Judge, 1911-09-02 · page 9 of 24
Judge — September 2, 1911 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct pieces: **Main Story: "A Post-Card Recital"** (by J. L. Harbour) A satirical commentary on a tedious social convention of the early 1900s. A recently-returned traveler (Mayzie) monopolizes a visitor's time showing postcards from a European trip, delivering exhausting, repetitive details about mundane observations (ship size, stateroom location, hotel features) while the other person repeatedly tries to interrupt ("but I really—"). The humor targets the social obligation to listen to travelers' endless, self-absorbed accounts and the proliferation of cheap postcards that enabled this behavior. **Sidebar Cartoon: "For a Home Run"** A brief political joke about presidential nominations. Someone predicts a candidate with only two words in his name will be nominated for president. The response names "Mike Donlin"—likely the baseball player—as a humorous non-politician alternative. The joke's specific political context is unclear without dating information. Both pieces satirize early-1900s American social customs.
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OGLAD you have come, May- POREAD yea ban y zie. I have wanted to see you and tell you all about our trip ever since we came home fromabroad. You simply must go yourself as soon asyoucan. Ihave brought home the greatest lot of post cards. They aresso helpful in giving one’s friends some idea of all that one has seen and heard, and I want you to sit right down by me this minute and let me show you my post cards and tell you all about the places they represent."’ “That would be so lovely, but I really ’—— “Now, in the first place, this is the steamer we went over in. I forget how many feet long it was, but it was awfully big, and do you know we sat at the captain’s table. Just think! The dining-room was—oh, I forget how many feet in size. But it was aw- fully big and all the mealswere delicious. That pin prick shows you just where my stateroom was and '’—— “It's ever so interesting, but 1"—— “This is a card showing the place where we landed in Liverpool. It was so interest- ing to stand on deck and watch the ship dock. Everything seemed so strange. This isa Ramon ei, BRINGING UP HIS FAMILY. A POST-CARD RECITAL. By J. L. HARBOUR. picture of the Tower of London and you know we went up into it and saw the crown jewels. They were simply grand! This is a picture of the Bank of England, C9 6 Teang Con FOR A HOME RUN. “ They say a man with only two words to his name will be nomi- nated for the presidency. Now who would you make a bet on." “* Mike Donlin."" where they have, oh, I forget how many millions ground, but surely as many as six or seven millions, and they keep men there in the vaults away under on guard allof the time. And here is London Bridge. Aw- fully interesting. And this is a picture of Windsor Castle, so full of historic associations. You know that Queen Victoria lived there, and, oh, a lot of other queens, and Queen Mary lives there now when she isn’t gad- ding around some place. Aw- fully interesting. This is the hotel where we stayed in Lon- don, and that little cross above the window in the fourth story is where my room was. This is a picture of Dorchester House. Great big howling wilderness of a place. I wouldn’t want to live in it. Of course, if one had plenty of money and ’?—— “It's all ever and ever so interesting, dear, but I real- ly — ‘Wait until I show you all of my cathedral cards. The loveliest architecture and such beautiful stained-glass win- dows—beautiful. Just the dim, hazy light the poets write about and—this is a street in Edinburgh. You'd be surprised to see what lovely wide streets they have there and electric comicbooks.com