Judge, 1911-06-24 · page 17 of 25
Judge — June 24, 1911 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects brief humorous sketches typical of early 20th-century American satirical magazines. Key items: **"His Surprise"** mocks a foolish father who, hearing baseballs "stolen" during games, buys literal base bags as gifts—misunderstanding sports terminology. **"Not the Only Pebble"** satirizes social climbing: a woman proudly appears in the "Blue Book" (a society register), but her servant retorts that she's in the "red book"—the city directory—deflating her pretension with class-based humor. **"Poor Spelling"** jokes about a writing fluid company's ironic misspelling on their own storefront sign. **"Woman Freed from Bondage"** (illustrations) references women's suffrage activism, showing a woman freed from restrictive corsetry—a visual metaphor for liberation that suffragists employed, though the caption skeptically suggests women want "two votes" at the ballot box, mocking feminist demands. Other items include light humor about rabbits breeding, impatient fish-cleaners, and a boarder's romantic misadventure. The tone is playfully cynical about human folly, social pretension, and contemporary social movements.
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A HEAVY LOAD TO CARRY. Wounded duck—'* Then you think, Doctor Owl, I''ll get over this gun wound without serious consequences ?”” Doctor Oxel—"* Yes ; but as the shot cannot be removed from your body, Mr. Redhead, I'm sorry to say you'll probably never be able to swim again !"" Not the Only Pebble. HE LITTLE daughter of a woman ambitious to get into society burst into the kitchen, where the colored serv- ant sat peeling potatoes. “Oh, Mathilda!’’ she cried. ‘*Mat ma’s got her name in the Blue Book ‘Wha’ dat?’’ returned the servant. “In de blue book? Dat am nothin’. Ah got mine in de red book."’ “In the Red Book!" “Yas, in de red book. Dat am de color ub de city directory, ain't it?’’ Labor. HERE is a certain bunch of men— Quite often have we seen ’em— Who catch a mess of fish, and then Hate like the deuce to clean ’em. A Natural Historian. «¢LJOW MANY animals of each kind did Noah have on the ark?"’ asks the Sunday-school teacher. “He started with two of each kind," answers Johnny, ‘‘but he must have landed with about sixty-five rabbits. [ started with two of them a month ago myself.”* In the Soup. New boarder (as he gazes at the beautiful blond waitress)—‘*You don’t very often find hair like that Old boarder—‘‘Oh, yes, you will!" A Popular Book. O*E BOOK will not forgotten be; 'Twas long ago it took Its hold upon society— ‘Tis called the pocketbook. His Surprise. Mr. Doltby— “Now that our Harold has joined the school baseball club, I’ve brought home a surprise for him and his team mates.’” Mrs. Doltby— “What is it?’’ Mr. Doltby—‘‘T got the idea when Harold told me that there were several bases stolen in ev- ery game. Sol went to a sporting- goods store and bought a dozen base bags to present to him and his team."" For the Baby. OIL the water that baby si, Boil the nipple that baby Boil the spoon that baby licks, Boil the bottle that baby kicks, Boil the dress that baby fits— Boil everything except the baby. ips, HAT God has made one, the suffra- gist would like to make two at the ballot box. After more than a year of being tied hand and foot, can you blame her for WOMAN FREED FROM Poor Spelling. TOPPING in front of the window bearing the sign, CLIMAX WRITING FLUID CO., INC. the man rubs his chin thoughtfully, then chuckles, “Well, they may know how to make it, but hanged if they know how to spell itt’ Exactly Two-thirty A. M. Arthur—‘Why is it, fairest Evan- geline, that when I am with you the hands on that clock seem to take wings and fly?”” Stern voice (at the head of the stairs) —‘‘Without wishin’ to be impertinent, young man, I simply want to observe that them hands hain’t got nothin’ on the ones on our gas meter.”” Strikingly Adapted. Kicker—“‘Our second baseman would make an excellent swimmer.’’ Snicker—'* Why so?” Kicker—‘‘He strikes out so boldly.”’ ELL me not in fashion numbers Woman’s gowr. is but a dream, For beneath a Venus slumbers— Or things are not what they seem. taking to this so readily? BONDAGE. comicbooks.com