Judge, 1911-02-11 · page 15 of 24
Judge — February 11, 1911 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page parodies Cervantes' *Don Quixote* by transplanting the 17th-century knight-errant into modern 1911 America. The top comic strip shows Don Quixote and Sancho Panza responding to screams from a building, imagining villainous conspiracies requiring heroic intervention—a classic setup where the delusional knight mistakes ordinary situations for dramatic emergencies. The satire mocks outdated romanticism and chivalric ideals when confronted with modern urban realities. By setting Quixote "up-to-date," Judge suggests that such antiquated notions of honor and heroism are comically mismatched to contemporary life. The surrounding humor items (about penny savings, private property, anemia) are typical filler content of the era, offering lighthearted social observations rather than connected satire.
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late, for e’en now are th horror issving from that window some foul the death throes ! —— deed is being perpetrated within. —— 2, —— By the beard of the prophet! ifwe 3. 1. Ha, friend Sancho whatterriblehouseof 2. 5. carnage is this? By the frightful shrieks of don't get some action into this it will be too On, poor victims in at And —— Gadzooks, what wild wails of despair! good Kosinate. and down with the door! , by this mighty right arm, those bloody butchers shall feel my wrath ! — Wwacwer | 4. —— But, I fear me, ‘tis too late, for that last ear-piercing shriek sounds like the death knell of ten thousand lost souls. Bing! Crash ! —— Certainly ! By CHARLES C. JONES. February 11th, 1911. Educated. "Why do you put only pennies away in your savings bank ?’" Freddie—*Because when I tried nickels everybody rat- tled them out for carfares."” Cobwigger— AS WE stroll through life we come to many flowery paths, but they are mostly labeled ‘‘Private."’ ARRIVED EARLY. Dick (the waif) —"' Gee, Bill, here 's Florida ! was miles away." 6. —— Good Sancho, spread thy blanket that the I thought it I may fall lightly. I bave broken into dippy house, and I fear they bave used me ill."” Logical Little Mary. HE DOCTOR told little Mary she was anemic, because she was so white. A few days after, she ex- claimed, “Oh, mamma! Come here and look at this anemic horse! He's just as white as he can be!” Blushes. ULL many a rose is born To bloom and blush un- seen; Full many a rose on woman's cheek Is not a blush, I ween. Tip to Publishers. rp RERE is a crying demand on the part of European nobility for an American **How Much”’ book. Same Thing, Only Different. Ryker—‘‘Is he a chip off the old block?’’ Stryker—'‘No; he’s a joker off the old deck.”” ee comicbooks.com