Judge, 1910-11-05 · page 5 of 24
Judge — November 5, 1910 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents satirical commentary on character judgment and domestic life. The main illustration, titled "Sitting Up and Taking Notice," depicts a sick man in bed with a nurse and a concerned visitor—likely satirizing how people's true character emerges during illness or hardship. The text snippets mock various social pretensions: a father explains naming his son "Theodore Roosevelt" (the popular president), someone defends eating meals outside the home, and "Rastus" (a racist stereotype character) comments on economic mobility among African Americans with crude dialect humor. The recurring theme is **hypocrisy**—people's public pretenses contrasted with reality. The overall tone reflects early 1900s satirical magazine humor, mixing social observation with period-typical ethnic stereotyping now considered offensive.
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There's a Reason. oc HY DID you name your new baby ‘Theodore Roosevelt "2"? asks the friend. * Because nobody can talk while he is awake, and nobedy ather, dares to talk while he is asleep,”” explains the new Exhibit A. “e O YOU be man's chi handwriting “Yes, if his letters are read in court."” ter can be judged from his Taking His Meals Out. 66 A ND DO you take your meals out ?"’ asks the village probe, who is garnering information from the former resident who is home from the city for a few days. « tuntil after I have eaten them,"’ wearily responds the unwilling victim, *Rastus Says, ST of livin’ may be climbin’ higher an’ higher, but de white folks’ chickens still roost on de same ol’ limb."” “~ “SITTING UP AND TAKING NOTICE.” comicbooks.com