Judge, 1909-10-02 · page 7 of 16
Judge — October 2, 1909 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several unrelated humorous pieces typical of Judge's satirical content: **"The Yarns of Captain Fibb"** is a tall-tale comic strip about a boastful fisherman. The final panel's crude joke about using "pickaninny toes for crab bait" reflects the deeply racist humor common in early 1900s American publications—shocking to modern readers but normalized then. **"The Daily Polar Icicle"** satirizes recent North Pole exploration fever. The "Special!" section mocks the competing claims of explorers Frederick Cook and Robert Peary, both of whom claimed discovering the Pole around 1908-1909. The fictional note from "F.A.C." (Cook's initials) and the guest list mentioning both men suggests Judge was ridiculing their disputed claims. The absurd "New North Pole House" advertisement continues this mockery. Other sections include conventional period humor about returning summer visitors and schoolboy grammar jokes. The overall page reflects Judge's mix of political/scientific satire with crude racial comedy typical of the era.
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uae THE YARNS OF CAPTAIN FIBB. Pep y dy MM sf »—d(ki rs oy (Cpe SOVyiy aN 1, “Nosir! Them crabs wouldn’t bite nohow! I tried all kinds of bait and there wuz nary a nib- 4. —— Well, lash me to the mast if that didn't crawl out with a flock of crabs i his toes! And then I gits a bright idee ! —— back ached !—— WITH US AGAIN. ed, crippled, burnt and sore, ummer folks "’ come back to town, All feeling blue and looking brown. The‘ Ae NOW from mountain, lake and shore, We'll have to listen, as of yore, who stayed at home may laugh— We slept in beds and had a bath. cn, winen, IN SCHOOL. Teacher—* Bobby, give me a sentence in which the verbs ‘ to set’ and‘ to sit’ are used correctly.” Bobhy—* The United States is a country on which the sun never sets and on which no other country ever sits!"” THE DAILY POLAR R. U. FROZEN, Aprit 30TH, SPECIAL! EVER in the history of the North Fole has the weather been so warm as it was yesterday. The ether ther- mometer registered but 133 degrees below «ero, and it was reported that seventeen of our most respected Esquimaux died of heat prostration while engazed in their work on the new Carmorgan Library, which is being erected upon site of the old Esquimaux Baptist Church, Yesterday afternoon a party of sightseers found a piece of brass tubing which bore the initials F. A. C., and upon looking inside found the follow- ing statement: “Have found the Pole. It is mine; if it isn’t, whose is it? The Pole is round. I painted the American flag on it. Me for Brooklyn! (Signed) ‘“F. A. C., Explorer. 5 Pole Hetook, } + Witnesses : 00 6 Esquimaux."* 71. C. Bignail, § 2. ——Then I used the net baited with pickled pigs’ feet and other delicacies; but still there wuz nothin’ doin’, and — — | grabbed that kid and kept a-dipein inter the water and haulin’ out crabs ti 3. —— I wuz jist about to give up when there wuz a splash behind me, and dered pickaninny hadn't fell inter the water 6. — And then bimeby I went home with the finest catch I ever seen in all me born days! Yep, boys, I certainly can recommend pickaninny toes for crab bait.” I me SONG OF THE FLIRT. (With apologies to Thomas Hood.) [Students should learn to flirt.—Prov. Patmen.) LIRT, flirt, flirt! Till the brain begins to awim; Flirt, flirt, flirt! Till the eyes are heavy and dim, Beam and smile and wink, Wink and smile and beam, Till over the men I fall asleep And flirt with them in a dream! HUMAN NATURE. oe and envy will crop out even in the small boy. Ax soon as he sees another boy comfortably ensconced on the hack of a passing truck, he immediately yells, ‘Whip behind!"’ ICICLE Editor-in-chief 1909, No. 1. NEW NORTH POLE HOUSE EXCELLENT HOSTELRY ON_THE NORTH SHORE I. B. ICED, - - Proprietor To tourists who desire satisfactory accommodations, we wish to announce that the New North Pole House is now open for guests. The rooms are guaranteed to be made out of the best block ice this side of the equa- tor, with beds of fancy carved icicles. Steam-heated throughout by means of the new polar radiators, which are filled with cracked ice and hot bricks, thus giving a superb quality of steam heat. Among the recent arrival Reodore Thewsvelt, South Africa. F. A. Cook, Brooklyn, N. Y Com. R. E. Peary, New York, N. Y. comicbooks.com