Judge, 1911-04-29 · page 17 of 26
Judge — April 29, 1911 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page contains three distinct pieces: **"A New Twist to a Lion's Tail"** (comic strip): A lion encounters a sleeping man and demands respect, threatening to eat him for his insolence. The title's reference to "twisting a lion's tail" was a common phrase for mocking British authority—here applied to a man who refuses to be intimidated by the beast's threats. The humor lies in the man's indifference to the king of beasts' posturing. **Three brief joke items** ("Generous," "All Is Vanity," "Mamma, Do Doors Talk?"): These are simple gag items satirizing social hypocrisy and children's literalism—ministers objecting to women's hats in church while women attend primarily for fashion display; a child misinterpreting the phrase "answer the door." **"An Accommodating Gentleman"** (short story by Ellis Parker Butler): A porter attempts to engage a deaf, rural passenger about the numerous female travelers on a sleeping car, hoping for conversation. The passenger's hearing difficulty and the porter's frustrated attempts at communication provide comedic irony rather than sharp social satire.
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ANEW TWIST TO A LION'S TAIL. 1. King of Beasts—"* Well, 1'll_ be hanged! 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 ?—— 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 ! - Generous. “ce ‘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 idea! What do they think we go there for, anyhow?"’ She—'"‘Jack, did you tip the porter?” He —‘*No; he ready seemed upset.’” al- “ MAMMA, DO DOORS TALK !” , DEAR; WHY DO YOU ASK?” VELL, 1 HEARD YOU TELL LIZZIE TO ANSWER THE DOOR.” AN ACCOMMODATING GENTLEMAN. By ELLIS PARKER BUTLER, Author of" Pigs Is Piss.” HEN the train pulled out of the station, George, the porter of the sleeping- ear ‘*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 5. That's it. Now we'll see which set of cocoanuts is the harder."’ Chorus (in background)—'‘ Ouch ! Wow ! Ob, my head!’ 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, yes!’’ 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