Judge, 1909-11-20 · page 4 of 20
Judge — November 20, 1909 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This Thanksgiving-themed page contains several satirical pieces: **Top illustrations**: Two figures in exaggerated poses with the caption "Be Ye Thankful Ye Lived Not in Ye Colonial Tyme," mocking colonial-era hardships through comedic contrast. **"Fable of the Ape and the Goat"**: A moral tale where a well-meaning ape tries to help a goat by dropping coconuts, accidentally killing it—illustrating how good intentions can cause harm. **"Modern Superstition"**: A brief joke about bad dreams being unlucky if dreamed during office hours. **Bottom cartoon ("As Usual")**: Depicts animals (appears to be a donkey and elephant) in conflict, likely representing Democratic-Republican political tensions, suggesting political gridlock persists even during Thanksgiving. The page uses humor to comment on American history, human nature, and contemporary politics.
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‘Be Ye Thankfvl JOHNNY'S THANKSGIVING. TURKEY dinner Johnny ate, A partial list we print Of wings and joints, dark meat and whit And fixings without stint; Three kinds of pie, ice-cream (+) — and cake, NV) With candy all combined, SGN |] He stowed away to testify | 2} His thankful frame of mind. “quid 94} Yo WY pounaya puy yoou Sty Yoo) Sax4Ny sayoU! y ‘oye syatisunap wt 491 “ysuaag | ) Nc . RS N passnay puw poynys [ie jposuiry I] 4 i w ri omy YE pousny sazquy oy, Mc LANDRURGI WILSON. MODERN SUPERSTITION. 66 JO YOU think dreams are unlucky?” “They certainly are if they come in office hours."” POOR WOMAN! Y DEAR wife's memory is bad— I tell this with regre For she remembers everything She really should forget. Ye Lived Not in Ye FABLE OF THE APE AND THE GOAT. WELL- MEANING Ape, sitting up in a cocoanut palm, looked down and aw his friend, the Goat, browsing on the grass directly below. Said the Ape to himself, ‘1 ought to let old Whisk- era in on these good things, and 1 willl”? Acting upon this generous impulse, he leaned over aad let drop an armful of cocoanuts, which, landing in quick suc- cession, like shots from a rapid- firing gun, right in the middle of the Goat's bump of knowl- edge, broke his neck. MORAL. More men are done by their friends than undone by their enemies. maunice swrTze. 'N THE polar game, many are Jed, but few are frozen. AS USUAL. TymeZ*.