Judge, 1910-03-19 · page 14 of 16
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This page from *Judge* magazine contains several humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century American satire: **"Notes from Sing Sing"** mocks the pretension of a Broadway theater's publicity attempt. A theater press agent solicits a favorable review from the prison newspaper *Star of Hope*, offering free tickets. The editor-in-chief sarcastically declines, suggesting the dramatic editor is too busy—a joke about the absurdity of treating a prison publication like a legitimate theater critic. **"Another Captain Fibb Tale"** is a tall-tale about a ship infested with rats. The humor lies in the obvious mathematical impossibility: 15 million rats weighing half a pound each would total 7.5 million pounds—far exceeding a 150-ton ship's capacity. It's slapstick exaggeration for comedic effect. **"The Irishman's Remedy"** presents ethnic humor typical of the era, with an Irish character solving a servant-breakage problem by suggesting wage increases rather than practical solutions—playing on stereotypes. The remaining pieces use similar light, comedic approaches to everyday situations, alongside period advertisements for whiskey and other products.
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WhileRock — “The World’s Best Table Water ”’ NOTES FROM SING SING. | One of the most in- teresting publications in America is the Star of Hope, published by the convicts of Sing “yy Sing prison. | The names of the editorial staff appear as their prison numbers, Recently the press agent of a Broad- way show sent out a letter asking for the insertion in the Star of Hope of a favorable notice of in return ‘two seats for the perform- ance The letter was addressed to the ‘*Dra- matic Editor’’ of the of Hope, Wt was referred to N the editor- in-chief of the prison publication, who inserted the following in his paper: “Owing to circumstances over which he has no control, the editor-in-cl who is at present acting as drama will editor—very dramatic sometimes- be unable to attend the performan question, unless it has a phenomenally long run, which seems scarcely lik “If any one of our regular ri would like to act as dramatic editor, he may send in his application for the posi- tion to the editor-in-chief, and it will be considered and a conclusion reached —some day. Mrs. Winsie ir children, oothing Syrup the ‘a bottle, Mothers will best remedy for t ANOTHER CAPTAIN FIBB TALE. Rear-Admiral Rogers, of the navy, tells the following story of a conversa- tion he heard between two old sailors “Tt was a rat ship I was sailin’ that trip,’’ said one of the shellbacks. “One of the dingdest rat ships I ever knew. They was rats in it from bow to-stern, rats in the hold, in the galle in the steerage, in the fo'castle, in tl old man's room—everywhere. Rats! Nothin’ but. “Bimeby it got so bad we had to put in an’ get them off. So we hooked up to adock and fumigated. I was on deck an’ I saw them rats lea‘ I counted ‘teen million of ‘em."" “Fifteen million?’’ asked the other. “Ain't that a lot o” rats! Are you sure?”? “Sure? Yes, I'm sure. They was fifteen million rats, and I counted ‘em. More than that, every rat weighed half a pound, They was big, fat, sassy ones, I'm tellin’."” “Fifteen million rats, and every one weighed half a pound, and they all came off your ship! That's seven million and ahalf pounds of rats. Say, Jim, what ‘was the tonnage of that ship?”” “Oh, about a hundred and fifty tons. in “Lcannot tell how the truth maw be I may the tale as ‘twas told to me.” s play and offering! *\the men who own a piece of it. | In answering atvertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. THE IRISHMAN'S REMEDY. The Hon. Joseph H Choate, formerly our ambassador to Eng- land, tells the follow- ing story, crediting the same to a poli 1 speech made b: Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman: A head of a house had complained to three friends—an Englishman, an Irish- man, and a Scot—that his servant broke a great deal of china. The matter-of-fact Englishman gave the short bit of practical advice, ‘Dis- miss him Tak it out of his wages,”” spoke the thrifty Scot. Objection to the made on the ground that the wages were less than the amount of the damag ) The Irishman at once came to the rescue with: “Then raise his wages. KELLY WAS THERE. Anybody here seen Kelly, Kelly from the Emerald 1 When Nora Bayes, now appearing in “The Jolly Bach at the Broad- way Theater, New York, was singing plaintive query from her famous elly" gong for the tenth time in re- sponse to the customary encores the *Kelly,”” who happened to be ence, rose and introduced himself. “I'm Kelly, Jobn Kelly, from Bremer, Mo. !"" shouted a stalwart person of un- mistakable Hibernian descent, rising from his seat and speaking with true Irish brogue. ‘* I'm Kelly, and all I* ve got to say is, ‘Oh, you Nora Colleen! A few reatly to the appetiz! iass of wine. MOSES NOT YET. The Rev. Henry Van Dyke, of Prince- ton, is quoted as telling this story ata recent Presbyterian gatherin; “A Connecticut pastor of adenomina- tion well known to us was questioning a boy pupil of the Sunday school. The lad answered greatly to the satisfaction of the good man, but fi the latter was stumped when the youngster made his last reply. What commandment, my son, did Adam break when he ate the apple?” asked the pastor. “**Please, sir,’ returned the boy, ‘there were no commandments at that time.’"* There ought to be peace on earth to JUDGE J is published weekly by the LESLIE 225 Fifth Avenue, Subseriptions payable in advance by draft on w York, of by express oF pos nal checks which are at a disco the United States, its dependen- To Canadian Provinces add wr postage ; to all foreign countries Ci Postage free ii cies, and Mexico. cents a year add $1.00 a year, Eurorran pany, Brea Subscriptions tor in both the Contributors addressed env return of the latter pot be guaranteed. publishers will be und promptly rey NU their wrapper. esarily elapse before the chansze can be mi f rst copy CAP AND THE REASON. 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