Judge, 1910-01-08 · page 5 of 16
Judge — January 8, 1910 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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**Main Cartoon:** "The Sea of Eternity" depicts a figure in a boat navigating a globe, likely representing life's journey or mortality—a common symbolic theme in turn-of-the-century satire. **Text Features:** The page includes three separate pieces: 1. "Life's Ups and Downs" and "Man of His Word"—brief anecdotes about financial dealings and broken promises, satirizing business ethics. 2. "A Modern Victim" by Carolyn Wells—a poem mocking someone obsessed with picture puzzles, reflecting contemporary fads. 3. "A Flyer in Hats"—a small cartoon about fashion mishaps. The satire targets everyday social concerns: unreliable merchants, wasteful hobbies, and fashion absurdities. Without specific date context, the precise historical references remain unclear.
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THE SEA OF ETERNITY. MAN OF HIS WORD. «6 ] THOUGHT you told me these lots would double in value in two years, and here ‘s a man offering me exactly what I gave for them.”” “Yes; but you forget you gave twice as much as they were worth.” LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS. «THERE'S nothing like settling down,” said the retired merchant confidentially to his neighbor. ‘When I gave up business I settled down, and found I had quite a com- fortable fortune. If I had settled up I should not have had a cent."” Turowine bouquets at yourself never fools the audience. Goop Apvicr—Look before you sit. A MODERN VICTIM. By CAROL [¥,A,PICTURE-PUZZLE fadcit, And, with hanging head, I own "Tis the foolishast and maddest Fad that I have ever known! WeLts. But it simply has obsessed me; Though I put the thing away, It continues to molest me Through the night and through the day. Paintings that I long have cherished, Hanging on my parlor wall, In this cause have nobly perished— I've jigsawed .them, one and all! Looking at the landscape vernal, All at once it seems to be Cut in bits; and those infernal Zigzag curves I seem to see! When in church I sit at service, All my friends feel thrills alarming Stained-glass windows catch my eye; And I grow exceeding nervous, Piecing them out—on the sly! All the pretty pictured covers On the magazines about— You know, picture-puzzle lovers, How I paste and saw them out! Lest their pictures I should steal, (Puzzles they would make so charming, Kleptomaniac I feel!) Neighbors hold me in abhorrence! (Everywhere suggestions lurk!) I shall hie me off to Florence, There to learn mosaic work! “A FLYER IN HATS." (From Paris.) comicbooks.com