Judge, 1909-10-09 · page 10 of 16
Judge — October 9, 1909 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from the satirical magazine **Judge** contains several unrelated comic items typical of early 20th-century humor: **"He Spoke Too Soon"** depicts a early airplane crashing spectacularly after a passenger boasted about safety—satirizing public skepticism about aviation technology. **"Authentic Account"** is an alphabetic joke about the North Pole's discovery, listing competing explorers who all claimed credit (A-Z, ending with "Z represents the unknown quantity")—mocking the era's polar exploration rivalries and nationalist posturing. **Other sketches** cover domestic humor: rowboat safety, a debt collector's witty comeback, college fashion, and a child on a burning ship with a wireless radio. The recurring theme is early 1900s anxieties: new technologies (planes, wireless), social embarrassments (youth allowances), and the gap between aspirations and reality. The humor is gentle, pun-based, and family-oriented—characteristic of Judge's middle-class readership.
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1. Perey— beastly common, uae HE SPOKE TOO SOON. 5 you won't find any blacks flying. AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT. NCE there was a North Pole. B Cc D E approached it, battled for it, coveted discovered it, explored it, * found it, G iH got it, hunted for it, invented it, juggled it, knew all about it, looked for it, measured it, novelized it, opined about it, prayed for it, pierre quarreled over it, xplained it, yearned for it, represents the unknown quantity, the North Pole, when they were all through. Youns couples, and elderly ones for that matter, should be wary about their movements in a rowboat. It'll overturn just as easily as a hammock. ALLOWANCES FOR YOUTH. COULDN'T FOOL HIM. for something u want U be Silas Silvernail COLLEGE STYLES. HE LILIES of the field, you kno I n in all his glory; olomon in college style Well, that becomes another story! THE COLLECTOR'S RETORT. FTER a long t the crafty debtor glanced up from his desk. “Have a chair,”’ he said to the persistent dun collector, who stood near the door. “I'm not tired,’ was the fierce retort; “but this bill is, It's been standing a long time now!"" SAFE. HE. BOY stood on the burning deck, He did not shake with fright, For his ship had a And he got off all right. JOKE is never the same after it has chant savay blow hita I stre eer Mf course, I admit your son is extravagant. But you must make allowances—he ’s young."* That's all right! But the more allowances 1 make the quicker he blows "em." been once cracked.