Judge, 1911-04-01 · page 5 of 24
Judge — April 1, 1911 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two pieces of humor content: **"Proverbs of a Young April Fooler"** (left): A collection of witty sayings about April Fools' Day pranks and foolishness, presented with a decorative header and small mascot illustration. It plays with paradoxes about who qualifies as a "fool." **"Bill and Hy"** (right): A dialogue between two characters—Bill Davis and Hy Ballsome—about religion. Hy boasts he's never adopted religion despite Bill's warnings. The humor derives from their contrasting moral perspectives and casual vernacular speech patterns typical of working-class character comedy from this era. **"The Worm That Turned"** (bottom): An illustration showing what appears to be a domestic confrontation scene, with a caption suggesting a husband has finally asserted himself after being dominated, achieving some victory in their relationship power dynamic. The page exemplifies Judge's mix of wordplay, character-based humor, and social satire.
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Proverbs of a Young April Fooler. By WILLIAM J, BURTSCHER, LL April fools are not dead easy. You can’t fool a man with the same trick every year. Many a man doesn’t know it is the first of April until he is fooled into it. Those who are doing the laughing may be bigger fools than those who are being laughed at. The wise man looketh for the hat with a brick under it, so he can take both home and start a brickyard with one and do business with the ragman with the other. A fool is made up of the beginning of folly, the beginning of lunacy, with two nothings in the middle A’ FIRST glance you'll probably think That this stunt is verse and will rhyme. You're stung! This is April Fool’s Day, And there's no rhyme or reason at all! THE WORM THAT TURNED. Bill and Hy. By CY WARMAN. H* BALLSOME was just one of us, Sometimes he’s better, sometimes ‘wo'se, Sometimes when he’d get hot he’d cuss; But he never got religion. Bill Davis said to him, ‘‘ Say, Hy, Where'll you be goin’ by an’ by? You reckon you be fit to di You ain’t got no religi “Bill Davis, I been watchin’ you,’’ Says Hy; ‘‘an’ when I learn to do To others as they orto do, I won’t need no religion.”” Plutocrat (after beating price down one-half )—'' And that includes the frame?" Artist—"' Of course—and two yards of picture-wire, and a solid brass picture hook."” comicbooks.com