life was spent up in the air, And there should be its grave. Oh, take it out into the street, While shrieks the north wind’s wail, And give it to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale! ROBERT G. BELLAM. PLEASURE AND SACRIFICE. An alert little five-year-old was visit- ing a city park with her mother for the first time. She had noticed the beauti- ful red and white swan boats as they passed through in the morning, and her mother had promised they should come back after the shopping was done and have a’ride. Shortly after dinner they stood on the bridge over the lagoon, watching the boats below and listening to the cry of the barker as he tried to induce the passing crowds to patronize his swan boats. But when her mother started toward the boat landing, little Elsie declared very vigorously that she did not want to go at all, and, as her mother urged her, broke forth in tears, This sudden fear was so different from her former eagerness that her ‘mother could not understand it, until she noticed the boatman’s call. He was erying, ‘Come along, come along—ride clear around the pond—only five cents for ladies and gents—children thrown in!""— Youth's Companion, POSTER - PICTURES STRIKING AMERICAN GIRL TYPES BY HER BEST INTERPRETER, = ONE BETTER. PENRHYN STANLAWS First actress—“* | hope to stand in the lime-light.”” Second ditto—** | rather stand in the northern light" IN CHARACTER COSTUME, BRIL- THE PENALTY. LIANTLY COLORED Look at Cook and Peary both stand- there with their purses open! are they doing?” Paying pole tax." A TOAST. To that Acataleptic, Beautifical, Cabalistical, Debonair, Florescent, Heavenly, Iridescent, Judicious, - Kriological, Lethiferous, Nonchalant, Obdurate, Palindromic, Quixotic, Romantic, Seraphic, : | Utopian, Winsome, Xerophthalmic, 74 Yearning, x SOMETHING UNIQUE FOR THE DENS OF COLLEGE MEN AND GIRLS $1.50 Zootheite, WOMAN. Sent postage prepaid, on receipt of price, by LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY 225 Fifth Avenue —Life. “POLES IS POLES.” Teacher—'*Johnny, how many poles are there?”’ Johnny—Two, The South Pele and the new American flagpole.""—Ev. Copyrighted, Jatge Co. 1908 Size 84° 2 14° In answering advertisements please mention Jupce. It will be appreciated.