Judge, 1911-02-18 · page 7 of 24
Judge — February 18, 1911 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical vignettes typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"The Power of Example"** (top): A teacher striking a dramatic pose while children watch, illustrating how children imitate authority figures—the caption references the George Washington cherry tree myth. **"The Lady and the Brook"** and **"No Improvement in Husbands"**: Sentimental and domestic humor. The latter mocks women's anxieties about future aviation technology, joking that flying husbands will crash through skylights instead of stumbling up stairs. **"No Relief for Them"** and **"By Fair Means or Fowl"**: Brief jokes about wealthy misers and women's fundraising efforts. **"There with the Goods"** (bottom cartoon): Features crude Native American stereotypes ("Redman," "Pale face," "Heap Big Tree")—offensive racial caricature common to the era—depicting a confused Native American job applicant mistaking a wooden Indian store display for a real person. The page reflects period attitudes: sentimental nostalgia, domestic comedy centered on female concerns, and casual racial mockery presented as humor.
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All the litle George Washingtons together— The Lady and the Brook. Br SB RISER BROOK is flowing to the sea And babbling as it goes, And once a maiden strolled with me Along the way it flows, Still it is doubtless murmuring Along its winding way, And lambs may play or birds may sing Upon its shores to-day. Ah, it is long since she and I In springtime wandered there, When not a cloud was in the sky, Nor in our hearts a care. Ido not know where she may be— is long since we have met; But, like the brook, she probably Is busy babbling yet. No Improvement in Husbands. 66PyO YOU think life will be D mori Mrs. Budlon| “when it is made possible for everybody to fly? any pleasant, I don’t expect much of an im- provement, Indeed, it will probably be Worse in some respects than it is now. When our husbands come home late the! “y will drop through the skylights in- dof falling upstairs, and you can » what kind of a muss that will THE POWER OF EXAMPLE “* We cannot tell a lie. teacher! No Relief for Them. ‘“c HAT did Moneybags say when he learned that his daughter had eloped?” “That she needn't expect him to send out a relief expedition.” OME men live in the country, some in the city; others just exist. THERE WITH Me want job like redskin out in front store.”” Why, that, my dear sir, is a wooden Indian."* Me take job allight Redman— Pale face Redman—"* Sure, sure! Me know. He did it with his little putty blower." By Fair Means or Fowl. LADIES’ club being desirous of aising funds for improvements, one member suggested a fair, another a tur- key supper. The Way of It. OMETIMES when things are going wrong they are coming right. THE GOODS. My name ‘ Heap Big Tree comicbooks.com