Judge, 1910-03-26 · page 11 of 16
Judge — March 26, 1910 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge magazine features satirical observations on American life circa early 1900s, written under the persona of "Uncle Ezra," a folksy commentator offering wry social criticism. **Main content:** A collection of witty one-liners mocking contemporary life—women's suffrage debates, financial speculation ("frenzied finance"), early Easter celebrations in New England, and social pretensions. The cartoons illustrate specific jokes: an elaborate Easter hat arrival (satirizing women's fashion excess), and a poor farmer in threadbare clothing consulting Scripture about provision. **The satire targets:** gender politics (women's suffrage), financial speculation, religious hypocrisy, working-class struggles during economic inequality, and consumer culture. References to "Governor Harmon" and stock market quotations ground it in the Progressive Era. **The tone:** affectionate rural skepticism—Uncle Ezra speaks as an intelligent country observer deflating urban pretension and hypocrisy through homespun wisdom.
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JUDGE REFLECTIONS OF UNCLE EZRA. by ROY K. MOULTON A good deal is heard about an early spring this year, but the old original early spring is the one inside of the alarm clock that sets her off at five a, m. Must be spring is at hand, for Hi Spink was out in his has nailed his son's calfskin diploma over a broken room. If Governor Har- mon only had a “y" on the end of his name, he might be able to make the Democrat party amount to somethin’, A broker is a feller who sells somethin’ he hasn’t got to some other feller who don’t want it, and the other feller is gen’ally the broker of the two after it is all over. When you see a feller with egg on his shirt buzzom nowa- days, he is either a millionaire or a man who keeps a hen. Aunt Clarissy Mudge says she ain’t in favor of women’s suffrage, as the poor things have suffered so much already, it would be a shame to make ‘em suffer any more. Deacon Purdy is in favor of votes for women, all right, but says there ain’t no chance to vote for ’em for anything just now. It is always a good plan to have peroxide-blonde wait- resses in a restaurant, as their hair is the same color as the oleomargarine. _— fn A WOMAN'S crownin’ glory is some other woman's hair. Education is a very useful thing. Ame Hilliker winder in the settin’= AN EARLY EASTER =o 2 “Ah, my Priscilla, the Lord will provide.'” IN NEW ENGLAND. 1,“ Prithee, Priscilla, wear this spare hat of mine to-day. The air sets in chilly from the east." ** But, father, it is so devoid of ornamentation withal."’ spring wagon one day this week, If there is anything more arduous than shovelin’ snow with a pancake turner, it is turn- in’ pancakes with a snow shovel. Among the quotations on the stock market, we never see any from Shakespeare or Milton. Guess the poets don’t cut much of a figger in frenzied finance. One good thing about air- ships is thata feller don’t have to crawl underneath to fix it. Ez Jimkey says he ain’t in no fear of any future punish- ment, as he has three daughters who are takin’ singin’ lessons now and one son who is learnin’ on the violin. It is a lucky householder who is able to borrow his own “lawnmower from his neighbor. When you see a feller with flowin’ hair, he is either up some new fangled religion, sellin’ corn remedy, or givin’ pianner concerts in the Polish tongue. A feller who wears u green hat now is almost as much of a fogy as the feller was three months ago who didn’t. What I would like to hav somebody explain is this: What's the difference between eye glasses and nose glasses? 3. The arrival of the Easter Hat. comicbooks.com