Judge, 1910-06-11 · page 3 of 16
Judge — June 11, 1910 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This cartoon depicts chaos at Coney Island, the famous Brooklyn amusement park. The large illustration shows crowds of visitors in pandemonium—people fleeing, a dog attacking, someone wielding what appears to be a gun or club, vendors' stalls (marked "POPCORN"), and general disorder. The satire appears to mock the crowded, hectic conditions at Coney Island during peak visiting season, portraying it as barely controlled bedlam rather than pleasant recreation. The title's sarcastic phrase "perfectly corking time" (meaning excellent) contrasts sharply with the mayhem depicted. This reflects turn-of-the-century anxieties about mass leisure, urban crowds, and the commercialization of amusement parks—suggesting that modern public recreation had become an unruly, dangerous experience rather than civilized entertainment.
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JUNE RESERVED FOR T. R. By MeLANDBURGH WILSON H, SWEET girl graduate, Take note of what we say: Would you appear in print, Take your degree in May. T. R. returns in June— It will not be your moon! Oh, fragrant roses all, If praises you would hear, You must arrange to bloom ‘A month ahead this year. T. R. comes back in June— It would not be too soon! Oh, happy, blushing bride, Would you in limelight stand? You'd better hurry up To give away your hand. T. R. comes home in June— The month is not your boon! A DISTINCTION. 4 LJUH!” boasts the first little boy, “my father was on the reception committee when Roosevelt was in our town during his campaign.” ‘Hub!’ retorts the little New York boy, ‘ my father was the only man in New York who wasn’t on the reception committee when Roosevelt came back from Europe.”” THE RETURN OF AN OLD MASTER. “A PERFECTLY CORKING TIME AT CONEY.” IMPOSSIBILITIES. By CHARLES C. JONES. THE SUN is sctting in the east, The west was silver when it rose ; Strange traits appear in bird and beast, The rooster bawls, the muley crows, Joe Cannon smokes a‘ cigaroot,"’ Our Wilyum’s thin and loses weight ; Insurgents do not care a hoot Who steers the swinging Ship of State. Oh, night is day, and day is night ; In spring the leaves turn red and fall! The times have changed all right, all right, For Teddy does not talk at all! IDOLATRY WORTH WHILE, 66 (NE of the most hopeful signs of the present day is that the American people are exhibiting a tendency to cease worshiping the golden calf.” “Yes; in this era of high prices they prefer to bow down to the real thing in Alderney, Guernsey, or comicbooks.com