Judge, 1911-01-28 · page 5 of 24
Judge — January 28, 1911 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple brief humorous sketches rather than a single cartoon. The "Bohemia" sections mock bohemian life and affectations common in artistic circles. "In an English Hotel" presents a dialogue where an American guest complains about the accommodations, calling them "cowdier than 'ell"—satirizing both American tourists and their complaints abroad. The central cartoon titled "NOT A BOHEMIAN" depicts what appears to be a shop or establishment scene where a window-dresser's assistant declines to classify someone as "bohemian," suggesting social pretensions and class anxieties about artistic identity in urban settings. The miscellaneous jokes target contemporary social types—mouse-chasers, fishermen—reflecting Judge's typical satirical approach to everyday American life and manners.
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Bohemia. OHEMIA! Where is it? Search both far and near. To find it’s awful easy, For Bohemia is here. In an English Hotel. Proprietor (addressing porter) —‘* Was American pleased with his room, n?"? William—'* Now, I wouldn't hexactly s’y that, sir, 'E looked as if there might be something that wasn’t just to ‘is liking, but I gathered from ‘is re- marks that 'e found it hunusually com- fortable.”” Proprietor—** Well, what did he say about it?’’ William than ‘ell, sir.’ id it was cowlder UAL “ENOUGH TO MAKE ANY LADY BLUSH.” NOT A BOHEMIAN. No Harm Done. Hickory, dickory, dock! Oh, what a funny shock! A little brown mouse Got into the house And ran up the lady’s clock. ‘Twas the clock on the shelf the mouse ran up, Not the one on the silken sock. In Bohemia. First Bohemian—‘‘What has become of the big cat you used to have in here? Have you sold it?” Second Bohemian—‘‘No; the fellow on the floor above got a rush order for a ‘lion rampant’ cover for a magazine, and he is using the cat for a model."’ N ANGLER saves many a fish from a watery grave. Window-dresser’s assistant—"' Mr. Drigodz, much as I regret this check at the outset of my mercantile career, as secretary of the Pure as-Snow Club, I must decline to place this female—ah—hosiery on those—aw—forms."” comicbooks.com