Judge, 1911-06-03 · page 7 of 24
Judge — June 3, 1911 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon**: Five caricatured figures in exaggerated dress represent different social types—likely depicting various professions or social classes of the era. The Shakespeare quote ("Man delights not me—no, nor woman, either") frames them as unappealing representatives of society, suggesting satirical commentary on contemporary social pretension or foolishness. **"Transmigration" Poem**: A humorous meditation on personal identity and reincarnation, playing with the philosophical paradox that if you became someone else, someone else would become you—so nothing truly changes. The final line mocks married men's lack of agency ("Wed men tell no sales"). **"A Tip To Writers"**: This section satirizes Sunday newspaper supplement writers by offering ridiculous article titles—"Jack Johnson's Opinion of Poe's Piffle," "Hippopotamus Domestication," "Teaching Microbes to Perform Tricks." It mocks low-quality journalism and sensationalism of the period. **Bottom Image "His Last Cast"**: Depicts an old fisherman in a boat, likely illustrating a literary or allegorical scene, though the specific reference remains unclear without additional context.
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“MAN DELIGHTS NOT ME—NO, NOR WOMAN, EITHER."—Shakespeare Transmigration. by WILLIAM J. LAMPTON “If you were not u rather be, and why? ‘If I were not myself who would I rather be and why? Oh, dear, I wouldn't rather be, Because, you see, if I Were some one else, no matter who It might be, low or high, By compensation’s careful law Somebody would be 1; So I would still exist, although Somebody else were I, Who'd want to be somebody else And try to tell you why.”* WED MEN tell no sales. A Tip To Writers. wi NOT become a Sunday supple- ment author? We furnish your subject; the rest iseasy. Write at once for particulars. Ter re Read copyrighted list onable. bjects for re a Sulphide?” “The Timid Side of Teddy.”” “Jack Johnson’s Opinion Piffle.”” “The Hookworm as Trout Bait "” “Can the Hippopotamus Be Domes- ticated?”” “Half Hose of History.”” of Poe's HIS LAST CAST. “Fly Specking as a Fine Art.” “Ragging the Beethoven Sonata: **How To Be Happy Though Dead.’” ‘‘New Thought Treatment for Sore Feet."" The Penny Theater a Certainty."" “Turning Christmas into Fourth of July." “Teaching Tricks."* ‘Bridge Whist as an Athletic Pas- Microbes To Perform time. ‘‘How To Become a Centenarian on Nothing but Air.’” comicbooks.com