Judge, 1911-04-29 · page 15 of 26
Judge — April 29, 1911 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct pieces of content: **"A New Twist to a Lion's Tail"** (left side) is a comic strip where a lion confronts a sleeping man, demanding respect. The man is identified as "Napoleon," and the narrative suggests a humorous reversal—the supposedly dignified "King of Beasts" is insulted by this human. The lion threatens to eat him, but Napoleon philosophizes that hardship teaches resilience and laughter. "Twist to a lion's tail" was a common phrase meaning to provoke or mock British authority; here it appears to mock Napoleon's pretensions instead. **"An Accommodating Gentleman"** (right side) is a short story illustrated by E.D. Kemble. It depicts a train porter named George attempting to make conversation with a taciturn farmer-passenger to secure a tip. The farmer is nearly deaf and misunderstands George's comments about the female passengers. The humor derives from the communication breakdown and the farmer's apparent indifference to George's social efforts—a satire on failed attempts at flattery and tipping culture. The page also includes brief joke snippets on social topics: women's hats in church, children's misunderstandings, and generosity.
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ANEW TWIST TO A LION'S TAIL. 1. King of Beasti—" Well, I'll be banged! Look at the impudence of that missing link, sleeping in the presence of the king ! 3. ——Wake up! How dare you sleep in the presence of the King of Beasts ?—— Generous. “ ‘AS HE generous when a boy at school?” = “Yes; he always let his schoolmates take his share of the pun- ishment.”” “All Is Vanity.” Madge—‘‘I see some ministers demand that the women remove their hats in church.’” Marjorie — ‘‘The What do they think we go there for, anyhow?”’ idea! She—'‘Jack, did you tip the porter?” He —‘‘No; he al- ready seemed upset.” Mamma— Dorothy —" w Dorothy—" MAMMA, DO DOORS TALK I” , DEAR; WHY DO YOU ASK?” 1 HEARD YOU TELL LIZZIE TO ANSWER THE DOOR.’ AN ACCOMMODATING GENTLEMAN. By ELLIS PARKER BUTLER, Author of“ Pigs Is Pigs.” HEN the train pulled out of the station, George, the porter of the sleeping- car ‘‘Bozazzo,"’ looked glum. He saw a lot of work ahead and mighty few tips, for the car was full, but full of women. There were twenty berths in the car, upper and lower, and thirty-eight women— nineteen berths with two women each, and lower ten taken by the lone man with the farmer-type whiskers. Even the man did not look like a tipper, and a woman would rather snub all the por- ters on earth than give up a quarter of a dollar tip. The women began to retire five min- utes after the train started, and they retired as rapidly as George could make 4. — Now, because of your lack of re- spect and insult’ to my dignity I'm going to eat you," Napoleon—" Look out, Porky, look out for the lion! = 5. —— That's it. Now we 'll see which set of cocoanuts is the harder.’* Chorus (in background) —‘‘ Ouch ! Wow! Ob, my bead !”’ up the berths, and before the train reached the next stop they were all stored away—the whole thirty-eight of them, two toa berth. But the man with the slouch hat and the farmer whiskers sat stolidly in the smoking-room, puffing at his pipe. George entered the smok- ing-room and looked at the man. The man looked at George. “Quite a few ladies on the cah to- night, sah,’’ George ventured. ‘Hey?’ said the man. “‘Quite a numerous number of ladies on the cah,’’ George repeated. “*What say?’’ said the man. “Ladies !’’ George shouted. ‘‘Ladies!’" “Oh, ye: said the man, putting his hand behind his ear. ‘Yes, all ladies. All married ladies."" 6. Napoleon—"' Oh, ho, ha, ha! Say, Jum- bo, it doesn't make any difference how many hard knocks a fellow gets, he can get a lot of fun out of life anyway. He 's only got to re- member that he who laughs last laughs best."” comicbooks.com