Judge, 1909-12-11 · page 4 of 16
Judge — December 11, 1909 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated satirical pieces and light humor rather than a coherent political cartoon. **"The Sleigh Ride"** is a romantic poem about winter courtship, illustrated with a couple in a sleigh. **"Following an Illustrious Example"** depicts a man offering to donate "ten dollars" to purchase a fashionable hat for a woman—satirizing male vanity or perhaps mocking charitable pretense disguised as generosity. **"The Bill Collector"** is an extended commentary on debt collectors as inherently disagreeable characters, describing their unpleasant disposition and predatory nature—a timeless social complaint. The remaining sections are brief humorous verses on various domestic and romantic topics, typical of Judge's light satirical content for general audiences.
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JUDGE'S FAVORELE MENOR Whe “rv tapplause Joper hing face and psychic teat known to Jeper on earth s more suffused with honest mirth SHAVED DOWN. ITHIN this queer old world con- the sights we see! reach Harlem flat we find » sawed-off Christmas tree, HE BILL ris a predatory biped, born with an unfriendly | disposition large amount of ineredulity. early youth and they never recovered, It has a cold, fishy eye and a rasping voice, which ix Bill collectors should be abolished. ucige THE SLEIGH RIDE. NOWFLAKES flying, wind a-sighing, Moon not shining much, but trying; Good road leading far away, Pa's old nag—a sorrel gray; Bells a-tinkle, stars a-twinkle, smooth, without a wrinkle. night one might have planned— Dark enough to squeeze her hand. Cold wind blowing — sorter growing Ider as the nag keeps going. By and by a bit of b! Daring squeezes and a kiss, Then how jolly when my Dolly Says she'll marry me, by golly! ‘And the whispers in the g As the sorrel takes us home! LURANA W. SHELDON. FOLLOWING AN ILLUSTRIOUS EXAMPLE. “ Y DEAR," announced Mr. Ad. Herewad, ‘I propose to donate you forty-five dollars, to be applied to the purchase of one of those new, topsy-turvy, wicker-basket hats."” She looked up at him, very much alarmed at the sudden outbreak of ge osity. “On condition you raise an equal amount out of the ten cents a week pin- money regularly allowed you," finished Mr. Herewad magnanimously. THE BILL COLLECTOR. FURNED, WELL DONT * He is very popular with Every man [ know detests him.” he weaker sex, is hen excellent, it is historical that their dispositions had been war raised upon the slisht provocation of the bill it brings not paid at once, The ctor has predileetic to length of time bill has run, It is the most inquisitive of all nomadic creatures, Of the two varieties, the female ix the worse. In to a naturally soured soul, she is exe vish and has what- ever with hard-luck stories. The male variety can occasionally be d verte from the cha by a drink or a cigar, hut nothing but cold cash mollifies the other kind. Collectors have acute reasoning powers. If tells. them in. the morning to come back at four o'clock in the after- noon, they know the offi will be empty at. tha hour. tly the collector calls three and readily catches the victim. Bill collectors are of great antiquity, like some of the bills they have. The Nemesis, Heeate, Pluto and other old families are sup posed to be their pro genitors, While the family standing of the people may have t PRUTH WILL OUT. “You get your features from your father, my dear, but those curls are ** Wrong auntie! She gets those from ae.” They are a nuisance. CAWRAREY HARRES, HIS REWARD. H SELEW her at Delsherr to rides on ries To Coney’s delectable He blew her t dy and soda, He blew in quite all of his dough, Ard Rhoda, delirious CARLYLE SMITH. HIS REASON. sony DID he mar- ry his dec wife's sister?” ws only to have one mother-in-law.” A CHRISTMAS HINT. JP IT only was form at Christmas, We'd not be out aV Could we card with U ent, A polite little R " TWO OF A KIND. Jy as he car cket money. houseker pers while comicbooks.com