Judge, 1911-08-05 · page 7 of 27
Judge — August 5, 1911 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page collects several short humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century American satirical humor: **"The Modern Version"** updates the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" with cynical social commentary: the lamb now follows Mary because she's wealthy and wants to marry her for money—a jab at mercenary courtship. **"Double-Pointed"** presents wordplay: Bilton borrows money then claims he can never repay the kindness, a joke about someone being too grateful or pretending eternal debt for a small favor. **"The Unexpected"** shows a boss asking an employee for a cigarette after the employee admits smoking—subverting expected power dynamics where bosses would typically scold employees. **"An Unusual Case"** jokes that an engaged woman is miserable because she "takes it seriously"—implying most women don't—satirizing marriage anxieties. **"Woman's Intuition"** presents a husband's retort to his wife's complaint about not noticing his faults before marriage: he didn't have them then, implying he acquired them afterward—blaming marital change on the wife's influence. These are lighthearted domestic and social satire typical of Judge's era.
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ry N The Modern Version. by ESTELLE MAY NOLTE. ARY had a little Lamb, Who followed her around, And everywhere that Mary went This Lamb was to be found. What makes the Lamb love Mary so? The question now is rife. Since Mary’s worth a fortune—why, He wants her for his wife! Double-Pointed. Bilton—‘‘Say, old man, will you lend me a tenner?"’ Tilton—‘‘Sure. Here 'tis.”” Bilton (enthusiastically grateful)— “My dear boy, I can never repay you this kindness!"’ SH SFRUL BORs HAN aes SOMETHING IN THE AIR. THE UNEXPECTED. Boss—"' Look here, do you smoke?" Clerk—"" Y-y-yes, sir."” Bous—"* Well, give me a cigarette."" An Unusual Case. Tv SUMMER girls, sitting down by the silver sea, were talking. “Whatever can be the matter with Claire?’’ said one. ‘‘She mopes about as though she had lost her only friend on earth.’ “Oh, you know,’? responded the other very earnestly, ‘‘she is engaged and takes it seriously.”” Woman's Intuition. Mrs. Crabshaw—‘‘I can’t understanu why I didn’t see those faults in you be- fore we were married.’” Mr. Crabshaw—'‘It's quite plain, my dear. I don’t possess them.” comicbooks.com