Judge, 1911-06-10 · page 15 of 24
Judge — June 10, 1911 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple short humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines: **Main Cartoon**: "Sectional View of the Up-to-the-Minute Steamer" is a detailed cross-section showing the absurdly crowded interior of a modern luxury steamship, satirizing the packed conditions and numerous activities crammed into ships despite claims of advancement. **Short Jokes** address contemporary concerns: - Divorce and stoicism among the wealthy - Social climbing and newspaper gossip columns - Poor-quality cigars and money-saving - Travel as status symbol masking excessive eating/spending - Bureaucratic absurdity (postal card regulations) - Race-based humor ("Uncle Eben," appearing to depict a Black character with dialect) The satire targets turn-of-the-century American materialism, pretension among the rich, modern inconveniences marketed as progress, and the gap between expectations and reality in leisure travel. The humor relies on class observation and period-specific anxieties about consumption and social status.
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Wilcoxiana. T’S easy enough to look pleas- ant when the court has just said you are free, but the woman worth while is the one who can smile when the judge has refused the decree. Queer. Mrs. Highupp— “The Richquicks don't seem to be able to get their lunches into the pa- per."” Mrs. Blase— “Funny! That’s the way the Rich- quick carried his when he first start- ed to work.’’ Money. Clerk—This isa good cigar for the money.’” Customer—‘‘ Yes, indeed. One puff of it ought to be enough to drive the germs off all the bills in a bank."" “DON'T you think travel broadens one?"’ “Yes. My wife gained thirty pounds while we were in Europe last winter.”” OH, THAT FUNNY FEELING. —* My! how can you laugh under such trying circumstances !"" ia, ha! He's tickling my foot."’ MAPETERSt~ SECTIONAL VIEW OF THE UP-TO-THE-MINUTE STEAMER. Impressive. s6VOU have trav- eled a great deal, have you not?’’ “Yes, I've been all over this coun- try.”” “What have you seen in your travels that impressed you most forcibly?" “The bills of the hotels at which I have had to stop.”” Declined. Uncle Bhen— “Take this postal card back and give me another one. I don’t like those or- ders on there.’’ Clerk — ‘‘What? ‘This side for the address only’?’’ Uncle Eben— “Yep. Give me one where you ain’t obliged to write a speech on it ‘fore ye can send it. The only one I know is the one I recited thirty - five years ago come Dec- oration Day, and that’s too durned long to squeeze in a little space like that.’” VISIBLE spots on the son—measles. comicbooks.com