Judge, 1911-02-25 · page 14 of 24
Judge — February 25, 1911 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical content: **"Rus in Erbe"** (a pun on "Rus in Urbe"—Latin for "country in the city") mocks nostalgia for rural childhood. The joke: the author sold his family farm to a motion-picture company, so he now watches movies of farm life instead of living it—satirizing how commercialization and technology replace authentic experience. **"Wise People"** is a brief joke about naming a baby after the cook (rather than a wealthy relative) to prevent her from quitting employment—commenting on working-class economics and household management. **"Don Quixote Up-to-Date"** parodies Cervantes' classic by transplanting the idealistic knight into modern American contexts. The satire tracks Quixote's progressive disillusionment: he arrives at an inn expecting romance and adventure, discovers it's a modern establishment with plumbing rather than chivalric amenities, and ends confined to jail, reduced to bread and water. It mocks both romantic idealism and modern American materialism. All three pieces satirize the gap between idealized expectations and harsh reality.
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Rus in Erbe. By EW. TRITZEL OW dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood, That for a five-cent piece, come back to , the hay- field, the boy-power grindstone, The wash-machine, the butter-churn, husk- ing-peg, too. I sit at my leisure and see them each evening, I am quite contented, have money to burn; The old farm that nightly is pictured be- fore me, I sold to a large moving-picture con- cern. Wise People. Knicker—'‘Did they name the baby for a wealthy relative, so he would leave something?" Bocker—‘No; they named it for the cook, so she wouldn't leave."’ BOTH HABITS ARE DANGEROUS. 1. The quick-lunch hab.t alone. 2. The slow-lunch habit with the boss. DON —=, 1. "If appearances deceive me not, good Sancho, we are at last approach ing an inn where we can get good food and drink, and soft beds to rest our ‘weary bones. —— 2. —— What, ho, within, land- lord! Open ‘up, and give rest and sustenance to two weary and hungry travelers. —— 3. —— Lam the grect Don Quixote, good inn- keeper, and would fain have a large airy room with open-faced plumbing, southern exposure, hot and cold folding doors, and sanitary wall 4. —— What! The best you ‘ve got? Unlock that door, slave, and give us something with a bed and daylight in it, or by the great White Sox I'll wreck this joint! —— 5, —— Well, after all, 'tis food we need most. Vassal, bring us some mock duck soup, terrapin, rail birds with ingrain carpet sauce, a haunch of venison, and a scuttle of wine, and make much haste! BREAD ANO water! Yeu it ee") 6 —Ille?x———xlixzt" comicbooks.com