Judge, 1911-05-20 · page 13 of 24
Judge — May 20, 1911 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page contains several satirical pieces: **"The Kid and Me"** mocks fishing story exaggeration—the narrator with expensive equipment loses to a boy with a bent pin and cotton string, subverting the expected outcome of such tales. **"How To Run a Mexican Revolution"** satirizes American spectacle-seeking and indifference during the Mexican Revolution (early 1900s border conflicts). The joke proposes treating battles as entertainment with admission fees and concessions, suggesting Americans care more about amusement than the actual suffering involved. The reference to Arizona's "recall provision" indicates contemporary political debate. **"Going the Limit"** depicts a drunk clubman at a female barber who keeps requesting additional services (shave, massage, cologne)—culminating in asking her to extract teeth. It satirizes intoxicated excess and the novelty/impropriety of women working in traditionally male grooming professions. **"Colonel Bluegrass Strikes a Dry Town"** (cartoon) shows a man confronting a prohibition-era ("dry") town, likely mocking resistance to alcohol bans. The page emphasizes American excess, class pretension, and changing social norms.
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TRICKS IN ALL TRADES. Marine painter—"' Now Joe, let me have some breakers."” The Kid and Me. By JOHN D. WELLS. HAD a silver rod and reel, A willow basket by my side, And flies, plus casts and silver spoons— The things that give an angler pride. The kid, a freckled little chap, Had none of these of which I sing, But just a little bended pin That dangled from a cotton string. We fished, the little kid and me— The kid with just an alder pole And cork that sent the ripples ’cross The sheen of his old fishing hole. We fished! I know what you opine! You think, my friend, that I was done? You’re wrong! The comic weeklies lie! For I caught ten and he caught none! How To Run a Mexican Revolution. MERICANS living along the Mexi- can border have been enjoying the spectacles afforded by battles, without money and without price. The revolu- tionists, who are short of funds, might make a good deal of money if they would inclose the battlefields and put up grand- stands and bleachers, Americans would scamper across the line and gladly pay admission fees to watch the fighting and root for their favorites. Between shots, boys could be sent through the audience peddling flags, peanuts, and red lemon- ade. If such accommodations were pro- vided, some of the Arizona people would have better opportunity to take their minds off their State constitution, with its recall provision. ETTER be a woman beautiful because loved than loved because beautiful. Going the Limit. TH NOVELTY of having his hair trimmed by a lady barber appealed to a mildly intoxicated clubman who en- tered an establishment where girls were employed as tonsorialists. Loth to leave the chair after his hair had been trimmed, the clubman said to the girl, “Now gimme a shave.’” The girl performed the task and awaited further instructions. “Guess you can put on a couple of hot towels,’’ said the clubman. After the hot towels had been applied, the clubman enjoyed a face massage and permitted his hair to be anointed with perfume. “Anything else?”” sweetly asked the maid. Hesitat!ng a moment as if to make up his m-ad, the clubman replied, “Yes; 1 guess you may pull a couple of teeth.’” HERE can you find a more down- right nuisance than an upright piano? COLONEL BLUEGRASS STRIKES A “ DRY” TOWN, comicbooks.com