Judge, 1909-11-06 · page 3 of 16
Judge — November 6, 1909 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon ("Judge"):** A well-dressed man sits at a desk surrounded by abundant agricultural products (wheat, cotton, corn, vegetables). Text labels reference "Thanksgiving Proclamation," "Revival of Prosperity," "Good Business," and "Higher Wages"—suggesting this depicts a government official or leader taking credit for economic abundance. The cartoon satirizes how political figures claim responsibility for national prosperity. **"Home Training" Section:** A humorous domestic dialogue where Willie's father discovers the boy has been "swearing on the street." The satirical commentary about "German Rolls" appears to mock immigrant cultural references or stereotypes of the period. **Bottom Cartoon:** A silhouetted couple discusses cards, with one mentioning a large collection of "souvenir postcards" and comics from various states—light social satire about collecting habits. The page mixes political satire with domestic humor typical of early 20th-century Judge magazine.
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SOMETHING TO BE ‘THANKFUL HOME TRAINING. father came home to supper there was “Well, where's the bo; “William is up-st: came with painful precision mother, “Why, wh-what's up? anxious pause.) “Tt sri heen heard 3 in bed.’") The answer from the sad-faced Not sick, is he?” (An me to say, Robert, that our son—your son—has wring on the street! 1 heard him.” Swearing? Scott! Wl teach him to swear.” And he started up-stairs in the dark. Half-way up he stumbled and came down with his chin on the top step. When the atmosphere cleared alittle, Willie’s moth- er was saying sweetly from the hallway, ‘ That will do, ar. You have given him enough for one lesson.” HIS LONG SUIT. Miss Hridger—* You are fond of cards, Mr. Fallow?” Mr. “Well, I guess I got a collection of souvenir postals that would make your eyes pop out. Two thousand comics, a couple of hundred tin fifty- seven true-lovers’ - knots, views from every State in the Union, history from the Washington Monument down to the fire in SiHiggins’s store last month, besides belonging to the Agricultural Postal Exchange and the Rural Souve- What have you got to swap?” nir Union. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE POLE. T HAS no Carnegie library. | No Sunday newspapers are published at the Pole. Social conditions are such that it has never felt the neces- sity of a police force. Kace suicide is entirely unknown the: Nobody dwelling at the Pole has « Carrie Nation. Nobody at the Pole was ever overcharged or assaulted by a taxi- “allow — “GERMAN ROLLS.” heard of W. J. Bryan or AM, ie it Gy OCG : Ne) carray eS HE REUyyy Bp 7) FOR-TE'S REAL ‘THIS YEAR. cab man, and no trolley-car conductor hi fare, either financially or ph that immediate down inity very of America by Columbus or of the sination of Julius Casar had not reached the Pole up to the ither pumpkin, mi d pie is ever served at North banquets, and the de itirely unknown there, Up to the hour of going to press, no inhabitant of the Pole has been discovered who has ever heard of Boston, Paterson or Pitts- burgh. That the inhabitants of the Pole are without a sense of humor is shown by the fact that it holds no subscribers to Punch, Life, Puck, Juvce or the Boston Tranxeript, There is not even a one links at the North Pole; and ten- nis, poker, bridge and other athletic sports are conspicuous by their absen r IS said aeroplanes will be considerably cheaper in the future. Well, they seem to be coming down right along, even now. ‘Th x “ Tr could only be Kos," they both said, comicbooks.com