Judge, 1910-12-03 · page 3 of 52
Judge — December 3, 1910 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and light humor** rather than political satire. The main cartoon titled "A Prospective Vacation" shows Santa leaving toys because parents are exhausted from the previous year's abundance—a gentle joke about consumer excess and parental relief. The accompanying text "A Christmas Present" sarcastically suggests giving "nothing" as the ideal gift, mocking materialistic gift-giving culture. The bottom cartoon depicts a minister encountering parishioners, with dialogue suggesting marital discord—the wife couldn't attend church because she's managing household chaos (cooking, washing, ironing). The page also features period advertisements: **Suyler's Candies** and **Murray & Lanman's Florida Water** (a perfume/cosmetic product). These ads exemplify early 20th-century consumer marketing targeting holiday shoppers, particularly promoting gifts "for her."
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
A PROSPECTIVE VACATION. __ — House cat (Christmas morn, with sigh of relief) —‘‘ Thank heaven, Santa Claus has left enough toys to keep me from being mauled for et least a week.” Looking Ahead la—" Why on earth did you marry Si | Al Nothing One Way Bella—"It_ was the only way to beat Mabel in 1912." There is nothing for me on the tree, Christmas.”’ ‘And there's nothing, nothing in my pockets, Gillis—""Great Scott; you must have a Humane Grounds For I'm“ Darling Father,” don’t you see? kennel full : “Do you approve of a standing Willis—“ Oh, no; they die b A Christmas Present but you see it’s the on of our Christmas candy. CTIERE is nothing for me in my stocking, Willis—"1 give my wife a dog every I would give the s The tip of the year. A Box of the Genuine MURRAY ® LANMAN’S Florida Water AND BESIDES! oes Os a Minister—' Good morning, John. And why didn’t you bring your wife to church this lovely Christmas morning ?”" John—"' Wa-al, you see, she coulda’t come because she has all the housework to attend to, and the eight childer to look after, and the washin' and ironin’ to do, and the cows to milk, and the marketin’ to do—and besides, she 's sick o' bed with rheumatiz "* In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com