Judge, 1909-11-13 · page 4 of 16
Judge — November 13, 1909 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three unrelated humor pieces typical of Judge's satirical format: 1. **"Judge's Favorite"** (left): A photograph captioned about "His Kitty Carbons" - appears to be a humorous photo feature, though the specific reference is unclear today. 2. **"Songs of the Stork"** and **"Reflections of Uncle Ezra"** (center/right): Comic verses about domestic life and social commentary. Uncle Ezra's reflections mock pretension—critiquing women's fashion choices, men who chew tobacco, and celebrating plain-spoken rural wisdom over "higher education." 3. **"An Early Frost"** (bottom): An illustrated cartoon showing two anthropomorphic animals (possibly representing couples or characters) in winter clothing. The overall tone reflects early 20th-century American attitudes: anti-urban sophistication, pro-rural authenticity, and gentle mockery of modern social affectations.
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FAVORITE MISS KIFEY GORDON, 1S SOTHE GIRL AND THEE WIZARD.” “The Wizard” tries his many spells; “Phe Gil’ just smile ely She just encha Imperial, tall, a DEFINED. Knieker—* What is a foot- ball?” Bocker—"A piece of leather entirely surrounded by twenty- two men."" “SONGS OF THE STORK.” O WONDER that the busy stork The postman’s lot de- The stork has got to hu And feed his “mail "round besides. Stork to Mr. Stork, looking rather pale."” . Stork to Mrs, Stork, Thad a heavy male, “ My postman’s job I'll soon va- cate, I fear I''m not quite up-to-date, For I know that though I'm tirel Soon the wireless. "Il want their babes by RW. SNEDDON. WHAT EVERY CHILD KNOWS. HAT the other child is al- ways to blame. That there is nothing very serious about life. That the slipper is mightier than the reprimand, That parents area great deal stricter than necessary. That grandparents usually know more than p) That ‘* which tould very easily be dis- pensed with. ELLIS 0. JONES THAT LAMB. GWEET Mary had a tittle lamb, But, ah, alas for that! She tied its around its neck And wore it as a hat. THE GREAT REFLECTIONS OF UNCLE EZRA. NE THING we will prob’ly never see in tms world is a picture of David Belasco with out his hand up to his head. Ez Hanks went down to York to Blanche Ring, but he got stung, didn’t play on the bells at all. A man that chaws tobacker ain't no gentleman, and a lady that chawe tobacker ain't no gentleman, nuther. The way the gals are mixin’ furrin- grown and home-grown hair on their head is putty hard to tell which is switch. Uncle Anse Jigby says he would just as soon be President of the United States - if it wasn’t for wearin’ a plug hat all the but it don’t seem as though he ought to let a little thing like 3 become of all the old gentlemen who used to wear and talk about Samuel J. Tilden? 8 she won't try to win the yachtin’ championship There are too many slips "twixt the cup and the Lipton, fellers are very versatile. Their heads are so peaked that they kin wear any sized hat from a four to a seven. It is a long lane that has no line fence lawsuit. rybody knows how to save coal in runnin’ a furnace ex- ceptin’ the feller that owns it. A feller that writes poetry that everybody can understand is a A feller than can write poetry that he can understand, 3a versifier; but a feller that can write poetry that neither himself nor anybody else can understand is a real poet, because nobody is in a position to prove that he is not. Higher education is all the go now. Eph Purdy is takin’ cor- respondence school lessons in ste intin’. If wishes were schooners, beggars could ride in the patrol ROY K. MOULTON rhymster. but nobody else wagon. “AN EARLY FROST.”