Judge, 1910-11-12 · page 9 of 24
Judge — November 12, 1910 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate humor pieces from *Judge* magazine: **Main story ("No Need To Worry"):** A wealthy New York actor, proud of his expensive parquet floor, is visited by an old friend from his struggling days who now wears a wooden prosthetic leg. The host nervously warns him to stay on the rug to avoid damage, but the friend reassures him—his wooden leg has nails in it for traction. The joke plays on the irony of the friend's casual confidence and the absurdity of the host's anxiety over floor damage compared to his friend's actual hardship. **Top cartoon:** Shows "Politics" as an enormous balloon with various figures clambering over it, suggesting the chaos and opportunism of political involvement. **Bottom section:** Brief humorous lists comparing how turkeys appear to optimists versus pessimists—focusing on desirable versus undesirable parts—likely seasonal holiday content. The final cartoon references someone who "struck the berg," suggesting shipwreck or disaster. The overall tone is lighthearted satire typical of *Judge's* era.
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AND SO IT GOES! No Need To Worry. NE OF New York’s leading actors has an elegant country home out in Long Island, and he has spent a great deal of money in fitting it up with costly decora- tions and exquisite finishings. The library was recently refurnished with a most ex- pensive floor of beautiful parquetry, in 1. “Let me have your grip, sir ?"* which the owner felt a great degree of pride and of which he was scrupulously careful. A few days ago an old friend of the good old road days learned how well he was pros- pering and went out to call on him. He had met with reverses financially, and also with the physical misfortune of an ampu- tated leg, in place of which he wore a wooden one. When the servant announced him in the library, the host went in and was horrified to see the man stumping about the floor with the wooden leg, in a tour of inspection of its gorgeous fittings. Speechless at first, he was finally able to breathe a gentle hint to his friend: “T say, Henry, old fellow, hadn’t you better keep well inon the rug? I’m sodeu- cedly afraid you might slip and get a fall.”” “Oh, no! that’s all right,’’ assured the guest. ‘‘Don’t you worry about me. I’m all right, thanks. There is a couple of nails in the end of the old peg, you know.’’ AUTOMOBILES get tantrums just the same as cranky human beings. How a Turkey Looks. To an Optimist : To a Pessimist ; Gravy. Bones. Juice, Muscles, Brown. Tendons. Dressing. Gristle. Basting. Cartilage. White meat. Dark meat. 2. “Sure thing, my friend. You're the first to give me the glad hand since I struck the berg.”” comicbooks.com