Judge, 1911-04-01 · page 7 of 24
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This is political satire mocking European royalty through absurdist humor. The main cartoon shows a farmer and wife in an early automobile with a caption joking that they should turn back because "the butter has came"—playing on rural dialect for comic effect. The article below offers mock-serious "news" about crowned heads, using exaggeration and wordplay: - **King Manuel of Portugal**: Recently fled Lisbon (historical reference to the 1910 revolution); the joke is he forgot a return ticket and can't afford entertaining. - **The Czar**: Finding torpedoes in his golf balls (reference to revolutionary unrest/assassination attempts). - **King of Denmark**: Banning telegraph wires to avoid "Poles" (pun on Cook-Peary polar exploration controversy). - **Emperor of Austria**: Living on two dollars daily, supposedly on a "Hungarian Diet" (pun). - **Prince of Monaco**: Adding rubber tires to roulette wheels so losers aren't "jarred." The satire targets instability, financial decline, and absurdity among European monarchies during an era of rising republican sentiment and social upheaval.
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mT WN Ai ‘THE SCIENTIFIC FARMER. “* We might as well turn back now, Cy, the butter has came.” WITH THE POTENTATES. Being a Brief and Authoritative Resume of the Recent Doings of the Crowned Heads T IS said that, in the hurry of his de- parture from Lis- bon, the recent King Manuel forgot to buy a return ticket, which is why his Majesty has decided not to entertain with his usual lavish- ness at his capital this season. The Czar of Russia has canceled all his golfing dates for the early spring, two heavily charged torpedoes having been found by the gold-caddy-in-waiting. in the last box of balls provided for his Majesty's use by the lord chamberlain of the imperial linkskis. The Sultan of Sulu has sent his crown toa prominent New York hatter to be blocked, with orders for an entirely new lining to be put in, regardless of ex- pense, The crown originally came from London and is bell-shaped, with a ham- merstein brim, It is said to have cost eight dollars when new, and was taken to Sulu by a missionary, among whose effects it was found after a little dinner with one of the neighboring tribes. The King of Denmark has ordered all fy HORACE DODD GASTIT. the telegraph wires in his kingdom to be buried before May Ist, having taken, ever since the outbreak of the Cook- Peary controversy, a most extraordinary and apparently incurable aversion to Poles of all kinds. It is rumored in Cairo and Alexandria that the Khedive of Egypt was mislaid somewhere shortly after Christmas, and has not since been found, owing to the carelessness of some minor official of the palace. The government has gone on as usual, however, and so far the people have not been officially informed that all is not as usual. It is said by those who are in the know that the Emperor of Austria now lives on ten kronen, or two dollars, a day. This has given rise to a fear in some quarters that the Emperor has gone on a Hungarian Diet. The Prince of Monaco, urged on, per- haps, by recent revolutionary symptoms in his principality, has ordered a brand- new set of rubber tires placed upon all the roulette wheels at Monte Carlo, so that those who lose their hard-earned savings at the Salles de Jeu im the Casino will not be so heavily jarred by their losses as for the most part they ap- pear to have been heretofore. At the request of King Alfonso of Spain, a new set of casters has been put upon the legs of the Spanish throne, so that it may be moved at a moment’s no- tice without the necessity of calling in A LA MODE. “* Who was that man who just bowed to you?” “* His face looks familiar ; but I am not certain whether it was my third or fifth busband.”” comicbooks.com