Judge, 1910-04-02 · page 6 of 16
Judge — April 2, 1910 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"April Fool"** (top): A poem about repeated practical jokes—finding a real wallet, a real hat, an unexploded cigar, and real candy—that frustrate the narrator who expected tricks. The joke is the ironic reversal: on April Fool's Day, genuine items disappoint because he anticipates deception. **"Judge's Caricature Studies"**: Features General Felix Agnus, editor of the Baltimore *American*, shown in a photograph and exaggerated caricature. Without additional context, the satire's specific target is unclear. **"A Fair Exchange No Robbery"**: Humorous domestic tale about Mr. Peabody's successive wives and his preserved hat-rack. The punchline: his third wife threatens to hang her *own* hat there (implying infidelity or his demise), inverting his memorial sentimentality. **"Beauty"** and **"The Twentieth Century Stork"**: An essay mocking beauty standards, with an illustration of an airplane delivering a baby—satirizing modern technology replacing traditional imagery. The page is primarily entertainment-focused rather than strictly political.
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APRIL FOOL. By FP. PITZER. SAW a wallet on the street; The sight gave me a thrill. I picked it up—the thing con- p tained A twenty-dollar bill! And then within me anger ruled, To think how easy I'd been fooled. And then a shabby hat I spied A little farther down. I kicked the thing—there was no brick Or rock hid in its crown! My thread of madness was unspooled, To think again I had been fooled. A friend gave me a big cigar; No signs of fake it showed. 1 lit the thing—strange to relate, The weed did not explode! And then with kicks myself I muled, To think once more I had been fooled. My handsome typist maid downtown Some candy gave to me. I ate one piece—from cotton, ‘And pepper it was free! And then I hurried home before The chance came to fool me some more. and, GENERAL JUDGE JUDGE'S CARICATURE STUDIES. FELIX AGNUS, EDITOR OF THE BALTIMORE A.ERICAN. THE PHOTOGRAPH THE CARICATURE. A FAIR EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY. HEN Mr. Peabody's wife died he had ordered that Mrs. Peabody’s hat should remain hanging on the hat-rack just as she had left it. After a year had elapsed, Mrs. Peabody No. 2 was ushered in. As she passed by the hat-rack he requested that that hat might remain undisturbed. A few years later Mr. Peabody was bringing his third wife to his home. He paused before the hat-rack where the two hats hung. He repeated his request. “* T will not disturb those hat: said she, ‘‘ but the next hat that hangs there wil! be a man’s,"’ And it was. OBLIGING. 'HE EARLY bird may catch the worm, PAST LENT. “They can't accuse me of violating the boycott on the meat trust nothing but fish-bones the past forty days." BEAUTY. By WB. KERR, “[oPEE are many kinds of beauty, and many beauties who are unkind. Some are born beautiful, some achieve beauty by home treatment, and some have beauty thrust upon them in a beauty- parlor. A born beauty can often evade a duty, but manu factured beauties pay a heavy tariff. Beauty is only skin deep, medium height, and very small circumference. Beauty is the cheese with which a woman baits her matrimonial trap. Beauty is supposed to be a mat ter of taste, but with some it is a lack of taste. Beauty may be an accident, but no one has ever taken out insurance © good if you would be respect- ed; be good looking if you would be loved. Beauty unadorned must be A No. 1. Rose by another name might still be an American Beauty. Which proves, as such things will, The early worm, despite its squirm, I've had Will always fill the bill. Sn, | THE TWENTIETH CENTURY STORK comicbooks.com