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Judge — May 6, 1911 — page 27: Judge, 1911-05-06

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This page from *Judge* (a satirical American magazine) contains mostly **humor columns and jokes** rather than political cartoons. **Content overview:** - "Cap and Gown Smiles" section: brief one-liners from college humor magazines (Stanford, Princeton, Williams) - "Joys of Spring" poems: repeated structure mocking different newspapers' spring-themed verse, with punchlines about seasonal annoyances (shad fishing, coal costs, housecleaning, German bands, ice) - "Tit-Bits" section: schoolboy jokes and a theater anecdote about a crying baby **Social context:** These represent early 20th-century American humor—innocent wordplay, puns about childhood, and gentle domestic frustrations. The repeated "Joys of Spring" structure satirizes sentimental newspaper poetry by undercutting each verse with practical complaints. The page includes **period advertisements** for patent medicines (Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup) and liquor, plus one sketch titled "The Hunt Steeplechase Season" showing horsemen. No significant political satire is evident on this particular page.

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CAP AND GOWN SMILES. ” ! id you kiss him in the cactus gar- | a?” “Well, it felt like that."’—Stanford Chaparral. Him—“You are the breath of my life!"’ Her—‘'Did you ever try holding your preath?"’—Princeton Tiger. First doctor—‘'I hear your practice is becoming very sm: Second doctor—‘‘Yes, I am getting out of patients. '’— Williams Purple Cow. “Why is a joke like a safe?”’ “Because it’s never the same after being once cracked.”"—Princeton Tiger. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy for their children. 25 a bottle. Joys of Spring. love the gentle springtime, The violets make me glad; And yet the sweetest thing of all Is Shad! Shad! Shad! —-Washington Herald. llove the gentle springtime, With joy it fills my soul, To think of what I'm going to save On Coal! Coal! Coal! Springfield Union. Ilove the gentle springtime, And springtime pomes, you wis; I'd hate to miss such little snaps Houston Post. Ilove the gentle springtime, And every meadow bloom; But spring housecleaning fills my soul With Gloom! —Birmingham Age-Herald. Ilove the gentle springtime, One thing will never pall, We all do surely like it, And it’s Ball! Ball! Ball! St. Louis Times, Ilove the gentle springtime And German bands that come, Although the drummer’s playing 3 Bum! Bum! Bum! —Youngstown Telegram, Tlove the gentle springtime And weather that is nice, pet dread the ery that’s coming We! Ice! Ice! Tit-Bits. Teacher—‘'Sammy, in the sentence ‘I have a book,’ what is the case of the pronoun ‘1’?"* : Sammy (promptly) —‘‘Nominative case.”” Teacher—'‘Next boy, tell me in what case to put the, noun ‘book.’ ’’ Nezt boy (thoughtfully) —‘‘ Bookcase.’’ a Willie Good—'*Pa, our teacher says that ‘collect’ and ‘congregate’ mean the Good—"Well, you tell your teacher that you have information that there is considerable difference between a congregation and a collection.’" a Jones was at the theater, and behind him sat a lady with a child on her lap, which was crying unceasingly. Unable to stand it any longer, Jones turned smilingly to the lady and asked, “Has that infant of yours been chris- tened yet, ma’am?”" No, sir,’’ replied the lady. “If I were you I would call it ‘Good Idea,’ ’’ said Jones. “And why ‘Good Idea’?”” said the lady said Jones, ‘‘it, should be carried out. It was Jones who had to be carried out.— Baltimore Sun. Caroni Bitters—Best Tonic and Appetizer. No home complete witheat ft. Sample on receipt of £5 gqats. Oct. C. Blache & Ca., 7 Broad St. N. Y., Gen’! Distrs. THE SENTIMENT OF THE HARVEST phe F E R LVER SHEWED FOOD VALUE, time-honored quality, delicacy of flavor and character predominate INSIST ON THE HUNT STEEPLECHASE SEASON. Sportsman (assisting jockey who has been knocked out)—‘* Stand back, please; a little more ‘And hurry up with that brandy !"" Faint woice from patient—'' Never mind ‘bout the air.’” —London Punch Two Good Things from Canada Gooderham and Worts Whisky and Hudsons Bay Tobacco For Agencies and Territory write to Wakem & McLaughlin, (Inc.) In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com