Judge, 1910-08-13 · page 10 of 16
Judge — August 13, 1910 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces typical of Judge magazine's humor: **"Wait for the Big Show"** parodies circus advertisements, mock-heroically promoting a traveling show with exaggerated claims—a common target of satire mocking both commercial hype and American entertainment culture. **"The Bathing Suit"** is light verse celebrating carefree leisure, contrasting worry-free vacation life with societal concerns. **"Those Bungalows"** jokes about converting chicken coops into rental cottages—satirizing rural entrepreneurs capitalizing on vacation trends. **"The Problem"** humorously captures middle-class anxiety about maintaining lifestyle standards—whether urban comforts in country settings or country amenities in cities cost more. **"GIVING THE FREAKS A TREAT"** (bottom cartoon) appears to reference women's suffrage activism. The manager suggests freak-show performers view the suffragette procession, implying suffragettes themselves were "freaks" worthy of exhibition—a common anti-suffrage jab. The overall tone reflects Judge's genteel, satirical approach to American social anxieties and contemporary social movements circa early 1900s.
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Wait for the Big Show. by BELLIS 0. JONES OW Touring the Country on a Re- turn Engagement. Positively Coming. The Great, Big, Stupendous, Nonpareil Shows, Wild West and Menagerie. By All Odds the Most Elaborate and Ele- phantine Aggregation of Hipporodromic Curiosities Ever Gathered Together under One Hat. Every Feature a Star. A Continuous Performance. Monstrous, United Don't Miss the Wild Man from Africa, Only One Eats ‘em Alive. jon of the Civilized the Dramatic, Dictionary-defying Dare-devil. See the Great Man on Horseback. Can Stay up in the Air Longer than any Per- former on Record. See the Renowned, Rantankerous, Rough- riding Rhetorician, This act is Re- plete with Rare Rudiments of Rich and Ready Republicanism. Keep Your Seats for the “AT YOUR SERVICE, MADAM." Hip-hip-hurray. World-encir- cling, Whirlwind Hippodrome. Those Who Stay for the Con- cert Will See the Stuffed Ani- mals Fed. Positively the Only Circus un- der a Canvas Hat Which Has Appeared before All the Crowned Heads of Europe. “Oh, You Squaw By MARKOLD SKINNER H, A HAMMOCK—meaning snare— Was an innocent affair Which the Indians perfected, Years agone, To be dangled ‘neath the trees, Baited with a dusky tease, To attract the honey bees— Are you on? A Nickname. «J DO WISH," said Bessie’s mother, ** that Mr. Water man would call his wife some- thing besides ‘she’ all the time!"" “Well, mother,"? volunteered Bessie, ‘‘ perhaps her name is Sheba."* JUDGE The Bathing Suit. ‘ELL me not in mournful numbers ‘That the country’s on the bum, Do not talk to me of worry, Put away your grumble drum; Growl me not about the wicked, Drop your little toot-the-toot— What have I to do with trouble? I've got on my bathing suit! Those Bungalows. «¢ QMART man, that Zeke Howe." “ How 80?” “Hadn't you heard? Since he’s gone out of the chicken business, he whitewashed all the hencoops, put windows in 'em, and is renting them out for summer cottages.” A Problem. E OBSERVE our friend bending above a large sheet of figures. His brow is twisted in a deep frown and his face mani- fests extreme perturbation. “What is so serious?” we ask. “I'm trying to figure which is the more expensive,” he sighs; ‘ to have city comforts in the country or country com- forts in the city.”” ARRIAGE is often an alarm clock that arouses dreaming lovers. “CUTTING A PRETTY FIGURE." L’Envoi. (Umal apologies to Kipling.) By LOUIS SCHNEIDER. HEN earth’s last joke has been uttered, and hushed is the voice of the wit, When finished our last mirthful effort, and the last clever verse has been writ, We shall rest, and, faith! we shall need it— drop typewrite: pen, Il good jokers shall bid Till the Master of us to joke a; And they who joked well shall be happy; they shall jest in the Milky Way, They shall playfully banter the comet, swap smiles with the King 0’ Day; They shall laugh with the Man in the Moon— and chaff with the Man from Mars, eeking jokes that have never been rout "yond the farthermost stars. And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame; And noone shall joke for money, and no one shall joke for fame. But each for the joy of joking, with a jest for each earthly tear, Shall frame every joke without malice or sting, content that the Master should hear. ot owt y gmat ATS fuse Beni ont MG mene GIVING THE FREAKS A TREAT. Manager dime museum (as suffragette procession passes)—"' Hey, Chimmi an’ blow dereselves tub a look !