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This page presents "The Cynic's Examination Papers for Everybody"—a series of satirical questions targeting various professions and social pretenses. The three cartoons mock: 1. **"Judge's Favorite"** (top left): References Hope Latham in "Seven Days," likely a theatrical production, satirizing artistic pretension. 2. **"Useless"** (top right): Shows two well-dressed men debating whether rain is needed, with one claiming uselessness as long as "the wind is in the west"—mocking wealthy idlers disconnected from practical concerns. 3. **"A Justifiable Kick"** (bottom): Depicts a gingerbread man complaining to a baker that he wasn't eaten "right up," instead being left to suffer—a darkly humorous critique of consumer complaint culture. The accompanying questions sarcastically probe pretension across art, commerce, and society, characteristic of Judge's satirical mission exposing social hypocrisy.

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Suapge THE CYNIC’S EXAMINATION PAPERS FOR EVERYBODY. THE ARTIST. WHAT is food? 1 2, Distinguish between the feeling of @ repletion caused by (1) the smell from a baker's shop, (2) a plate of beans, (3) a red-ink dinner, toothpicks inclusive. State what you have learned from hearsay of a municipal banquet. 3. What is your opinion of the man who evolved the riddle, “Art for art's sake"? Was he any relation to the poct who said, “Art is long; credit, short"? 4, Where may be found in America the last of the Longicrines or Long-locked aborigines ? Detail what you know of their haunts and habits, and give the principal dates of their two hundred years’ war with the Barberi. 5. What is a studio? Has it any influence 'S FAVORITE. JUDG HOPE LATHAM, In “SEVEN Days.” chef-doover logically the a picture using the be: 8, Assu on ca a patron be upon the production of chef-doovers? ten by eight incl what is your quotation for « doz ‘as 80 as to convey the iden of something, what is your plot for its disposal ? May a be a glorified pot-boiler, and does the presence of the gas stove in those Junce likes your play withall its laughter, this explain USELESS. fad pedeet ‘ ngers alter, dens of art ? Pat—" We sure do need rain, parsor ‘The follies of the pres aye 6. Why do restaurant owners regard the Parson— "That's what we do, Vl remem- presence of an artist with suspicion? Explain — bet it,in my prayer to-night at the meetin’. Pat T'won't do no good, parson, as long heterogeneous nature of your cutlery as the wind is in the west.” furnishings. Can your spoons and forks be counted as a tribute to art? human or divine origin?’ What were the 7, Asa commercial man, what is ‘the cost of chief events in the reign of King Christy? unframed, and nin tiptop style, st paint ? ming that you have adjusted the paint book before illustrating it? out an old master? pal manufactories for the producti the same, and state in w How may tactfully made to climb your stairs, national mi What illustrator was the pioncer in establishing the new idea of reading a 17. How long does it take you to turn Where are the prinei- and what arguments would you advance to ums good examples may be found. ta predilection for photographic mon- 18, What en an artist, and why ties? should the hero of fifteen minutes of refined vaudeville draw a salary in one Suppose you work for the magazines or waiting ture. dom of Bobe habitants, What is the currency of the realm? or on a field azure which form its coat of arms? which renders life in this country so precarious. 11. How may a real be distinguished from a pseudo Bohemian? Explain their ard for neckties and disregard for family re ties. 12, What is an exhibition or salon? What is a hanger? State the connection between him and the hangmar hanger know anything of art why there are clouds when one is 8! the line, and why the lining is anything but er. 13, Write a vituperative essay on that fearsome thing, the critic. In what easentials does he differ from man, and il- lustrate your comparison. Was it any im- putation upon one of their number that pearls were being cast before swine when an artist bade him stick to his pen? 14, Are cartoonists artists? If so, ex- plain why their incomes entitle them to motor-cars and those things called luxuries. Which of them said, ‘‘ Let me make a na- tion laugh, and I care not who paints pic- tures ''? 15. Can you offer any possible clew to the discovery of the land where the magazine-cover girls live? Are they of papers, state which editorial off ms, and whether the de ing of a gumdrop to the young lady in charge has any ultimate influence on th 10. Define the boundary lines of the king- the best w year? artist? 19. Why should half a Is this his s le of your pic- art in Paris? 20. Explain with er of ** Trilby,"* or deme of connection bet rand art, some account of its in- inof the three balls emia and giv What is th Explain the ri prevalence of the wolf A JUSTIFIABLE KICK, The gingerbread man—“ Oh, dear! It's a wonder that boy wouldn't eat me right up, instead of leaving me here to suffer like this!”” which is more than you draw in a claim to the name of hour spent in the Louvre entitle one to say he has studied