Judge, 1911-04-08 · page 7 of 24
Judge — April 8, 1911 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Section:** The "Suggestions to the Navy Department" cartoon mocks naval innovation by depicting absurd warship designs—an armored cruiser shaped like a pyramid, a "whirling dreadnought" with a giant spinning wheel, a twelve-story destroyer (like an office building), and a "hopping submarine." This satirizes the era's arms race and rapid, sometimes impractical military technological developments. **Articles Below:** Mixed humor pieces including advice on being a "stump speaker" (political campaigner), verses parodying Omar Khayyam updated to modern times (with references to hiking and motor cars), and jokes about baseball parks and farm life. **Large Cartoon:** "Farms to Rent Cheap" contrasts rural simplicity with city life, suggesting city dwellers abandon farms. The caption "Do They Ever 'Come Back'?" questions whether urban migrants return to rural life—reflecting early 20th-century migration anxieties as Americans moved cityward. The page reflects Progressive Era concerns: military spending, changing American society, and rural-urban tensions.
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ARMORED CRUISER RAMESIS WHIRLING DREADNOUGHT TWELVE- STORY DESTROYER HOPPING SUBMARINE SUGGESTIONS TO THE NAVY DEPARTMENT—JUST TO KEEP THE GAME GOING. How To Succeed as a Stump Speaker. By CHARLES C. JONES SPEAK honeyed words; they are be*= ter eating than are the other varie- ties. If an opponent smite thee upon one turn the other cheek to the audi- satis- che ence and prove to their complet faction that the blow left no mark. Learn to say nothing gracefully, and you will burt no man’s feelings. Even stumps have roots; if you can’t get at the root of the matter under dis- cussion, somebody may get at the root of the stump. Preferences. LIKE a hammock 'neath a tree When it is warm as warm can be; But when the winter overhead, I much prefer a feather bed. FAR TO RENT Old Omar. LD OMAR, in the ancient times, Wrote much about the joys of jug- gin: If he had lived to-day, his rhymes Would warble much, I wot, of chug- ging He and his Thou, so popular— A hike, a pike, and motor car. A Good Joke. 667HAT fence around the ball park is a joke,’’ remarked the fan. **Looks like a good fence,’’ the other fan. ‘*Why is it a joke? “There are so many knot-holes in it that any kid can see through it.’’ Better Still. Ethel—‘Did Mabel get shooter she spoke of providing he: with as a protection against burgla Evelyn—"'No; she got a six-footer. observed that six- elf Up and Doing. N° ALL city folks are as ignorant of the farmers’ surroundings as the farmers sometimes suppose. This was evidenced by an incident in the stay of a young New Yorker on a New England farm. “Well, young man,”’ said the farmer to his city boarder, who was up early and looking round, ‘‘been out to hear the haycock crow, I suppose.’’ And the sly old chap winked at his hired man. The city man smiled. ‘‘No,"’ said he suavely; ‘‘I've merely been out tying a knot in a cord of wood."” A Sure Sign. HE STARTING time for the Big Game, I know, is not far hence: The boys have commenced cleaning out The knot-holes in the fence. comicbooks.com